Tag Archives: Rupert Hine

Crucial Rupert Hine Solo Albums Remastered And Reissued In New Box

Posted on August 12, 2022 by postpunkmonk

Great news. Cherry Red’s Esoteric Recordings label has given new life to the three A+M solo albums by Rupert Hine that preceded his run of the [also amazing] Thinkman albums. The last time these came in print was in 2001 … Continue reading →

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Rupert Hine’s Wife Shares Unreleased Track To Commemorate Her Husband

Posted on June 4, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Rupert Hine died a year ago today and his wife had shared a link in the comments here to a page on the Rupert Hine website where she had posted an unreleased song for limited period of download, but I … Continue reading →

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80s Soundtrack Week: Wednesday – “Better Off Dead” US CD

Posted on May 19, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Well, It’s Wednesday and it time for…another 80s soundtrack from A+M Records. I swear that I didn’t plan it that way, but it’s just how it’s panning out. Today’s soundtrack was initially the one I wanted to write about; before … Continue reading →

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Rupert Hine: 1947 -2020

Posted on June 8, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Sad news last Friday night as chasinvictoria contacted me with the news that the great Rupert Hine had died at 72. No cause of death has been mentioned yet. I’d first heard Hine when I managed to see the video … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Thinkman – The Formula

Posted on September 6, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Thinkman: The Formula GER CD [1986] Best Adventures The Formula Legend The Ecstasy Of Free Thought The Conflict The Challenge The Days Of A Champion There Shines Our Promised land When I was in Akron last weekend, I had the … Continue reading →

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…But What About The Fixx?

Posted on February 3, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Today at the gym I heard a new song finally enter into the satellite radio 80s CHR playlist; usually a welcome happening. The track was “Saved By Zero” and it got me thinking about The Fixx. That was a band … Continue reading →

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Seminal Single: Peter Gabriel – Games Without Frontiers

Posted on February 20, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Peter Gabriel: Games Without Frontiers UK 7″ [1980] Games Without Frontiers Start I Don’t Remember [alt. ver.] By the time of Peter Gabriel’s third eponymous album in 1980, I was primed and ready for it. I had first been exposed … Continue reading →

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