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Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 5]

Posted on January 31, 2023 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from past post] LIVE @ HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1981 CD1 The fourth CD in the box got to what was the main reason why I am vulnerable to a box that will represent the 9th time I buy an album … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Ultravox’s “Rage In Eden” Boxed Set Is Two Of A Perfect Pair [part 1]

Posted on January 25, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It shipped to me inexpensively from a US dealer once it went on sale in America in December, 2022; over two months following the late September UK/European release of this ultrabox. It follows in the formats established by the “Vienna” … Continue reading →

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Those First Impressions: Yello – “I.T. Splash” Yellow Vinyl 12″ Reissue

Posted on January 10, 2023 by postpunkmonk

I’ve loved Yello since that fateful night in 1980 when I heard their debut Ralph Records single on WUSF-FM. They were a college radio station with a Friday night New Wave show that I could barely receive on my stereo, … Continue reading →

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Jan Linton Blitzes New Year With Trio of Singles

Posted on January 6, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Last year, I was deeply smitten by Linton’s “Melatonin” EP and we didn’t have to wait too long for the follow up. On the 29th of December, Linton issued “Always The Last To Dream,” an instrumental remix of that as … Continue reading →

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