Tag Archives: 1983

Record Review: Fiction Factory – “Throw The Warped Wheel Out” DLX RM UK CD [part 1]

Posted on March 22, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Fiction Factory: Throw The Warped Wheel Out DLX RM – UK – CD [2013] [Feels Like] Heaven Heart And Mind Panic The Hanging Gardens All Or Nothing Hit The Mark Ghost Of Love Tales Of Tears The First Step The … Continue reading →

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Romanelli’s “Connecting Flight” Album United Technopop and…Helen Reddy?

Posted on March 14, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Romanelli: Connecting Flight – US – LP [1982] Departure [Part I + II] Chain Reaction Pulse The Other Side Of Time Connecting Flight Imagination Passion [Part I, II III, IV] Back in 1982, I happened across this album at the … Continue reading →

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Roxy Music: The Missing Piece of Their Canon – “The High Road”

Posted on October 7, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Roxy Music: The High Road – US – EP [1983] Can’t Let Go [live @ Glasgow Apollo] 5:29 My Only Love [live @ Glasgow Apollo] 7:23 Like A Hurricane [live @ Glasgow Apollo] 7:36 Jealous Guy [live @ Glasgow Apollo] … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Gleaming Spires’ David Kendrick [part 1]

Posted on September 16, 2021 by postpunkmonk

When I was contracted last month by the PR agent promoting Omnivore’s CD reissue program for the works of Gleaming Spires, it was like having my wish granted by a genie. When they offered an interview with Spire David Kendrick, … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Gleaming Spires “Walk On Well Lighted Streets” US DLX RM CD

Posted on September 14, 2021 by postpunkmonk

By 1982, the band had gotten a foothold on KROQ-FM with the hit “Are You Ready For The Sex Girls,” and when gaps in the hectic Sparks schedule occurred, recorded their second album. As the first was intended as demos, … Continue reading →

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Want List: The Complete Fontana Mix CD Project

Posted on September 3, 2021 by postpunkmonk

It was some time in 1989 when my friend Ron Kane sent me a Japanese CD he ran across in one of his L.A. stores he bought from called “Single Compact.” Ron knew I was a fan of Mari Wilson, … Continue reading →

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The Rolling Stones: “Undercover Of the Night” UK 12″

Posted on August 26, 2021 by postpunkmonk

The Rolling Stones: Undercover Of the Night – UK – 12″ [1983] This was a record that I’d heard on the local FM Rock stations during the weird time in the spring of 1983 when the program directors were reacting … Continue reading →

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