Some nasty-looking box though innit?
― Feebs K-Tel (NickB), Friday, 24 February 2012 22:54 (twelve years ago) link
indeed it is. v. cheap and nasty. even the elo box released end of last year had some design to it.this is just a very cheap-n-nasty package.that said, i'm very tempted as i have none of the early stuff.
― mark e, Friday, 24 February 2012 22:57 (twelve years ago) link
Then Play Long reaches Live In The City Of Light but wishes for a time machine: http://nobilliards.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/simple-minds-live-in-city-of-light.html
― agincourtgirl, Thursday, 23 October 2014 15:14 (nine years ago) link
Sparkle In The Rain gets boxed
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The spate of hugely expanded box-set reissues continues next year with Simple Minds’ breakthrough sixth album Sparkle in the Rain — featuring the singles “Waterfront” and “Up on the Catwalk” — set for re-release a a five-disc set featuring B-sides, remixes, BBC sessions, a previously unreleased concert and a 5.1 Surround mix of the album.The Sparkle in the Rain reissue — which also will be released as a 2CD deluxe set, on 180-gram vinyl and as a Blu-ray featuring the Surround mix — arrives March 16, via Universal Music, according to the band, which just released a brand-new studio album last month.The Super Deluxe Edition box set will include the full album, newly remastered this year at Abbey Road Studios, on one disc plus a second disc of B-sides and extended mixes. The third and fourth discs will include a previously unreleased concert recorded at the Glasgow Barrowlands in 1984, the year of the album’s release, plus a BBC radio session.And the DVD will include a new 5.1 Surround mix of the album by Stephen Wilson, plus High Res Stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes as well. Also on the DVD: promo videos for the album’s three singles, plus several television appearances.
The Sparkle in the Rain reissue — which also will be released as a 2CD deluxe set, on 180-gram vinyl and as a Blu-ray featuring the Surround mix — arrives March 16, via Universal Music, according to the band, which just released a brand-new studio album last month.
The Super Deluxe Edition box set will include the full album, newly remastered this year at Abbey Road Studios, on one disc plus a second disc of B-sides and extended mixes. The third and fourth discs will include a previously unreleased concert recorded at the Glasgow Barrowlands in 1984, the year of the album’s release, plus a BBC radio session.
And the DVD will include a new 5.1 Surround mix of the album by Stephen Wilson, plus High Res Stereo and Dolby Digital 5.1 mixes as well. Also on the DVD: promo videos for the album’s three singles, plus several television appearances.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 03:29 (nine years ago) link
Should note that the box doesn't include the demos. It's a shame because once I heard them I haven't really listened to the album since. No Steve Lilywhite. No drums. No Jim Kerr. = 100% improvement
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 03:30 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the inclusion of the demos was my first thought as well. It'd still be interesting to see whether Steven Wilson was particularly ruthless in his 5.1 remix.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 9 December 2014 10:18 (nine years ago) link