Simple Minds – Under The Crystal Lights

here is the info file from Dime

Simple Minds

1984-05-27, Irvington, New Jersey, USA & 1984-07-08, Festival Grounds, Werchter, Belgium

Bootleg: “Under The Crystal Lights”

Format: Double CD

Release Information: Far East Recordings SM84 1/2

Source: Soundboard

5 STARS!!!

Silver bootlegs produced in 2009 and remastered by Noddy C > WAV through NERO > FLAC8 through TRADER LITTLE HELPER > 2U

1994-05-27, Irvington, New Jersey, USA CD1:

Duration: 75:01:22

01 – East at easter

02 – Up on the catwalk

03 – Book of brilliant things

04 – Glittering prize

05 – The american

06 – Speed your love to me/”C” moon cry like a baby

07 – Someone somewhere (In summertime)

08 – Promised you a miracle

09 – Big sleep

10 – Waterfront

1984-07-08, Festival Grounds, Werchter, Belgium CD2:

Duration: 75:10:28

01 – Up on the catwalk

02 – Speed your love to me/”C” moon cry like a baby

03 – Glittering prize

04 – The american

05 – Someone somewhere (In summertime)

06 – Promised you a miracle

07 – Big sleep

08 – Waterfront

09 – New gold dream (81-82-83-84)/Take me to the river/Light my fire

The band:

Jim Kerr: vocals

Charlie Burchill: guitar

Derek Forbes: bass

Mel Gaynor: drums

Michael MacNeil: keyboards

While Simple Minds are still on the roads in 2009 and 2010 with “Graffiti Soul”, while Jim Kerr will propose in May 2010 his 1st solo album “A.K.A. lost boy”, it’s time to remember the golden era…

In three albums (New gold dream-81-82-83-84-, Sparkle in the rain, Once upon a time), the band touched the sky and raised the sun with ecstatic performances during the different tours.

in 1984, for the “Sparkle in the rain tour”, the band proposed apocalyptic versions of songs from the two previous albums, performances still in mind of all the SM fans.

This tour was amazing and especially Soundboard’s recordings from these two dates present on this double silver CD are the finest candy for all of us!

Don’t dream anymore: These gigs have been already uploaded in remastered versions through DIME with more complete versions and/or remastering tools.

I personally uploaded the full gig on Dime in 2009-11-28 for the Irvington Show and the show from the Festival Grounds at Werchter was uploaded a couple of months later.

Nevertheless, today, this liberated double bootleg for the community of SM fans with full artwork in HD is a gift I know that will be appreciated.

Not everyday appears one jewel in silver CDS as this one!

That’s all folks!

ALL THE BEST!

HARMONIZER09/APOPTYGMA.