Category Archives: Remastering

The grit and details of my hobby of digitally remastering from vinyl are discussed here.

REVO Remastering: New Wave Comp – Blitz! [REVO 098]

Posted on April 11, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It took me 40 years, but in 2021, I finally made a CD of one of my favorite New Wave Compilation Albums: RCA’s “Blitz!” Way back in the New Wave era the record labels had a problem. That problem was … Continue reading →

Posted in New Romantic, New Wave Or Novelty?, Record Review, Remastering | Tagged 1981, 2021, New Wave Compilations, RCA | 13 Comments

Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 8]

Posted on February 15, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] CONCLUSION Fans of “Rage In Eden” have been waiting a while for this box and it’s proved to be quite interesting. I can remember in 2008 when the 2xCD edition came out, following a few years … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, DVD, Live Music, New Romantic, Record Review, Remastering, Scots Rock, The Great B-Sides | Tagged 2022, BSOG, Conny Plank, Steven Wilson, surround sound, Ultravox | 14 Comments

Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 4]

Posted on January 30, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from this post] SINGLES, B-SIDES + RARITIES [CONT.] The rest of disc three was comprised of glimpses of mostly familiar material in its formative stages. First up were a series of loose cassette rehearsals where the kinks in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Record Review, Remastering, Scots Rock | Tagged 1981, 2022, boxed set, DLX RM, Rage In Eden, Steven Wilson, Ultravox | 4 Comments

Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 3]

Posted on January 27, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] STEVEN WILSON 2.0 MIX [CONT.] So we were diving into Disc 2 of the “Rage In Eden” ultrabox. The famous ending to the album was the stark and uncompromising “You Name [Has Slipped My Mind Again].” … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Record Review, Remastering, Scots Rock, The Great B-Sides | Tagged 1981, 2022, boxed set, DLX RM, Rage In Eden, Steven Wilson, Ultravox | 3 Comments

Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 2]

Posted on January 26, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 1981 ALBUM The classic 1981 album was perhaps the acme of Ure-era Ultravox. Chest-deep in angst-ridden melodrama and European angst. We’ve waxed eloquent about the album itself during the Ultravox Rock G.P.A. so those thoughts were … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Record Review, Remastering, Scots Rock, The Great B-Sides | Tagged 1981, 2022, boxed set, DLX RM, Rage In Eden, Steven Wilson, surround sound, Ultravox | 25 Comments

REVO Remastering: Ultravox! – Live At the Rainbow 1977 + [REVO 105]

Posted on September 16, 2022 by postpunkmonk

The appearance of the Ultravox! [exclamation point, please!] “Live At The Rainbow 1977” album as an Island/UMG release in 2022, of all years, was a least expected event for certain. Sure, there were reissues every 7-10 years of the first … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Record Review, Remastering | Tagged 1977, 2022, bootlegs, live album, Ultravox | 13 Comments

Investigating Modern Eon In The Modern World

Posted on July 22, 2022 by postpunkmonk

One of the highlights in moving the entire contents of my Record Cell in the last six weeks, was that I got the chance to touch so much of my collection that might be inaccessible due to placement issues. I … Continue reading →