SIMPLE MINDS - Once Upon A Time (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) - 5CD Boxset [OCT 17]

5CD - Limited 40th Anniversary Deluxe Ruby Edition Box Set. Includes the original album, B-sides, rarities, extended mixes, and the full Live In The City Of Light concert over two discs. The set also contains a 36-page booklet with rare photos, interviews, and a track-by-track guide from Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill.

Simple Minds’ landmark 1985 album ‘Once Upon A Time‘ is being reissued for its 40th Anniversary on October 17th. These definitive reissues (available in both a limited edition ruby red vinyl and a deluxe 5 CD Boxset) feature standout tracks including ‘Alive and Kicking’, ‘Sanctify Yourself’. Plus, for the very first time, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ has been included in the vinyl track listing.

“Hindsight is a glorious thing! 40 years on and it now feels right for Simple Minds to have ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ included in this classy new nine track edition of Once Upon A Time.” - Jim Kerr

5CD Box Set – includes the original album, B-sides, rarities, extended mixes, and the full Live In The City Of Light concert over two discs. The set also contains a 36-page booklet with rare photos, interviews, and a track-by-track guide from Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill.

5CD Tracklist: 

CD1 - Once Upon A Time:
01. Once Upon A Time
02. All The Things She Said
03. Ghost Dancing
04. Alive & Kicking
05. Oh Jungleland
06. I Wish You Were Here
07. Sanctify Yourself
08. Come A Long Way

CD2 - B-Sides / Mixes:
01. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – 7″ Single
02. A Brass Band in African Chimes – 7″ Single
03. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – 12″ Single
04. A Brass Band in African Chimes – Extended Version
05. Alive And Kicking – Edit
06. Alive And Kicking – Instrumental
07. Up On the Catwalk – Live (Barrowlands, Glasgow: 5th Jan 1985)
08. Alive And Kicking – 7″ Remix / Edit
09. Alive And Kicking – 12″ Remix
10. Alive And Kicking – Kevorkian 12″ Remix
11. Sanctify Yourself – Edit
12. Sanctify Yourself – Instrumental
13. Sanctify Yourself – Alternative Edit

CD3 - B-Sides / Extended Mixes:
01. Street Hassle – Live, Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd Dec 1985
02. Love Song – Live, Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd Dec 1985
03. Sanctify Yourself – Extended Mix
04. Sanctify Yourself – Dub Version
05. All The Things She Said – Edit
06. Promised You a Miracle – US Remix
07. All The Things She Said – Extended Version
08. Don’t You (Forget About Me) – Live, Rotterdam: 3rd Dec 1985
09. Ghost Dancing – 12″ Remix
10. Ghost Dancing – Instrumental
11. Oh Jungleland – 12″ Remix
12. Oh Jungleland – Instrumental

CD4 - Live In the City of Light – Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986:
01. Ghost Dancing
02. Big Sleep
03. Waterfront
04. Promised You a Miracle
05. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)*
06. Oh Jungleland
07. Alive And Kicking

* = Recorded in Sydney Oct ’86

CD5 - Live In the City of Light – Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986:
01. Don’t You (Forget About Me)
02. Once Upon a Time
03. Book Of Brilliant Things
04. East At Easter
05. Sanctify Yourself
06. Love Song / Sun City / Dance to The Music
07. New Gold Dream

Also available is a Limited Ruby Red Vinyl Edition housed in a gatefold sleeve featuring Anton Corbijn’s iconic photo of the band at Live Aid. This version also includes ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ on the album for the first time.

Michael MacNeil : piano & synthesisers
Charles Burchill : guitars
Mel Gaynor : drums & vocals
John Giblin : bass guitars
Jim Kerr : lead vocals

Additional Backing Singer : Robin Clarke.
Backing Vocals : Michael Been, The Simms Bros. & Carlos Alomar.
Additional Percussion on All The Things She Said : Sue Hadjopoulos.