May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It was an Instagram story on Graeme Thomson’s account that first made me aware of the existence of Orwell. He had been sent a vinyl copy of Simple Minded, with its wonderfully stylised artwork – a subtle but very obvious homage to the Sons and Fascination album cover. I was impressed by its look and…
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“With the flames that go higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higherrrrr”
Firstly – coming up this evening, Catherine Anne Davies and Bernard Butler are talking to Janice Long on BBC Radio Wales about their collaboration producing the album set for release next month, In Memory Of My Feelings. The album was originally due for release last Friday but some vinyl pressing issues meant that the release…
Someone has isolated Jim’s vocals on Sparkle In The Rain…and wow! You can find them all on YT…but here’s Speed Your Love To Me… https://youtu.be/YTRn63B5toE
All things Simple Minds…some 12 inch singles and a Greek copy of New Gold Dream. Interesting that Flukes Atlantis Mix of Theme For Great Cities comes with that DJs leaflet thing. Quirky bonus!
I posted this on the SMO Facebook visitor wall, so I may as well add it here too. ________________________________________________________ Jim…I just need to write again about Speed Your Love To Me on the Acoustic vinyl.It is the most beautiful, tender, sweet, gorgeous thing I’ve heard since…well, Spirited Away, probably. And like Spirited Away, I just…
I wrote on the SM visitor wall… “It was worth every single second of the wait for the vinyl for this alone. This one track epitomises exactly why you guys had to do this thing. Thank you! It is a gift. ?? By the way…I was going to re-record this ‘cos as soon as I…
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Lyric of the day Song: Speed Your Love To Me Album: Sparkle In The Rain Year of release: 1984 Written by: Simple Minds (album credits)
Fold out magazine pin-up booklet with Jim on the cover. The inner blurb on the Minds is actually quite a good little blurb for such a throw-away piece of musical tat. And I do love that picture with Jim finger on chin, plotting world domination (or Derek’s demise from the band, at least).