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Steel Cage Match: Simple Minds VS OMD Boxed Sets Due October 4th!

Posted on August 20, 2019 by

Holy frijoles! You take a day off blogging to work extra hard, and all heck breaks loose with one’s favorite bands. Let’s discuss this in the order that I found out about it. Today both OMD and Simple Minds have … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 5]

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

DISC 6 | Alternative Mixes, Roughs + Demos […continued from last post] The final disc was a revisit of the DVD-A that came out in 2005. I was lucky enough to have gotten a copy back then even though 5.1 … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 4]

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

DISC 5 | Alternative Mixes, Roughs + Demos […continued from last post] The fifth disc is why these Super Deluxe Boxed Sets can be so interesting to fans who would put an album like “New Gold Dream [81, 82, 83, … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 3]

Posted on February 27, 2019 by

DISC 3 | Edits + B-Sides […continued from last post] Disc three is the sort of excess curation that we sometimes do with our own REVO CDs to show off. Every 7″ edit [usually with about 0:30 seconds excised for … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 2]

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

DISC 2 | Extended Versions […continued from last post] So far, disc 2 had two of the three tracks to be found on the UK 12″ single of “Promised You A Miracle.” Next followed the US remixes of the track. … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Simple Minds “New Gold Dream” Boxed Set Of God [part 1]

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

Last year I vowed to spend less on music but to make certain that what I did pop for was something that I really wanted. So it’s very appropriate that the only music I have bought so far this year, … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Revisit Modern Era; Reissue Rejuvenation BSOG

Posted on February 6, 2019 by

Glorioski! It’s been difficult around lately here what with inclement weather impacting my job, and lunch hours sacrificed on the altar of 40 hours a week. Then there was that annoying identity theft issue, haircut appointments, etc. and not only … Continue reading →

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