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don't you (forget about me) reissues: information
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- Appearing at the start of the 1980s, the A&M Memories imprint allowed artists to be promoted and featured during
the less prolific parts of their career. Pressing up 7" singles featuring the artist's most popular tracks allowed the label
to generate new interest and hopefully generate a few back catalogue sales.
- As these releases appeared during an artist's downtime then dating is difficult. Also, the
Memories discography was divorced from the mainstream singles with cataloguing starting at 8000 - so they didn't
slot neatly into the mainstream chronology. However, there were enough releases in the Memories discography to
be able to construct a rough timeline, and this single was probably issued in 1987 or 1988.
- A&M's job was easy for Simple Minds' entry into the series. The compiler simply selected the band's two biggest
Stateside hits - selecting Don't You (Forget About Me) for the A-side as it hit
the top spot in the US and relegating Alive And Kicking to the flip. Everything
else about the release was easy and bland: generic Memories label design and generic die-cut Memories sleeve.
- A lone cassette single was also issued. It shared the same two tracks as the 7" and featured a different take on the
A&M Memories artwork. The catalogue number had expanded with a '75021' prefix - indicating that it was issued several
years after the 7". It's likely that this cassette single was issued in the early 1990s - either as a memory jogger of
Simple Minds' past glories during the Real Life campaign or a reminder
of the band during their 1993/1994 downtime.
- The 7" was later reissued as part of the A&M Collector Series 45's. This was just a cynical repressing of the original
Memories single in a different generic sleeve. Again, the catalogue suggested that it appeared during the early 1990s.
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