Sparkle In The Rain (40th Anniversary): 4CD Box Set

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’.

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.

Track List

CD1: Sparkle in The Rain

1. Up On the Catwalk
   
2. Book Of Brilliant Things
   
3. Speed Your Love to Me
   
4. Waterfront
   
5. East At Easter
   
6. Street Hassle
   
7. White Hot Day
   
8. "C" Moon Cry Like a Baby
   
9. The Kick Inside of Me
   
10. Shake Off the Ghosts
    

CD2: B Sides & Rarities

1. Waterfront - Edit
   
2. Hunter And the Hunted - Live B-Side
   
3. Waterfront - Remix (Extended)
   
4. Speed Your Love to Me - Edit
   
5. Bass Line - B-Side
   
6. Speed Your Love to Me - Extended
   
7. Up On the Catwalk - Edit
   
8. A Brass Band in Africa - B-Side
   
9. Up On the Catwalk - Extended
   
10. A Brass Band in Africa Chimes - B-Side
    
11. Waterfront - Single Version
    

CD3: LIVE-Barrowlands Glasgow 1984

1. Shake Off the Ghosts [Intro]
   
2. Waterfront
   
3. Up On the Catwalk
   
4. The Book of Brilliant Things
   
5. Glittering Prize
   
6. The American
   
7. King Is White And, In the Crowd,
   
8. Speed Your Love to Me
   
9. Someone Somewhere in Summertime
   

CD4: LIVE-Barrowlands Glasgow 1984

1. Promised You a Miracle
   
2. Big Sleep
   
3. New Gold Dream [81,82,83,84]
   
4. Love Song
   
5. Radio One Session 11/09/1983
   
6. Waterfront
   
7. Kick Inside
   
8. New Gold Dream