As Song Debuts Go – Minds Music Monday – Ghostdancing At Live Aid
35 years ago today, this happened….
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The Rare Burchill
Jim’s post yesterday. It had me thinking – yes, a photo of Charlie on violin is pretty rare. Certainly not many exist from the period but during 5×5 Live and the later “Hits+” tour, he played the violin again. So for me, the even RARER photo of Charlie with a musical instrument is him on…
“RockField – The Studio On The Farm” Documentary To Air On BBC Channels!
The documentary on the famous Monmouthshire recording studio is set to air simultaneously on BBC Two Wales and BBC Four on Saturday, July 18th at 9pm BST. Below is a trailer on the documentary – with a tiny snippet of Jim discussing Simple Minds’ meeting with David Bowie and Iggy Pop while the band were…
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Poster Power!
A few more recent acquisitions…. The Mecano one is already up on display. Oh, I do like to live vicariously!
Visual Treats
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….
Simple Minds Oz Clips – Various – Interviews With Jim – 1986/89
Here is a selection of the things that were on the Oz TV SM DVD that arrived the other day. I put them up on YouTube to save space on my blog. Here goes… And the interview from yesterday – minus the bit of Prince Charles I snuck into it yesterday.
Aussie Ogling…
This arrived in the post today…of particular interest for this Aussie SM fan. I need to cast my professional ogling eye over it and see what’s what. Some things I have seen before, others not. I am hoping for a surprise or two. We’ll see. I hope there’ll be something good to share. It’s Kerrsday…
The Final Flick-through
The final look through my hoard of Virginia Turbett prints. UPDATE: I’m now speaking from the future! It’s September, 2023 and I am painstakingly updating this blog. Deleting BIG video files but uploading them to YouTube before deletion. So, now that means this post has one big original video, which I have just uploaded to…
Pete Still Photography – Simple Minds 1982 London Gig Photo Set
A few other fans in the groups I am on mentioned this set of photos being sold on eBay. A photographer named Pete Still is selling a set of 30 photos that he took during a gig at the Lyceum Theatre in London on December 8th, 1982. I’m not sure what kind of kit he…
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