May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
These photos showed up in my Facebook memories today. Taken at my sister’s wedding on December 17th, 1988 – I only just turned 18 several weeks prior. I shared them on FB last year because I had just taken decent scans of them, them having languished in a drawer for years. I brought them back…
Well, for me anyways. Quite a number of photos I hadn’t seen before in the pages of this little booklet. I’m sharing most of the previously unseen (by me) photos within. A few of them have been around before but I just liked scanning them and having a perhaps better copy than I previously did….
A Classic Pop feature looking back at the Mandela 70th Birthday concert. When music can make a real difference. Contributions from head organiser Jerry Dammers with Jim Kerr, Jazzie B, and Tony Hollingsworth.
Pictures inside the commemorative book of the Free Nelson Mendale Concert at Wembley Stadium in June, 1988. (Click on the individual images to see full detail)
That Mandela Day looks painful 😉 Photo credit: Lynn Goldsmith
Proto credit: Lynn Goldsmith
He is obviously very, very nervous in this interview. Even in the earliest of interviews, I’ve never seen him stammer or tick SO much. Obvisously the enormity of the event got to him a little…and being interviewed by the revered music journalist, Paul Gambaccini. I feel like a voyeur for wanting to watch these clips…
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richardbellia: Jim KerrLondres, Stade de Wembley, Mandela day, juin 1988 Exposition photographique“Richard Bellia – Un Oeil sur la Musique 1982 – 2011”Lyon TransbordeurDu 18 janvier au 3 avril 2012
Rescans of pictures from Simple Minds News Issue 23, 1988. Photo of Jim rotated sideways and rescanned for a close-up higher res, and higher res photo of Charlie.
Simple Minds News – Issue 23, 1988: Part Two