Scottish rockers Simple Minds will celebrate their smash album New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) with a sprawling deluxe edition this summer.
Released in the fall of 1982, New Gold Dream, Simple Minds' fifth studio effort, took the band to their highest summit yet as a rock ensemble. "Promised You a Miracle," "Glittering Prize" and "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" were their first three U.K. Top 40 hits, while the album peaked at No. 3. "Promised You a Miracle" got the group their debut appearance on Top of the Pops in England, and the album (featuring a striking sleeve by Malcolm Garrett) stunned critics nationwide and opened up the door for greater success around the world and on stage.
This edition of New Gold Dream is bursting with extras in the grand tradition of Universal U.K.'s fantastic, compact-yet-dense box sets over the years (Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Tears for Fears' The Hurting and Songs from the Big Chair). Inside, fans will find:
- The newly remastered album, mastered at Abbey Road Studios and approved by founding guitarist Charlie Burchill
- A disc of 12 remixes from various international markets, including three previously unreleased on CD
- A disc of the original single A- and B-sides, including the new-to-CD short B-side version of "Glittering Prize (Theme)"
- BBC sessions recorded in 1982, including a previously unreleased set for John Peel
- A previously unreleased disc of alternate and rough mixes
- A DVD including promo videos, previously unavailable Top of the Pops appearances and the rare 5.1 surround mix of the album by Burchill and engineer Ronald Prent, released in 2005 and back in print after a decade
- A 36-page booklet featuring rare photos and notes by journalist Billy Sloan, drawing from new interviews with Burchill and lead singer Jim Kerr
This new New Gold Dream is available worldwide on July 29. Track lists and links are below!
Simple Minds, New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84): Deluxe Edition (Virgin/UMC, 2016)
5CD/DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
Blu-ray Pure Audio: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.
* previously unreleased
** previously unreleased on CD
Disc 1: Remastered album (originally released as Virgin V-2230 (U.K.)/A&M Records SP-64928 (U.S.), 1982)
- Someone Somewhere in Summertime
- Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel
- Promised You a Miracle
- Big Sleep
- Somebody Up There Likes You
- New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
- Glittering Prize
- Hunter and the Hunted
- King is White and In the Crowd
Disc 2: Extended Versions (also available in 2CD deluxe edition)
- Promised You a Miracle (Extended) (12" A-side - Virgin VS-488-12, 1982)
- Seeing Out the Angel (Instrumental Remix) (12" B-side - Virgin VS-488-12, 1982)
- Promised You a Miracle (U.S. Remix) (U.S. 12" A-side - A&M Records SP-12057, 1982)
- Promised You a Miracle (U.S. Dub) (U.S. 12" B-side - A&M Records SP-12057, 1982) **
- Promised You a Miracle (U.S. Special Extended Remix) (U.S. 12" promo A-side - A&M Records SP-17223, 1982) **
- Glittering Prize (Club Mix) (12" A-side - Virgin VS-511-12, 1982)
- Glittering Prize (Extended Theme) (12" B-side - Virgin VS-511-12, 1982)
- Someone Somewhere in Summertime (Extended) (12" A-side - Virgin VS-538-12, 1982)
- New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (German 12" Mix) (12" A-side - Virgin VINX 1 (DE), 1983)
- King is White and In the Crowd (Instrumental) (unedited/restored version - originally released on Feature Mist - Touch cassette, 1981) **
- New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) German 12" Remix with Drums) (from X5 - Virgin SMBOX2, 2012)
- In Every Heaven (from X5 - Virgin SMBOX2, 2012)
Disc 3: Edits and B-Sides
- Promised You a Miracle (Edit) (single A-side - Virgin VS-488, 1982)
- Theme for Great Cities (single B-side - Virgin VS-488, 1982)
- Glittering Prize (Edit) (single A-side - Virgin VS-511, 1982)
- Glittering Prize (Theme) (single B-side - Virgin VS-511, 1982) **
- Someone Somewhere in Summertime (Edit) (promo single A-side - Virgin DJ-59 (CA), 1982)
- Soundtrack for Every Heaven (12" B-side - Virgin VS-538-12, 1982)
- New Gold Dream (7" Mix) (single A-side - Virgin VIN 45064 (IT), 1983)
Disc 4: Radio Sessions
- Promised You a Miracle (Kid Jensen Session - 2/11/1982)
- In Trance As Mission (Kid Jensen Session - 2/11/1982)
- King is White and In the Crowd (John Peel Session - 2/15/1982) *
- Promised You a Miracle (John Peel Session - 2/15/1982) *
- Love Song (John Peel Session - 2/15/1982) *
- Sons and Fascination (John Peel Session - 2/15/1982) *
- King is White and In the Crowd (John Peel Session - 2/15/1982) *
- Someone Somewhere in Summertime (Kid Jensen Session - 8/13/1982)
- Glittering Prize (Kid Jensen Session - 8/13/1982)
- Hunter and the Hunted (Kid Jensen Session - 8/13/1982)
Tracks 1-2 and 8-10 released on Silver Box (Virgin 72435 78239 2 0 (U.K.), 2004)
Disc 5: Alternative Mixes, Roughs and Demos *
- Someone Somewhere in Summertime (Full Duration)
- Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel (Full Duration Instrumental)
- Promised You a Miracle (Remix for Album, Long)
- Big Sleep (Instrumental)
- In Every Heaven (Full Duration)
- Somebody Up There Likes You (Full Duration Instrumental)
- New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (Full Duration)
- Hunter and the Hunted (Alternative Take)
- King is White and In the Crowd (Monitor Mix)
- In Every Heaven (Early Version)
DVD
- 5.1 surround mix of original album including "In Every Heaven" (released as Virgin/EMI 72438 13171 9 8 (U.K.), 2005)
- Promised You a Miracle (promo video)
- Glittering Prize (promo video)
- Promised You a Miracle (Top of the Pops) *
- Glittering Prize (Top of the Pops) *
Mark B. Hanson says
Now this is what a deluxe box set should be. And no vinyl. Yay!
Wolfgang Mintrop says
I can't complety agree with Mark, because I'm missing live stuff. Such a set should contain a lot of concert recordings, just especially from this period, which has been the band's best one.