Category Archives: The Great B-Sides

Ultravox Go There: “The Collection” In Ultrabox Form Coming In December ’25

Posted on October 15, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Knock me over with a feather! When the Blank + Jones remix EP of “Love’s Great Adventure” manifested last month I mistakenly pegged it for the very last tracks to be issued from the “Lament” ultrabox campaign. What it really … Continue reading →

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OMD’s “Look At You Now” Final Single From “Bauhaus Staircase” Campaign

Posted on January 2, 2025 by postpunkmonk

The amount of singles that appear on our beloved CD format in 2024 are easily countable on the fingers of one careless wood shop teacher’s hand! So when one of this Monk’s crucial core collection bands still active manage to … Continue reading →

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Now That We Have “Horoscope,” Can We Get The “Bride Stripped Bare” That Ferry Always Wanted?

Posted on June 7, 2024 by postpunkmonk

So the thought occurred to me this morning, that with Bryan Ferry’s unreleased opus “Horoscope” having been finally issued last year, maybe the time was now to have the unexpurgated vision of Ferry’s rawburn epic, “The Bride Stripped Bare,” finally … Continue reading →

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Steven Jones + Logan Sky Drop A New Winter EP Today From The Sky For A Pensive Holiday Season

Posted on December 18, 2023 by postpunkmonk

When it rains, it pours, and when it’s cold, it’s snow. Steven Jones + Logan Sky have been creating a catalog of synthetic music frosty in its mien but warmly rich in its analog instrumentation. Giving us those frissons of … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 7]

Posted on February 13, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from this post] DISC 6 – “RAGE IN EDEN” 5.1 WILSON REMIX Given that the multitrack masters for “The Voice” and “I Remember [Death In The Afternoon]” were missing, it was a bonus that remixer Steven Wilson had fallen … Continue reading →

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Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 6]

Posted on February 1, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from past post] LIVE @ HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1981 CD2 The next set of tunes here were almost preordained as the band bit into the three song suite that capped their “Rage In Eden” disc. The way these songs flowed, … Continue reading →

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