SIMPLE MINDS – NEW GOLD DREAM LP – EXC/VG+ A2/B2 UK 1982 POST PUNK NEW WAVE

Simple Minds – New Gold Dream
(Virgin Records  1982  V2230)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl which do give light pops/crackles but sound quality is excellent overall)

Sleeve in Excellent/Very Good+ condition
-some wear to edges and sticker tear in top right corner
Gold Inner Sleeve has no splits but does show fingerprints & a little ringwear

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band who achieved worldwide popularity from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.

Two founder members are still in the band – Jim Kerr (vocals, songwriting) and Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards after 1990, other instruments, songwriting) Former members include bass guitarist Derek Forbes and keyboard player Michael MacNeil and drummer Mel Gaynor.

New Gold Dream is the fifth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds. The album was released in 1982.

Track listing

LP: Virgin / V 2230 (UK)

All songs written by Simple Minds.

1. “Someone Somewhere in Summertime” – 4:36
2. “Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel” – 3:49
3. “Promised You a Miracle” – 4:28
4. “Big Sleep” – 5:00
5. “Somebody Up There Likes You” – 5:02
6. “New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)” – 5:39
7. “Glittering Prize” – 4:33
8. “Hunter and the Hunted” – 5:55
9. “King Is White and in the Crowd” – 7:00

Personnel

The band

• Jim Kerr – lead vocals
• Charlie Burchill – guitars and effects
• Michael MacNeil – keyboards and effects
• Derek Forbes – bass guitar

Additional musicians

• Mel Gaynor – drums on “Someone Somewhere in Summertime”, “Big Sleep”, “New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)”, “Glittering Prize”, “Hunter and the Hunted”, and “The King is White and in the Crowd” (Gaynor later became the full-time drummer)
• Mike Ogletree – drums on “Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel”, “Somebody Up There Likes You”, and “New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)”
• Kenny Hyslop – drums on “Promised You a Miracle”. This is the only studio track with Hyslop on drums.
• Sharon Campbell – girl’s voice on “Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel” and “Glittering Prize”
• Herbie Hancock – guest keyboardist on “Hunter and the Hunted”

The album was recorded using three drummers, none of them a full-time member of the band, although drummer Mike Ogletree did appear on the insert of the original LP, and does appear on the back cover of the 2002/2003 CD and SACD, and the 2005 DVD-A editions.