Tag Archives: Virgin Records

REVO Remastering: JAPAN – Bento, A Collection of Rarities [REVO 063]

Posted on March 21, 2014 by postpunkmonk

Japan: Bento 3XCD-R [2009] DISC 1 1. Stateline 2. Adolescent Sex [ver. 2] 3. Life In Tokyo 4. Life In Tokyo [part 2] 5. Deviation [live in Japan] 6. Quiet Life [JPN 7 edit] 7. Life In Tokyo [long ver.] 8. … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, New Romantic, Remastering | Tagged 2009, Bento, BSOG, David Sylvian, Hansa, Japan, Mick Karn, Virgin Records | 11 Comments

Organ Auction Time: Scritti Politti + Heaven 17 + …The Human League…?!!

Posted on October 22, 2013 by postpunkmonk

They’re doing it to me again! I have a single day between major concert events to blog and some serious UK-only concert action taunts me with its suggestion of the unthinkable… nay, unimaginable. Yesterday morning I received the following communication from … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, Organ Auction Live Event | Tagged DEVO, Gerald Casale, Heaven 17, Human League, Organ Auction Live Event, Scritti Politti, Virgin Records | 10 Comments

Ultimate Virgin Compilation: New Gold Dreams

Posted on October 15, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Various: New Gold Dreams UK 3xCD [2013] Disc 1 Public Image Limited – Death Disco 12” Version (June 79)  Magazine – Permafrost (Apr 79)  Fingerprintz – Dancing With Myself (Jan 79)  Essential Logic – Wake Up (May 79) The Men … Continue reading →

Posted in Core Collection, New Wave Compilations | Tagged B.E.F., China Crisis, core collection, David Sylvian, Heaven 17, Howard Devoto, Human League, Japan, Magazine, Mick Karn, OMD, Simon Draper, Simple Minds, Virgin Records | 9 Comments

A Young Person’s Guide To: Devo Live

Posted on July 10, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Devo: The Warner Bros. Music Show US Promo LP [1980] Whip It Snowball It’s Not Right Girl U Want Planet Earth S.I.B. (Swelling Itching Brain) Secret Agent Man Blockhead Uncontrollable Urge Mongoloid Be Stiff Gates Of Steel Smart Parol / … Continue reading →

Posted in A Young Person's Guide, Core Collection | Tagged DEVO, live album, Rhino Handmade, Virgin Records | 3 Comments

A BSOG Deconstructed: China Crisis – Docklands [part 3]

Posted on April 8, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Remastering the Vinyl [part 1 • denoising] Now that the contents and running order had been mooted, the next, not inconsequential step, was to digitize the vinyl. That turns out to be basically a 2x realtime process. If you’re lucky. … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, Remastering | Tagged 12" singles, 7" singles, CD singles, China Crisis, REVO Remastering, Virgin Records | 5 Comments

A BSOG Deconstructed: China Crisis – Docklands [part 2]

Posted on April 3, 2013 by postpunkmonk

Yesterday we took a hard look at the accumulated China Crisis collection. But music doesn’t exist in a vacuum the size of my Record Cell. There was also a fan-run China Crisis website called Docklands that was helpful in that time … Continue reading →

Posted in BSOG, Core Collection, Remastering | Tagged boxed set, BSOG, China Crisis, Japanese Pressing, remastering, Virgin Records | 1 Comment

CD-3 Files: Japan – Ghosts

Posted on October 17, 2012 by postpunkmonk

Japan: Ghosts UK CD-3 [1988] Ghosts [single edit] The Art Of Parties [version] Visions Of China This was another of the initial launch of catalog titles that Virgin Records used to launch the CD-3 format in the UK with. With … Continue reading →