Tag Archives: orphaned albums

Leisure Process Are Finally Coming To The Silver Disc With “The Complete Epic Recordings” in November

Posted on October 16, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Just when I think, that’s it. Game over. There’s nothing left to buy that I’ve waited for half a lifetime on CD …they keep proving me wrong! I’m a fan of the band Ross Middleton started with his brothers, Scotland’s … Continue reading →

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Kaspar Hauser Pull Back From The Brink Of History With “Live At The Zone Art Center” CD From 43 Years Ago

Posted on October 9, 2025 by postpunkmonk

One of the many benefits of living as long as I have is the ability to see what we call “orphaned albums” finally reach the ears of listeners sometimes decades after they had been recorded. Some of these are legendary … Continue reading →

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Figures On A Beach Resurface 34 Years Later With Lost Demo Of “Play”

Posted on October 1, 2025 by postpunkmonk

It was some time on September 19th when stealing a glance [all I can muster lately] at the trouser Press Forum that I was alerted to the fact that there was a “new” Figures On A Beach single available for … Continue reading →

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Vicious Pink: Unexpected Pleasures Are Best Of All With New Album Of Unreleased Songs From The 80s

Posted on April 2, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Last Wednesday we got the wonderful news that the next salvo of unreleased Vicious Pink material from decades ago was soon to be coming our way thanks to the label Minimal Wave. Alas, I was still eyeball deep in work … Continue reading →

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Bryan Ferry’s “Mamouna/Horoscope” DLX Box Scheduled To Ship In A Month

Posted on October 13, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It was earlier this summer that the Ferryshpere was abuzz with the news of a DLX RM box of The Maestro’s 1994 opus, “Mamouna.” It was to be a 3xCD set with disc one being the original album. Disc two … Continue reading →

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The Woods “So Long Before Now” Arriving As An Orphaned Album Combining Chamber Pop With VU Drive and Drone

Posted on October 5, 2023 by postpunkmonk

The Woods: So Long Before Now – US – ocean blue LP [2023] I have to marvel at the thorough deep dive that the Sundazed/Modern Harmonic has been doing into the NYC underground of the 80s of late. The latest … Continue reading →

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“Hired History +” Captured The Early Paradox Of Fiat Lux [part 3]

Posted on October 11, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I would have been content with disc one of “Hired History Plus,” personally. What made the package even better was the fact that the unreleased Fiat Lux album “Ark Of Embers” was included after the compilation … Continue reading →

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