Simple Minds – 1984 Tour Dates – No 1 Magazine, Oct 29th, 1983
And can I please have a full size copy of that picture of Jim, please? Beautiful! Also details of the release of Waterfront.
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Lyric Of The Day – Saturday Girl
On a Sunday…
Phoenix Park Dublin Gig Review – No 1 Magazine – August, 1983
Review of the U2/SimpleMinds/Big Country/Eurythmics mega gig at Phoenix Park, Dublin on August 14th, 1983. A shame the second page (and pic of Jim) is black and white. Never mind. Again, many thanks to shanemarais.net for the magazine scans.
Where Have They BEEN All This Time?!
Lol. OMG…New Gold Dream has only been out a year…and they were touring still in the first quarter of 1983. They’ve been gone SSOOOO LOOOONG! Lol. YOU HAVE NO IDEA – NO 1 MAGAZINE! Lol From an issue of No 1 Magazine from Sept 10th, 1983
O to the M to the G (Part 761) No 1 Magazine, Feb 4th, 1984
Just…how beautiful is this man?! *officially cradling self in foetal position*?? Thank you to the amazing site run by Shane Marais for the scans. You can view Shane’s blog HERE I am DEFINITELY getting my own copy of this magazine…sometime in the future I think the photographer (unnamed by the magazine…don’t know why?) is Mike…
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Lyric Of The Day – Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel (Inexplicable Redo)
I don’t know why I decided to redo it. Jim liked the first one…I don’t think I’ve ever redone one that he liked…other than Hunter And The Hunted…but that was due to the guilt of using copyright images…and…well, the original one is beautiful. Experimentation I suppose was at the heart of it. I really do…
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Weekend WhirliGIG Wish – New Gold Dream Tour – Manchester, Nov 28th, 1982
As we have all been sharing the love of the album, with it having just celebrated its 35th anniversary, I thought it apt to highlight a gig from the tour. A Sunday gig…and just a couple of days after their appearance on The Tube (where the pic of Jim for my “WhirliGIG” logo comes from)….
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Happy Anniversary New Gold Dream
35 years old today. Gordon Machray of Simple Minds International Facebook fan page asked us fans – apart from the title track, what was our standout and why? Well, I was quick in response and then it was too succinct a response not to share here. So…here goes! “That really is an EVIL question. King…
Big Sleep – Vocal Isolation
And last, but by no means least…the beautiful and ephemeral Big Sleep.