Category: scotland
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.
New Fangirl Treasure – 5×5 Boxset
Got this latest fangirl treasure from eBay for £20. It is in PRISTINE condition. Have wanted a copy since my fandom began. So chuffed! #SimpleMinds
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…
You’re Not Scottish Enough! Richard Jobson on Simple Minds
Jim Kerr on the notion of being a Scottish stereotype.
Jim The Binman?
Jim – the bin man! What a waste that would have been?! Though…there would have been one sexy old “garbo” collecting bins around the streets of Glasgow! 😉 – From “Simple Minds – A Visual Documentary”
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…