Tag Archives: The Associates

The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprize: When Holy Grail Discs Like Associates “Boys Keep Swinging” Manifest

Posted on September 28, 2023 by postpunkmonk

So yeah, my 60th birthday was two days ago. There wasn’t much of a fuss planned. I even went to work as whether to go on one’s birthday is usually a tossup each year. Since we had taken a lot … Continue reading →

Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, Scots Rock, seminal single, Want List | Tagged 1979, Bowie, New Wave Cover Version, The Associates | 6 Comments

Record Review: Alan Rankine – The World Begins To Look Her Age JPN CD

Posted on September 8, 2020 by postpunkmonk

Alan Rankine: The World Begins To Look Her Age – JPN – CD [1986] Elephant’s Walk In Morning Glory Mission For The Don Your Very Last Day The Best In Me The World Begins To Look Her Age Last Bullet … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Record Review, Scots Rock | Tagged 1986, Alan Rankine, Japanese Pressing, The Associates | 13 Comments

Want List: Associates – Perhaps UK 2xCD DLX RM

Posted on November 19, 2019 by postpunkmonk

Associates: Perhaps DLX RM – UK – 2xCD [2020] Disc 1: Perhaps + Bonus Tracks Those First Impressions Waiting For The Loveboat Perhaps Schampout Helicopter Helicopter Breakfast Thirteen Feelings The Stranger In Your Voice The Best Of You Don’t Give … Continue reading →

Posted in Record Review | Tagged 1984, 2020, Billy Mackenzie, CD, DLX RM, Martin Rushent, The Associates | 15 Comments

Scooped! When Personal CD Projects Get Superseded By Real Labels [part 1]

Posted on July 25, 2019 by postpunkmonk

For anyone reading this who hasn’t been hanging around for nine years or more, I took the name Post-Punk Monk for blogging when my friend saw an elaborate boxed set of god® that I had made. He likened the one-man … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Remastering, Scots Rock, Those First Impressions | Tagged 1999, 2002, 2007, REVO Remastering, The Associates, The Tourists | 2 Comments

Associates Remasters Imminent On Pledge Music

Posted on May 5, 2016 by postpunkmonk

I’ve known about this for some time as a Pledge Music user, but circumstances conspire to make me take a pass on preordering the new batch of DLX RMs from The Associates; my favorite band of Scot Post-Punk practitioners. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Want List | Tagged 1980, 1981, 1982, 2016, Alan Rankine, Billy Mackenzie, DLX RM, The Associates, vinyl | 2 Comments

The Eventual Joy Of Orphaned Albums

Posted on June 20, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Last week a CD arrived in the mail that I only recently became aware of, and it got me thinking on an interesting tangent. The album was The Sound Barrier’s “The Suburban Suite” and the main reason why I was … Continue reading →