Tag Archives: 1981

Jerry Harrison’s “The Red + The Black” Is Finally Back In Print In Deluxe 2xLP Expanded Package I’ve Been Waiting 42 Years For [part 4]

Posted on May 15, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The dub mix of “Things Fall Apart” began gingerly, with the delicate TR-808 percussion track alone in the spotlight with just naked claves, shakers, and cowbell that were otherwise buried in the album mix for the … Continue reading →

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Jerry Harrison’s “The Red + The Black” Is Finally Back In Print In Deluxe 2xLP Expanded Package I’ve Been Waiting 42 Years For [part 3]

Posted on May 12, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] In spite of its rather abstract title of “Fast Karma/No Questions,” side two of the album began with a funky song of animal attraction where Tinker Barfield’s bass was interlocking with Bernie Worrell’s clavinet to syncopate … Continue reading →

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Jerry Harrison’s “The Red + The Black” Is Finally Back In Print In Deluxe 2xLP Expanded Package I’ve Been Waiting 42 Years For [part 2]

Posted on May 11, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The first song was densely packed with Latin rhythm right out of the gate with a 3-2 son clave rhythm abetted by marimba and congas before the keys and bass joined in to find the song … Continue reading →

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Jerry Harrison’s “The Red + The Black” Is Finally Back In Print In Deluxe 2xLP Expanded Package I’ve Been Waiting 42 Years For [part 1]

Posted on May 10, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Jerry Harrison: The Red + The Black [Expanded Edition] – US – 2xLP [2023] Disc 1 [red vinyl] Disc 2 [black vinyl] I’ve been waiting years to write this. I hope you’re sitting down as we’re going to be here … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Superfans Can Invest In A New Gold Dream: Songwriting + Sound Recording Royalties For 1977-1981 Material Now Up For Sale

Posted on April 25, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Last week I got a eye-popping email from my old buddy JT. As a person with a career in the music industry as a musician and engineer, he keeps an eye peeled on the horizon for things which can evade … Continue reading →

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Want List: B.E.F. “Music For Stowaways” On LP + CD…Finally!

Posted on April 17, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It was some time in February that chatter in the back channels from chasinvictoria and Echorich alerted me to the fact that the famous B.E.F. tape-only album “Music For Stowaways” was coming to both the PVC disc and the silver … Continue reading →

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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 →

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