Tag Archives: 7″ singles

Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 6]

Posted on October 14, 2016 by postpunkmonk

In 1987-1988, Icehouse went all Michael Jackson as the “Man Of Colours” album had an unprecedented five top forty singles peeled off of it in their native Australia. Only three of these got a release in the US, but “Crazy” rose to … Continue reading →

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Want List: The Fingerprintz Singles

Posted on October 7, 2015 by postpunkmonk

Among the 30 releases that arrived in the mail on Monday, was a record that was pretty significant to me. The Fingerprintz “Shadowed” 12″ single. I bought what was the new Fingerprintz album, “Beat Noir” when it was released in … Continue reading →

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Want List: The Invaders Singles

Posted on August 13, 2014 by postpunkmonk

We were discussing the Polydor US compilation “Made In Britain” in the recent comments and though I loved that record from day one, it was not for the early appearance of the Comsat Angels. Rather, my ears were immediately pinned … Continue reading →

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A BSOG Deconstructed: China Crisis – Docklands [part 3]

Posted on April 8, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Remastering the Vinyl [part 1 • denoising] Now that the contents and running order had been mooted, the next, not inconsequential step, was to digitize the vinyl. That turns out to be basically a 2x realtime process. If you’re lucky. … Continue reading →

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A BSOG Deconstructed: China Crisis – Docklands [part 1]

Posted on April 2, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Yesterday when posting about one of my projects, a reader commented “where can I get one of these?” and I flippantly answered him with a bullet list of the process I underwent, but I thought, since work like this is … Continue reading →

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Record Collecting: The Ideal vs The Reality

Posted on March 18, 2013 by postpunkmonk

When I was a youth, collecting music was easy. You bought 45s and albums. By the time I was in high school, things got more complex. There was then an awareness of import records, which cost more but had thrills … Continue reading →

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