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the vinyl collection (79,84): information
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- The Vinyl Collection (79,84) was part of Universal's continuing remastering campaign of
Simple Minds' back catalogue.
- It was the first vinyl album box set issued for the band.
- It followed the format of album box sets by other artists, being essentially an audiophile release with the
remastered albums pressed on 180g vinyl. Special attention was given to the artwork, ensuring that the sleeves,
inner sleeves and labels of the original Zoom-Arista and Virgin pressings, were accurately recreated.
- The original album master tapes were remastered at Abbey Road in July 2015.
- The box cover artwork was based on the design of the New Gold Dream tour programme.
I wanted something that was quintessentially Simple Minds and represented the period.
- The original specification was for a six album box set, which would've included Life In A Day
through to New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84). I extended the specification to
include Sparkle In The Rain, an apparently odd decision, given that a 180g
vinyl edition of Sparkle In The Rain had been reissued as part of the
Sparkle In The Rain project. But this paved the way for the next
proposed box-set of 7 albums to include Neapolis and
Our Secrets Are The Same. Unfortunately this box-set didn't sell well
so the second box-set was abandoned.
- A sticker was designed but the idea was eventually dropped.
- A Sound Of Vinyl insert was also included which gave the access code to download the albums digitally.
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