It took ssssoooo long!
And in other news, the car hire had to get cancelled so…maybe a ride to Toryglen on the 90 bus instead, eh? š¤š
Category Archives: memorabilia
Welcome To Milngavie – Travel Back To Tiffanyās 1982
Two vids for the price of one!
Fangirl Treasure – Portobello Post-Punks Poster
The poster arrived today. It looks REAL good! I want it on the wall already but the current frames I have, it wonāt fit in properly. Iāll lose detail, I think. It seems wider than the frame so Iād lose detail on Jim and/or Brian if I framed it in one of my current frames. Damn it! I thought Iād be getting it up on the wall in a day or two!
Oh, well. Off to Ikea, I guess…
SSE & Nordoff Robbins Charity Raffle
SSE and Nordoff Robbins are holding a charity raffle and one of the prizes is a Simple Minds concert package. The prize includes a pair of tickets to their Hydro gig, rescheduled for April 6th, 2022, a signed guitar and dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe in Glasgow.
You can enter the raffle online by purchasing raffle tickets at Ā£5 each, proceeds of which will go to Nordoff Robbins.
You can also enter for free.
Click the image below for full raffle details. Online entries close on May 12th with free postal entries closing on May 10th.
Good luck!
The Cars Are The Stars – Auto iMaGes
Ever wondered about those two blurred beauties photographed in action on the covers of Love Song and Sons And Fascination (and no, I donāt mean Jim and Charlie. Lol)?
Well, I can tell you they are two 1960s American classic cars. One is a red 1969 Plymouth Sport Fury and the other is a black 1964 Cadillac Fleetwood. I think we can agree that these beauties are as much the stars of the cover art of these releases as much as Simple Minds are themselves, no?
You can read more about the Love Song/Sons And Fascination cover art by visiting the Dream Giver info page HERE
The YouTube clips below show the cars in their glory. Obviously not the EXACT ones on the covers, but the same makes and models. The cars arenāt the same colour but itās such a fab/naff advert for the Plymouth and PETULA CLARK sings the blooming jingle! And just being able to hear the sound of the Cadillac engine – OMG…pure car p0rn!
Enjoy!
Thanks to MX for the additional information on the cars.
Weekend Waffle – 9/4/2021
Happy Friday, people!
Sunshine On A Rainy Day
It started last night with another piece of āartā…
And then there was joy in the post this morning. This man and the music he helps to make is the biggest bit of sunshine Glasgow has.
I held off buying the 40 Silver vinyl edition and then when it was being sold at a reduced price, I was never quick enough to grab a copy before it sold out. I had been watching several on eBay…biding my time. Some were being sold with some cosmetic flaws to the packaging but the price wasnāt in any way reduced so I just kept waiting…
In the end I got it for Ā£24 with free postage and it seemed a pretty pristine copy. No cosmetic damage and still new and sealed.
As for the photos of Jim – these are ones I have been coveting for some time. Taken in April, 1982, Virginia seemed to have the most wonderful photo session with Jim in Kensington Gardens that day. I never really ask her anything about the photoshoots. One) I know sheāll never really remember much, and two) I donāt want to drive the poor woman crazy going on and on and on AND ON about Jim. ššššš
She already endures so much from me as is.
Anyway, I actually better wind this post up now! Thereās a Minds Music Monday post to come. Worry not!
Glasgow is ALWAYS sunny with a bit of Jim Kerr around ā¤ļøš
E Pif Fannies
As every day breaks, wondering…
Photo WhĆøre – Memorabilia Collector
Final couple of acquisitions for now. I had been waiting to have the funds to get this final two as I couldnāt just grab them all at once. I thought at one point I lost out on getting the band photo but it was just the listing had ended and it took a while for the seller to relist it.
Iāve gotten all the ones I want for now. Unless something new crops up, Iām happy with all my recent finds.
Just one last thing with the band one – if you look at the inside of Charlieās jaiket, down by his left hip, youāll see he has one of these passes (pictured below) clipped to it. Iād love one of those. I love how it is pretty much a silhouette of Jimās head. Itās all in the hair and ears. Lol
There are no details with either of the photos but I am guessing with them being German photographers that these were both taken in Germany? The band photo from 1981 during the Sons And Fascination tour – that backstage tour pass was certainly for that tour (and used into 1982 as well) – and well, Kennyās with them, so it would see to confirm a 1981 date for that photo. But looking at the gig dates on the Dream Giver site, Kenny never goes to Germany with them. Hmmm – confusing! The only European dates he seems to do is a couple of Spanish dates at the tail end of the tour to Canada/USA/Oz/NZ in 1981.
Answers on a postcard for that. A band photo like that one is pretty rare anyway. Iām glad I got hold of it in the end.
As for the one of Jim on his own, I speculated it being taken at a gig in Berlin in March, 1983. Again, just a theory as there are no details with the photo other than the photographerās name on the back.
Quad Kerrsday
Why have one when you can have four?
