Tag Archives: Record Store Day

Steven Wilson Earns That Money With Stunning “Lament” 12″ Remixes From Ultravox [part 2]

Posted on June 19, 2024 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] So far, Steven Wilson had added depth to “White China” and fully brought the Celtic aberration of “Man Of Two Worlds” fully onto the Ultravox playing field. Filling it with mystery and intrigue. Where would the … Continue reading →

Posted in Designed By Peter Saville, Record Review, Record Store Day, Scots Rock, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged 2024, Record Store Day, Steven Wilson, Ultravox | 12 Comments

Steven Wilson Earns That Money With Stunning “Lament” 12″ Remixes From Ultravox [part 1]

Posted on June 15, 2024 by postpunkmonk

My friends and I have a ongoing comedy routine regarding Steven Wilson in our offline threads. The peripatetic musician is equally known among cognoscenti for his remixes of classic canon as he is for his own bands [Porcupine Tree] and … Continue reading →

Posted in Designed By Peter Saville, Record Review, Record Store Day, Scots Rock, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged 2024, Record Store Day, Steven Wilson, Ultravox | 11 Comments

UK’s Record Store Day 2024 Still Surprises

Posted on February 29, 2024 by postpunkmonk

There were so many things of interest in the US that that I wondered… if the US was getting the Core Collection likes of OMD and Ultravox, what, if anything, would be UK-only items of interest? I needn’t have worried, … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged 2024, Bryan Ferry, David Sylvian, Lora Logic, Midge Ure, Pete Wylie, Peter Murphy, Propaganda, Record Store Day, The Cramps, Ultravox | 4 Comments

Deconstructing Record Store Day 2024

Posted on February 28, 2024 by postpunkmonk

Wait, what’s that low rumble I hear in the distance? Could it be the throngs of music geeks converging to queue for their favorite holiday, now it its 17th year? Ooof! That makes me feel even older to think that … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Live Music, Want List, Wilson Never Sleeps | Tagged 2024, Bernie Worrell, Fun Boy Three, OMD, Record Store Day, Sparks, Talking Heads, The Beat, Ultravox | 6 Comments

RSD Black Friday Brings Intrigue This Year

Posted on October 3, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Readers who pore over the comments will already have seen negative1ne mentioning releases coming up on November 24th for Record Store Day’s slightly less showy cousin, RSD Black Friday. While RSD in April has the world at its feet, Black … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, New Romantic, Scots Rock, Want List | Tagged 2023, David J, INXS, Record Store Day, Sparks, The Beat, Ultravox | 10 Comments

Record Store Day 2023 Has A Few Diamonds In The White Noise [part 2]

Posted on March 29, 2023 by postpunkmonk

As usual, there are numerous titles for RSD 2023 that are native to the UK list but not the US list. That’s to say nothing of the other nations [Ireland, Germany, Japan, Australia] with their own RSD rosters! There are … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Deadpan Women, Scots Rock, Want List | Tagged 2023, Altered Images, Bill Nelson, Echo + The Bunnymen, Landscape, Pere Ubu, Record Store Day, Simple Minds, Soft Cell, Suicide, xPropaganda | 9 Comments

Record Store Day 2023 Has A Few Diamonds In The White Noise [part 1]

Posted on March 28, 2023 by postpunkmonk

It’s that time of year again. The time when what’s left of the music industry fires up the cattle prods and prepares to bury them deep in the flesh of our necks to get that all important twitch reaction. I … Continue reading →