May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Simple Minds News – Issue 22, 1988: Part Two For interested Minds fans. Kept the “contact” pages in, but obscured anything too revealing about peoples’ addresses. Thought it might be fun for people to see themselves mentioned. I recognise a few names in the SM fandom today 🙂
Simple Minds News – Issue 22, 1988: Part One Thought these might be of interest to fellow Minds fans.
Listening to another live gig tonight. Sounding like a good one so far. Look at that date! What a Christmas present!!!
Been pulling the reins in on the spending on SM memorabilia, but when I saw this little bundle on eBay last week – I had to have a bid! Picked them up for a bargain! (£3.79). Some nice photos too – and a colour cover on one! Lots of photos are inky dot-matrix prints, but…
Simple Minds – I Travel Killer version – still fresh some 35 years down the line. Love it! (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Right. So, Mel is either really tired…or slightly worse for wear… Which one? Lol Or maybe he’s just bored? “Fucking drum miming to New Gold Dream, AGAIN?! I’m sssoooo fucking over it, mate. I tell ya!” Lol.
Colour booklet inside the 12″ gatefold of Stand By Love. Another surprise find in my eBay swag. Lovely!
Speed Your Love To Me lyrics printed in Smash Hits magazine, Jan-Feb, 1984.
OMG!! Simple Minds are doing arena gigs – including London, in November! I’m sssoooo going to the O2!!! More details at simpleminds.com
Colour photo of Sparkle promo shots out on the ferry. From left to right: Mick MacNeil, Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr, Mel Gaynor, Derek Forbes.