Sparkle In The Rain (40th Anniversary) 4CD Box Set

Long regarded as one of the jewels in the bands catalogue, 1983s 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. Track List CD1: Sparkle in The Rain Up On the Catwalk Book Of Brilliant Things Speed Your Love to Me Waterfront East At Easter Street Hassle White Hot Day \”C\” Moon Cry Like a Baby The Kick Inside of Me Shake Off the Ghosts CD2: B Sides & Rarities Waterfront – Edit Hunter And the Hunted – Live B-Side Waterfront – Remix (Extended) Speed Your Love to Me – Edit Bass Line – B-Side Speed Your Love to Me – Extended Up On the Catwalk – Edit A Brass Band in Africa – B-Side Up On the Catwalk – Extended A Brass Band in Africa Chimes – B-Side Waterfront – Single Version CD3: LIVE-Barrowlands Glasgow 1984 Shake Off the Ghosts [Intro] Waterfront Up On the Catwalk The Book of Brilliant Things Glittering Prize The American King Is White And, In the Crowd, Speed Your Love to Me Someone Somewhere in Summertime CD4: LIVE-Barrowlands Glasgow 1984 Promised You a Miracle Big Sleep New Gold Dream [81,82,83,84] Love Song Radio One Session 11/09/1983 Waterfront Kick Inside New Gold Dream

Long regarded as one of the jewels in the bands catalogue, 1983s 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.

Track List

CD1: Sparkle in The Rain

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

CD2: B Sides & Rarities

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 Africa Chimes – B-Side
11. Waterfront – Single Version

CD3: LIVE-Barrowlands Glasgow 1984

1. Shake Off the Ghosts [Intro]
2. Waterfront
3. Up On the Catwalk
4. The Book of Brilliant Things
5. Glittering Prize
6. The American
7. King Is White And, In the Crowd,
8. Speed Your Love to Me
9. Someone Somewhere in Summertime

CD4: LIVE-Barrowlands Glasgow 1984

1. Promised You a Miracle
2. Big Sleep
3. New Gold Dream [81,82,83,84]
4. Love Song
5. Radio One Session 11/09/1983
6. Waterfront
7. Kick Inside
8. New Gold Dream