Early Gold album
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VIRGIN RECORDS NEW RELEASE
SIMPLE MINDS
'Early Gold'
30 June 2003
Virgin Records are pleased to announce the release of
Early Gold - a freshly compiled, remastered
collection of the early years of Simple Minds, which to those not in the
know, will come as a highly credible new wave eye-opener.
At their peak Simple Minds were arguably the biggest band in the world. They sold out stadiums and
notched up millions of album sales, however it was in their early period when the band developed a fanatical following,
releasing a number of post punk classics. The albums
Life In A Day,
Real To Real Cacophony,
Empires and Dance and
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) along with the EPs
Sons and Fascination and
Sister Feelings Call
contained music of such melodic intensity, listeners could only be drawn into the Simple Minds magic and from here
the band exploded into a musical phenomenon.
This collection tracklisted by the band contains all the highlights from this period. As
Jim Kerr said of the formative
years of the band "the days simply melted into other days and our music eventually began to shine."
From the New wave angular synth-pop of
Factory to the Summer-esque electro of
I Travel, to the better known dancefloor pomp of
Love Song and
Promised You A Miracle, here is a collection of 15 dazzling songs to remind you of
Simple Minds Early Gold.
Tracklisting
1. Life In A Day
2. Chelsea Girl
3. Changeling
4. Factory
5. Premonition
6. I Travel
7. Celebrate
8. Thirty Frames A Second
9. The American
10. Love Song
11. Sweat In A Bullet
12. Promised You A Miracle
13. Glittering Prize
14. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
15. New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
All the tracks have been remastered, and the packaging includes notes on the collection from
Jim Kerr.
The release coincides with the beginning of an extensive European Tour which includes the following UK dates:
December
01 Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow
03 Royal Centre, Nottingham
05 Hammersmith Apollo, London
07 Corn Exchange, Cambridge
09 International Centre, Bournemouth
10 Colston Hall, Bristol
12 NEC, Birmingham
13 Apollo, Manchester
16 City Hall, Sheffield
17 International Centre, Harrogate
18 City Hall, Newcastle
20 Music Hall, Aberdeen
This two page Virgin press release was distributed with the
promo of the album.
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