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box sets | super deluxes

Sparkle In The Rain Super Deluxe
Release Date: March 2015
Highest Chart Position: 80
8" x 6" Box (Universal 3779349)
Includes remastered album, B-sides and extended mixes, live concert from 1984, DVD of 5:1 mixes, videos, TV appearances and a booklet of sleeve notes and replica tour programme.
box sets | compilations

Silver Box
Release Date: October 2004
Highest Chart Position: -
6" x 10" Box (Virgin CDBOX 9)
Includes five CDs of rare sessions, demos, live material and the 'lost' album Our Secrets Are The Same



box sets | singles

Ballad Of The Streets EP Box
Release Date: February 1989
Highest Chart Position: 1
12" x 12" Box (Virgin SMXB 3)
Includes Ballad Of The Streets EP 12" (Virgin SMXT 3) and four black and white photographs taken from the Belfast Child video
Let There Be Love Box Set
Release Date: March 1991
Highest Chart Position: 6
6" x 5" Box (Virgin VSCDX 1332)
Includes Let There Be Love CD (Virgin VSCDT 1332), Let There Be Love Limited Edition CD (Virgin VSCDX 1332) and See The Lights CD (Virgin VSCDT 1343)
Hypnotised Box Set
Release Date: March 1995
Highest Chart Position: 18
5" x 8" Box (Virgin VSCDX 1534)
Includes Hypnotised CD (Virgin VSCDT 1534) and Hypnotised Limited Edition CD (Virgin VSCDX 1534)



box sets | single compilations

Themes Volume One
Release Date: September 1990
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin SMTCD 1)
Includes I Travel CD (Virgin THEME 1), The American CD (Virgin THEME 2), Love Song CD (Virgin THEME 3), Sweat In Bullet CD (Virgin THEME 4) and Promised You A Mircle CD (Virgin THEME 5)
Themes Volume Two
Release Date: September 1990
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin SMTCD 2)
Includes Glittering Prize CD (Virgin THEME 6), Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) CD (Virgin THEME 7), Waterfront CD (Virgin THEME 8), Speed Your Love To Me CD (Virgin THEME 9) and Up On The Catwalk/Don't You (Forget About Me) CD (Virgin THEME 10)
Themes Volume Three
Release Date: October 1990
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin SMTCD 3)
Includes Alive And Kicking CD (Virgin THEME 11), Sanctify Yourself CD (Virgin THEME 12), All The Things She Said CD (Virgin THEME 13), Ghostdancing CD (Virgin THEME 14) and Promised You A Miracle (Live) CD (Virgin THEME 15)
Themes Volume Four
Release Date: October 1990
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin SMTCD 4)
Includes Ballad Of The Streets EP CD (Virgin THEME 16), This Is Your Land CD (Virgin THEME 17), Kick It In CD (Virgin THEME 18), The Amsterdam CD (Virgin THEME 19) and The Verona EP CD (Virgin THEME 20)
Themes Volumes One - Five
Release Date: June 2008
Highest Chart Position: -
6 ¼" x 6" x 5" Box (Virgin SMTBOX 4)
Includes Themes Volume One Reissue (Virgin 5099921646225-1), Themes Volume Two Reissue (Virgin 5099921646225-1), Themes Volume Three Reissue (Virgin 5099921646225-3), Themes Volume Four Reissue (Virgin 5099921646225-4) and Themes Volume Five (Virgin SMTCD 5)
Themes Volume Five
Release Date: June 2008
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin SMTCD 5)
Includes Let There Be Love CD (Virgin THEME 21), See The Lights CD (Virgin THEME 22), Stand By Love CD (Virgin THEME 23), Real Life CD (Virgin THEME 24) and Love Song/Alive And Kicking CD (Virgin THEME 25)



box sets | album collections

Simple Minds
Release Date: December 1990
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin TPAK 2)
Includes Life In A Day Picture CD (Virgin VMCDP 6), Real To Real Cacophony Picture CD (Virgin CDVP 2246) and Empires And Dance Picture CD (Virgin CDVP 2247)
Simple Minds
Release Date: December 1994
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin TPAK 2)
Includes Life In A Day Picture CD (Virgin VMCDP 6), Real To Real Cacophony Picture CD (Virgin CDVP 2246) and Empires And Dance Picture CD (Virgin CDVP 2247)
Original Gold
Release Date: July 1999
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Disky HR 857752)
Includes Real To Real Cacophony CD (Disky VI 874782) and Real Life CD (Disky VI 882362)
Simple Minds
Release Date: December 1999
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin 8421652)
Includes New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) CD (Virgin CDV 2230), Once Upon A Time CD (Virgin CDV 2364) and Street Fighting Years CD (Virgin MINDSCD1)
X5
Release Date: February 2012
Highest Chart Position: -
5" x 5" Box (Virgin SMBOX 2)
Includes the first five albums with bonus material.



