Sparkle In The Rain - Super Deluxe
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Simple Minds
Sparkle In The Rain - Super Deluxe
[ Universal Music / 6 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 3 April 2015
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Originally released in February 1984, Sparkle in the Rain (title taken from a line in 'Book Of Brilliant Things') was Simple Minds' sixth studio album and cemented their commercial success. This album gave them their first UK number 1 as well as a Top 20 album in Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The album went on to be certified double platinum in the UK.
Sparkle in the Rain sees the line up of Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Derek Forbes, Mick MacNeil and Mel Gaynor (now a permanent fixture - playing on his first full Simple Minds album) move in a more cohesive, rock-oriented direction.This was in part propelled by Gaynor's powerhouse drumming, though the album still retained traces of their new wave past. The album featured religious references and symbolism in 'Book Of Brilliant Things' and 'East At Easter', a critique on celebrity in 'Up On The Catwalk' as well as a cover of 'Street Hassle', a homage to one of their biggest influences, the now sadly deceased Lou Reed whom later guested on the band's Street Fighting Years album.
Super Deluxe Edition Contents:
Disc 1 - re-mastered original album
Disc 2 - rare B-sides
Disc 3 + 4 - previously unreleased concert recorded at Barrowland in the band's hometown of Glasgow, on 28th February 1984. Disc 4 also includes a three-track BBC Radio 1 session from September 1983.
Disc 5 - A 5.1 surround sound mix, remixed from the multi-track master tapes by four-time Grammy nominated musician/producer Steven Wilson, as well as a high resolution stereo mix and a Dolby digital 5.1 surround mix.
Original promo videos, Top Of The Pops and Oxford Road Show performances of 'Waterfront', 'Speed Your Love To Me' and 'Up On The Catwalk'.
36-page booklet with extensive sleeve notes by Simon Cornwell, including new interviews with Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill.
Extensive rare photos of the band and memorabilia from the period.
Tracks:
Disc 1
Up On The Catwalk
Book Of Brilliant Things
Speed Your Love To Me
Waterfront
East At Easter
Street Hassle
White Hot Day
''C'' Moon Cry Like A Baby
The Kick Inside Of Me
Shake Off The Ghosts
Disc 2
Waterfront (Remaster 2013)
Hunter And The Hunted
Waterfront (Extended Version)
Speed Your Love To Me (2002 Digital Remaster)
Bass Line
Speed Your Love To Me (Extended Mix)
Up On The Catwalk (2002 Digital Remaster)
A Brass Band In African Chimes
Up On The Catwalk (Extended Version)
A Brass Band In African Chimes (Extended Version)
Waterfront (Single Edit)
Disc 3
Shake Off The Ghosts (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Waterfront (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Up On The Catwalk (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Book Of Brilliant Things (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Glittering Prize (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
The American (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
King Is White And In The Crowd (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Speed Your Love To Me (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Disc 4
Promised You A Miracle (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Big Sleep (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Medley: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) / Take Me To The River / Light My Fire (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Medley: Love Song / Glory (Live At Barrowlands, Glasgow / UK / 1984)
Waterfront (Radio One Session, London / 1983)
The Kick Inside Of Me (Radio One Session, London / 1983)
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (Radio One Session, London / 1983)
Disc 5
Up On The Catwalk (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
Book Of Brilliant Things (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
Speed Your Love To Me (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
Waterfront (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
East At Easter (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
Street Hassle (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
White Hot Day (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
''C'' Moon Cry Like A Baby (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
The Kick Inside Of Me (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
Shake Off The Ghosts (DTS 5.1 Mix Surround Mix)
Up On The Catwalk (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
Book Of Brilliant Things (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
Speed Your Love To Me (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
Waterfront (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
East At Easter (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
Street Hassle (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
White Hot Day (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
''C'' Moon Cry Like A Baby (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
The Kick Inside Of Me (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
Shake Off The Ghosts (Steven Wilson 5.1 Mix)
Up On The Catwalk (High Resolution Mix)
Book Of Brilliant Things (High Resolution Mix)
Speed Your Love To Me (High Resolution Mix)
Waterfront (High Resolution Mix)
East At Easter (High Resolution Mix)
Street Hassle (High Resolution Mix)
White Hot Day (High Resolution Mix)
''C'' Moon Cry Like A Baby (High Resolution Mix)
The Kick Inside Of Me (High Resolution Mix)
Shake Off The Ghosts (High Resolution Mix)
Waterfront (2003 Remaster)
Speed Your Love To Me (2003 Remaster)
Up On The Catwalk (2003 Remaster)
Waterfront (Top Of The Pops, London / 1983)
Speed Your Love To Me (Live / Oxford Road Show, UK / 1984)
Up On The Catwalk (Live / Oxford Road Show, UK / 1984)
