Once Upon A Time Canadian LP
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SIMPLE MINDS
In early 1981 Virgin Records signed what they felt was the most promising band in all of the U.K. The band was
SIMPLE MINDS. Previous to signing with Virgin, SIMPLE MINDS had built about as
big a loyal cult following as is possible, on the strength of their first three albums for independent
Scottish label, Zoom. Those three albums
Life In A Day,
Real To Real Cacophony,
and Empires And Dance, (all available now through Virgin)
even though very different from each other, helped to lay the groundwork for establishing an identity that
is still winning fans throughout the world.
Their first album for Virgin came in late 1981, Sons And Fascination
and its sister EP Sister Feelings Call, along
with the singles The American,
Love Song and
Sweat In Bullet all charted and showed the band
to be on of the top live attractions in Europe and the U.K. In Canada, the first taste of success
came with the single, Love Song, whcih was an airplay
item and garnered Top 30 success.
In the fall of 1982, SIMPLE MINDS delivered what is probably one of the best albums if the
80's worldwide and one that still receives great critical acclaim,
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84).
Its three singles
Promised You A Miracle,
Glittering Prize and
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) were
huge sucecsses worldwide and brought SIMPLE MINDS to Canada for their
first two sold out tours.
The band's last album,
Sparkle In The Rain
entered the British charts at No. 1 when it was released in February '84. The album and its three singles,
Waterfront,
Speed Your Love To Me and
Up On The Catwalk, remained in charts aroudn the world
for over seven months, and was certified 'gold' in Canada in June 1984. During the month of certification for
Sparkle In The Rain, its predecessor,
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84), also surpassed the
'gold' status in Canada.
In March '85, Virgin released Don't You (Forget About Me).
The theme from the motion picture THE BREAKFAST CLUB and lead single from the soundtrack of
the same name. SIMPLE MINDS did not look back. Don't You (Forget About Me)
skyrocketed to No. 1 in both the U.S. and Canada where it remained for two and three weeks respectively.
Don't You (Forget About Me) became SIMPLE MINDS
first North Amercian No. 1 and first ever platinum single when it eclipsed the 100,000 mark in
Canada in July '85.
SIMPLE MINDS are back... (alive and kicking).
Alive And Kicking, the debut single from
SIMPLE MINDS forthcoming album is released in Canada and the U.S. on
Oct. 2nd. The album entitled, Once Upon A Time,
is the result of a production collaboration between Jimmy Iovine
(TOM PETTY,SPRINGSTEEN - DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN,
JOHN LENNON) and
Bob Clearmountain
(SPRINGSTEEN - BORN IN THE USA, BRYAN ADAMS - RECKLESS,
HALL & OATES - BIG BAM BOOM), with mixing credits being attributed solely to
Clearmountain.
Once Upon A Time is set for North American release
on Oct. 21, 1985.
Don't miss SIMPLE MINDS' "Alive & Kicking"
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November 7 - Montreal
November 8 - Toronto
November 19 - Vancouver
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DISCOGRAPHY
Title |
Configuration |
Catalogue |
Release Date |
Sons And Fascination |
LP MC |
VL2224 VL42224 |
Oct. 2, 1981 |
Sister Feelings Call |
EP |
VEP311 |
Apr. 29, 1985 |
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) |
LP MC CD |
VL2247 VL42247 CDV2230 |
Sept. 29, 1982 Feb. 23, 1984 |
Life In A Day |
LP MC |
VM2243 VM42243 |
Oct. 20, 1982 |
Empires And Dance |
LP |
VL2245 |
Oct. 27, 1982 |
Real To Real Cacophony |
LP |
VL2244 |
Oct. 28, 1982 |
Someone Somewhere In Summertime |
12"sp |
VSX1155 |
Jan. 7, 1983 |
Waterfront |
12"sp |
VSX1174 |
Dec. 1, 1983 |
Sparkle In The Rain |
LP MC CD |
VL2274 VL42274 CDV2300 |
Feb. 9, 1984 Mar. 29, 1984 |
Speed Your Love To Me |
12"sp |
VSX1188 |
Mar. 2, 1984 |
Up On The Catwalk |
12"sp |
VSX1202 |
May. 31, 1984 |
Don't You (Forget About Me) |
7" 12" |
VS1250 VSX1250 |
Mar. 8, 1985 |
Alive And Kicking |
7" 12"sp |
VS1287 VSX1287 |
Oct. 2, 1985 |
VIDEOS AVAILABLE
Love Song
Sweat In Bullet
Promised You A Miracle
Glittering Prize
Waterfront
Speed Your Love To Me
Up On The Catwalk
Don't You (Forget About Me)
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