Simple Minds – Circa 1981 – Edinburgh Castle
The boys all suited and booted, circa 1981. Love Jim’s slim tie 😉 From L to R: Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Michael MacNeil, Jim Kerr.
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SITR Blu-ray Audio Booklet
The full Sparkle In The Rain cover and inner booklet from the Blu-ray Audio.
Gig Review 17 March 1984 – Record Mirror: Simple Minds – Barrowland Ballroom – 2nd March
As the new CD boxset (and other various formats of release) of Sparkle In The Rain is now imminent, I thought it apt to share a wonderful, positive gig review of the period (no date on the piece, but with the help of the Dream Giver Redux site, I’m guessing it was 2nd March, 1984).After…
Check out: SIMPLE MINDS – SPARKLE IN THE RAIN
360magazine: Following the recent release of Big Music Universal Music Enterprises will release a four-disc digital box set of Simple Minds’ SPARKLE IN THE RAIN on March 31st. It will be the first time the entire back catalog of this era has been collected together. Originally released in February 1984, SPARKLE IN THE RAIN (title…
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Gig Review by Mick Middles: June 1979
A gig review from June, 1979. 4th paragraph in – OUCH!! But *kinda* constructive. If a review can be both bitchingly scathing yet constructive?! I’m not sure you could quite accuse them of “no stage presence” – I found Jim mesmerising from the outset. And obviously he (the reviewer) was not sold by epics like…
Simple Minds – A Visual Documentary by Mike Wrenn
So, this arrived today. Sssooo many lovely photos! Some I’ve not seen before… Here are some examples…
Mick MacNeil’s Spider Fingers! New Gold Dream Keyboard Riff Gif
Michael MacNeil’s spider fingers on the keyboard hook of New Gold Dream.
Simple Minds Backstage at TOTP 1982
The young boys – Jim Kerr, Derek Forbes, Charlie Burchill, Michael MacNeil, Mike Ogletree.
The Narara Festival T-shirt
I always wanted to know what the t-shirt Jim wears in this photo said/was…and now I know! It’s an Australian music festival. Simple Minds played there in 1984. The logo is very May Gibbs/Gumnut babies inspired (Google it if you don’t know what I’m on about). So cute!