Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain [Super Deluxe Remastered Edition] (1984/2015)

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Artist: Simple Minds
Title: Sparkle in the Rain
Year Of Release: 1984/2015
Label: UMC [379734 9]
Genre: New Wave, Pop Rock, Synth-pop
Quality: 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks+cue, log)
Total Time: 3:36:02
Total Size: 499 mb / 1.41 gb
WebSite: Album Preview

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 new 4CD / 1DVD Super Deluxe Box Set version comprises a host of bonus material including; B-sides and extended mixes; BBC sessions; a previously unreleased Glasgow Barrowlands concert; promo videos; Top Of The Pops and Oxford Road Show footage; a booklet containing sleeve notes and interviews plus track by track annotation and a reproduction concert programme. It was extensively remastered in 2014 at Abbey Studios, London.

TRACKLIST:

Disc: 1 - Sparkle in the Rain [Remastered]
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 - B-Sides & Extended Mixes
1. Waterfront (Edit)
2. Hunter And The Hunted (Live B - Side)
3. Waterfront (Extended Remix)
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 Africa Chimes (B - Side)
11. Waterfront (Single Version)

Disc: 3 - Live in Barrowland (Pt 1)
1. Shake Off The Ghosts [Intro] (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
2. Waterfront (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
3. Up On The Catwalk (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
4. The Book Of Brilliant Things (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
5. Glittering Prize (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
6. The American (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
7. King Is White And In The Crowd (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
8. Speed Your Love To Me (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
9. Someone Somewhere In Summertime (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)

Disc: 4 - Live In Barrowland / BBC Session
1. Promised You A Miracle (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
2. Big Sleep (LIVE - Barrowlands Glasgow 1984)
3. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) [Live] - Take Me To The River [Live]
4. Love Song [Live] - Glory [Live] (LIVE
5. Waterfront (Radio One Session)
6. Kick Inside (Radio One Session)
7. New Gold Dream (Radio One Session)

Simple Minds
Jim Kerr – vocals
Charlie Burchill – acoustic and electric guitars
Derek Forbes – bass, vocals
Mel Gaynor – drums, vocals
Mick MacNeil – keyboards, vocals

Additional personnel
Kirsty MacColl – voice on "Speed Your Love to Me" and "Street Hassle"

Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain_320.zip - 499.5 MB
Simple Minds - Sparkle in the Rain_FLAC.zip - 1.4 GB

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