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The second disc in the Monument package is a DVD containing the concert video that was previously only available on VHS tape. I was hoping the new concert might have been from a different day though, like how the RIE 2008 live tracks were from a different show to the new boxset.

Whilst during others, you might find yourself brushing shoulders with the likes of Mick Karn on the track ‘Hosanna (In Excelsis Deo)’, as bassist Chris Cross quite blatantly takes inspiration from Japan’s Gentlemen Take Polaroids. As the concert was never officially archived, this could not be resorted to the partial record of the event available on the official DVD.As the Deputy Online News Editor at Xfm he revealed exclusively that Nick Cave’s second novel was on the way. It features the original 1982 version of the album, a brand new Steven Wilson Stereo Remix, a CD of B-sides and rarities, ‘work in progress’ cassette rehearsals and two CDs of a newly mixed concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in December 1982. One of the first tracks by a British band to feature a drum machine (a Roland Rhythm 77 with preset patterns) and a tenor saxophone solo played by "cc" of the band Gloria Mundi.

Their debut was co-produced by Steve Lillywhite and Brian Eno (who next co-wrote and performed with Bowie on Low). He said in 1983 in the Monument video: "They are without a doubt the most musical group I have come across in recent years. We made it clear we weren't wallflowers in the studio, if we needed to bring in fifty washing machines, fill them full of rocks, mic them up, and turn them all to spin-cycle - then we'd do it. It was preceded by a new single, " Love's Great Adventure", which enjoyed massive radio airplay that autumn and eventually peaked at No.Ure knew of Ultravox's past, being a fan of Systems to the point where the new four-piece outfit (Ultravox mk. I gave the new live a full go, came back a few hours later with Monument on the other platter, and, yes, some tracks appear to be the same show (? The instrumental mix was not included, but it was mentioned online that that usually follows on a separate CD. In a band meeting before the new recording began in 1986, Warren Cann was sacked from the band due to musical differences.