Sparkle in the Rain (40th Anniversary Boxset)
Simple Minds
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Release Date: 22/11/2024
Long regarded as one of the jewels in the band's catalogue, 1983's 'Sparkle in the Rain' kicked off a run of three consecutive Number 1 albums in the UK for Simple Minds and delivered the classic hit singles 'Waterfront', 'Up on the Catwalk' and 'Speed Your Love to Me'. This 4-CD Box Set version comprises a host of bonus material including; B-sides and extended mixes; BBC sessions; a previously unreleased Glasgow Barrowlands concert; a booklet containing sleeve notes and interviews plus track-by-track annotation. It was extensively re-mastered originally in 2014 at Abbey Studios, London.
Disc 1
1: Up On the Catwalk
2: Book of Brilliant Things
3: Speed Your Love to Me
4: Waterfront
5: East at Easter
6: Street Hassle
7: White Hot Day
8: 'C' Moon Cry Like a Baby
9: The Kick Inside of Me
10: Shake Off the Ghosts
Disc 2
1: Waterfront (Edit)
2: Hunter and the Hunted (Live B-side)
3: Waterfront - Remix (Extended)
4: Speed Your Love to Me (Edit)
5: Bass Line (B-side)
6: Speed Your Love to Me (Extended)
7: Up On the Catwalk (Edit)
8: A Brass Band in Africa (B-side)
9: Up On the Catwalk (Extended)
10: A Brass Band in African Chimes (B-side)
11: Waterfront (Single Version)
Disc 3
1: Shake Off the Ghosts (Intro) [live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984]
2: Waterfront (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
3: Up On the Catwalk (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
4: The Book of Brilliant Things (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
5: Glittering Prize (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
6: The American (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
7: King Is White And, in the Crowd (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
8: Speed Your Love to Me (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
9: Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) [live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984]
Disc 4
1: Promised You a Miracle (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
2: Big Sleep (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
3: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) [live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984]
4: Love Song (Live at the Barrowlands, Glasgow, 1984)
5: Waterfront (Radio One Session, London 1983)
6: The Kick Inside of Me (Radio One Session, London 1983)
7: New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) [Radio One Session, London 1983]