Simple Minds / The Vinyl Collection 79-84 / seven-LP box set

As well as a new Once Upon A Time super deluxe edition box set, Universal Music will issue another Simple Minds collection this autumn in the shape of this seven-LP limited edition vinyl box The Vinyl Collection 79-84.

This collects the band’s first seven albums – Life In A Day, Real To Real Cacophony, Empires and Dance, Sons and Fascination, Sister Feelings Call, New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) and Sparkle In The Rain.

All of these albums have been remastered at Abbey Road and are pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl. Since this set ends at 1984 it doesn’t include Once Upon A Time, but that is being released separately on vinyl along with the new super deluxe edition box set of that album.

The Vinyl Collection 79-84 will be released on 30 October 2015.

• • UK Pre-order: The Vinyl Collection 79-84
• • USA Pre-order: The Vinyl Collection 79-84
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• • FRANCE Pre-order: The Vinyl Collection 79-84
• • ITALY Pre-order: The Vinyl Collection 79-84

In the box:

• Life In A Day
• Real To Real Cacophony
• Empires and Dance
• Sons and Fascination
• Sister Feelings Call
• New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
• Sparkle In The Rain