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…
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The New Barclay James Harvest? Tommy Udo’s Scathing Gig Review of SM at Tiffany’s 1981
Ouch!! Wow! What a scathing gig review. Tommy Udo obviously knows *nothing* about what fantastic music is! How he ever got to be a music journalist escapes me! Still, he does admit to being in a minority of one because – as he puts it – “the audience went apeshit throughout the set”. Damn right…
Simple Minds Circa 1982 – Jim With Tambourine
I love the pictures from this photoshoot. Not many of them out on the ‘net are very clear – and in some of them Jim looks very dour (not that I’m complaining – Jim is *hawt* when he’s moody!) – but this period around 1982, I think he is just the most beautiful man on…
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Review of SITR Boxset in Q Magazine
Review of the Sparkle In The Rain boxset in this month’s (labelled April 2015) Q Magazine. The picture caption says (Simple Minds in 1984) – nope, 1982 that picture was taken. I have it from a magazine clipping dated Dec 1982. Not strictly true that SITR was the first album Mel Gaynor recorded with them….