box sets | albums

Street Fighting Years Box Set
Release Date: December 1989
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box (Virgin SMBXC 1)
Includes Street Fighting Years cassette (Virgin MINDSC 1), The Street Fighting Years BBC Radio Show cassettes (Virgin BBC 1-1 & Virgin BBC 1-2) and the Street Fighting Years music book.
Street Fighting Years Box Set
Release Date: December 1989
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box (Virgin SMBXD 1)
Includes Street Fighting Years CD (Virgin MINDSCD 1), The Street Fighting Years BBC Radio Show cassettes (Virgin BBC 1-1 & Virgin BBC 1-2) and the Street Fighting Years music book.
Neapolis Box Set
Release Date: March 1998
Highest Chart Position: 19
5" x 5" Box (Chrysalis 7243 493712 0 0)
Includes Neapolis album, booklet and insert.



box sets | promotional albums

Live In The City Of Light Box Set
Release Date: May 1987
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box (Virgin -)
Includes Live In The City Of Light album (Virgin SMDL 1), Live In The City Of Light cassette (Virgin SMDC 1), Live In The City Of Light CD (Virgin CDSM 1) and separate album insert.
Street Fighting Years Box Set
Release Date: May 1989
Highest Chart Position: 1
7" x 7" Box (Virgin -)
Includes Ballad Of The Streets EP 7" (Virgin SMX 3), This is Your Land 7" (Virgin SMX 4), Street Fighting Years 7" (Virgin SM 1), Soul Crying Out 7" (Virgin SM 2) and Kick It In 7" (Virgin SM 3).
Street Fighting Years Box Set
Release Date: May 1989
Highest Chart Position: 1
7" x 7" Box (Virgin -)
Includes Street Fighting Years cassette (Virgin MINDSC 1)
Street Fighting Years Box Set
Release Date: May 1989
Highest Chart Position: 1
7" x 7" Box (Virgin -)
Includes Street Fighting Years CD (Virgin MINDSCD 1)
Neapolis Box Set
Release Date: March 1998
Highest Chart Position: 19
5" x 5" Box (Chrysalis CDCDRDJ 001)
Includes Neapolis promo CD (Chrysalis CDCDRDJ 001) and promo insert.
Neapolis Box Set
Release Date: February 1998
Highest Chart Position: 19
11" Diameter Tin (Chrysalis -)
Includes Neapolis promo CD (Chrysalis CDCDRDJS 01), interview promo CD (Chrysalis CDIN 111), Glitterball EPK video, three colour promotional photos, interview transcript, album press release and biography.



box sets | radio transcription discs

Westwood One: Superstar Concert Series
Release Date: August 1986
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box (Westwood SS86-20)
Includes 3 LPs and cue sheets.
Westwood One: Superstar Concert Series
Release Date: July 1987
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box (Westwood SS87-27)
Includes 3 LPs and cue sheets.
Westwood One: Superstar Concert Series
Release Date: August 1988
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box (Westwood SS88-21)
Includes 3 LPs and cue sheets.
Westwood One: Superstar Concert Series
Release Date: June 1989
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box (Westwood CO89-12)
Includes 3 LPs and cue sheets.



box sets | bootlegs

Silver And Gold
Release Date: 1986
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box (Westwood Records SIM 140686)
Includes 3 LPs and a card picture insert. Varients include three black vinyl LPs; black, white and transparent LPs; and three marbled coloured LPs.



box sets | various artist compilations

The Breakfast Club
Release Date: 1985
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box
Includes The Breakfast Club Radio Special Promo LP (A&M SP 17307), Don't You (Forget About Me) Promo 12" (A&M SP 17304), Cue Sheet and Liner Notes, Press Pack (two photographs and eleven page production notes), Poster, The Breakfast Club Pre-Release Cassette (A&M SP 5045) and Don't You (Forget About Me) promo 7" (A&M AM 2703).



box sets | fan club issues

Collectors Limited Edition Box
Release Date: May 1989
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box
Empty box set to collect all Street Fighting Years singles in. (However it's too small).
Collectors Limited Edition Box
Release Date: April 1991
Highest Chart Position: -
12" x 12" Box
Empty box set to collect all Real Life singles in. (However it's too small).