Sparkle In The Rain

Long regarded as one of the jewels in the band’s catalogue, 1983’s Sparkle in The Rain kicked off a run of three consecutive Number 1 albums in the UK for Simple Minds and delivered the classic hit singles ‘Waterfront’, ‘Up on The Catwalk’ and ‘Speed Your Love to Me’.

4CD - This 4-CD Box Set version comprises a host of bonus material including; B-sides and extended mixes; BBC sessions; a previously unreleased Glasgow Barrowlands concert; a booklet containing sleeve notes and interviews plus track-by-track annotation. It was extensively re-mastered originally in 2014 at Abbey Studios, London.

LP

Side A

['Up On the Catwalk', 'Book Of Brilliant Things', 'Speed Your Love to Me', 'Waterfront', 'East At Easter']

Side B

['Street Hassle', 'White Hot Day', '"C" Moon Cry Like a Baby', 'The Kick Inside of Me', 'Shake Off the Ghosts']

CD

CD1: Sparkle in The Rain

['Up On the Catwalk', 'Book Of Brilliant Things', 'Speed Your Love to Me', 'Waterfront', 'East At Easter', 'Street Hassle', 'White Hot Day', '"C" Moon Cry Like a Baby', 'The Kick Inside of Me', 'Shake Off the Ghosts']

CD2: B Sides & Rarities

['Waterfront - Edit', 'Hunter And the Hunted - Live B-Side', 'Waterfront - Remix (Extended)', 'Speed Your Love to Me - Edit', 'Bass Line - B-Side', 'Speed Your Love to Me - Extended', 'Up On the Catwalk - Edit', 'A Brass Band in Africa - B-Side', 'Up On the Catwalk - Extended', 'A Brass Band in Africa Chimes - B-Side', 'Waterfront - Single Version']

CD3: LIVE-Barrowlands Glasgow 1984

['Shake Off the Ghosts [Intro]', 'Waterfront', 'Up On the Catwalk', 'The Book of Brilliant Things', 'Glittering Prize', 'The American', 'King Is White And, In the Crowd,', 'Speed Your Love to Me', 'Someone Somewhere in Summertime']

CD4: LIVE-Barrowlands Glasgow 1984

['Promised You a Miracle', 'Big Sleep', 'New Gold Dream [81,82,83,84]', 'Love Song', 'Radio One Session 11/09/1983', 'Waterfront', 'Kick Inside', 'New Gold Dream']