May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I never shared this one properly before, so here it is fully scanned. God I love those Sheila Rock photos. Jim is utterly lickable! Him being photographed without a shirt on (not that you can tell it much from the way it’s printed in the magazine) is ALWAYS a bonus! ????? And so you can…
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Back in May I had a chat with Ronnie Gurr at Hanging Around Books about a photo of Jim that I would have liked to have gotten a copy of from the photographer who took it, but I looked into their prices (without enquiring with them directly) and saw they wanted over £1000 for a…
There are some photos surfacing showing the way the look and layout of the book “Heart Of The Crowd (A Fan History)” is like. The photos look really lovely, as does the layout of the book. With the release of the book now only a week away, it is getting all rather exciting! Back in…
Not exactly sure of the date. It just came to me as a clipping. I got it because of that Shelia Rock photo of Jim. God, that is such a wonderful photoshoot. There are some beautiful images of Jim in that white outfit – the jaiket and the “jodpurs” as he called them once. I…
Read full post “Simple Minds – A Gift From Heaven – Record Mirror 1982 (May/June?)” »
We’ve always had an Art School tag…I don’t even think there is an art school in Glasgow. Jim Kerr, 1984 on Simple Minds I do NOT believe for a single second he’d have said that! I mean, geez, the Glasgow School of Art is one of the city’s most famous buildings! They even played there…
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How have I never actually taken this in before?! I’ve been seeing this cover since I started collecting SM memorabilia from the earliest days of my mega fandom. It’s – I am for all the world sure ERRONEOUSLY – stated as being a pic of Mick (surname spelled incorrectly)…but I am pretty sure that’s Brian….
Bought myself a copy of this from eBay. It wasn’t the best copy (but I only got it for £1 so I can’t really complain) but I’ve done my best to clean it up and give it a big old scan (not the full size scan here – Tumblr limits pictures sizes). I don’t know…
Just picked this up for £1 on eBay. Been wanting a copy for a long while now. Have always loved the “Why isn’t this man smiling?” caption. Lol. I’ve just noticed the other, smaller print caption at the bottom of the page today. In case you can’t quite read it, it says “Simple Minds’ Jim…
Read full post “Jim Kerr: The Cheerful Face of Bright New Pop – Record Mirror Cover, 1982” »
Advert from the Record Mirror, May 19, 1979, for Life In A Day by Simple Minds. “Take a look at your watch”.
Article on Simple Minds/Jim Kerr in the Record Mirror, January 28th, 1984.