Tag Archives: Record Store Day

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 | 5 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 →

Posted in Record Collecting, Want List | Tagged Record Store Day | 20 Comments

Another Ultravox Artifact From A Parallel Universe Fell Through A Wormhole Last Friday And It’s For Sale, But Not For Long

Posted on December 1, 2022 by postpunkmonk

We all know that “Rage In Eden” was [magnificently] produced by Conny Plank, who capped a three album arc of producing Ultravox with the climactic “Rage In Eden.” But nothing is black and white anymore in the 21st century. And … Continue reading →

Posted in 5.1, Core Collection, Designed By Peter Saville, New Romantic, Scots Rock, Want List | Tagged 1981, 2022, Rage In Eden, Record Store Day, Steven Wilson, Ultravox | 46 Comments

REDUX: Record Review: Pulp – After You

Posted on June 29, 2022 by postpunkmonk

November 3, 2015 Pulp: After You UK 12″ [2013] After You [Pulp vx Soulwax] After You [original version] After You [The 4am Desperation Disco To Disco Dub Version] I was excited when Pulp reactivated in 2011 after laying dormant for a … Continue reading →