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Simple Minds Dip Into The Surround Sound Well A Second Time With Twin Blu-Rays In Dolby Atmos®
Of course commenter negative1ne has already acted swiftly on the comment thread of a post I made to commemorate “New God Dream [81, 82, 83, 84]” but I was away on travel for a memorial last weekend when I got … Continue reading
Posted in 5.1, Assorted Images, Core Collection, New Romantic, Scots Rock, Wilson Never Sleeps
Tagged 2025, Blu-Ray, New Gold Dream, SDE, Simple Minds, Sparkle In The Rain, surround sound
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 19]
Simple Minds | Sparkle In The Rain – 4 [continued from previous post] Side two of “Sparkle In the Rain” began with an anomaly in Simple Minds career up to that point. A cover version! At least they picked a … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1984, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Sparkle In The Rain, Street Hassle
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 18]
Simple Minds | Sparkle In The Rain – 4 [continued from previous post] It was immediately apparent when the needle dropped on “Sparkle In The Rain” that Simple Minds were undergoing another metamorphosis. The band had already had three distinct … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1984, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Sparkle In The Rain
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Rock G.P.A.: Simple Minds [part 17]
Simple Minds | Sparkle In The Rain – 4 Following on the commercial breakthrough of “New Gold Dream [81, 82, 83, 84],” Simple Minds found themselves moving up in the world. The end of their previous “Sons + Fascination” world … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Rock GPA, Scots Rock
Tagged 1984, Rock GPA, Simple Minds, Sparkle In The Rain
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Simple Minds Enter Mega Boxed Set Territory
Simple Minds: Sparkle In The Rain Mega Edition UK 4xCD+DVD [2015] Disc 1 – Album 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Scots Rock, Want List
Tagged 1984, boxed set, Simple Minds, Sparkle In The Rain
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