Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (Deluxe Edition) - 5CD

Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time (Deluxe Edition) - 5CD

THIS IS A PRE ORDER: RELEASE DATE: 17th October 2025

Originally released in October 1985, ‘Once Upon a Time’ is the era-defining #1 album from Simple Minds. Containing classic hit singles ‘Alive and Kicking’ and ‘Sanctify Yourself,’ it now comes as part of this incredible 5CD box set.

Bonus discs include original and extended versions of ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me),’ single edits, 12” mixes, B-sides, unreleased tracks, and the ‘Live in The City of Light’ concert, as well a 36-page booklet with rare photos, interviews, and a track-by-track guide.

Label: UMR, Virgin

Cat. No. 7546987

TRACKLIST

DISC ONE: Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time                                                                                                       

All The Things She Said                                                                                              

Ghost Dancing                                                                                                              

Alive And Kicking                                                                                                          

Oh Jungleland                                                                                                               

I Wish You Were Here                                                                                                 

Sanctify Yourself                                                                                                           

Come A Long Way          

DISC TWO: B-Sides / Mixes                                                                                       

Don't You (Forget About Me) - 7" Single

A Brass Band in African Chimes - 7" Single

Don't You (Forget About Me) - 12" Single

A Brass Band in African Chimes – - Extended Version

Alive And Kicking - Edit

Alive And Kicking - Instrumental

Up On the Catwalk - Live (Barrowlands, Ballroom, Glasgow: 5th January 1985

Alive And Kicking - 7" Remix / Edit

Alive And Kicking - 12" Remix

Alive And Kicking - Kevorkian 12" Remix

Sanctify Yourself - Edit

Sanctify Yourself - Instrumental

Sanctify Yourself - Alternative Edit

DISC THREE: B-Sides / Extended Mixes                                                               

Street Hassle - Live - Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985

Love Song -Live - Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985

Sanctify Yourself - Extended Mix

Sanctify Yourself - Dub Version

All The Things She Said - Edit

Promised You a Miracle - US Remix

All The Things She Said - Extended Version

Don't You (Forget About Me) – Live- Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985

Ghost Dancing - 12" Remix

Ghost Dancing - Instrumental

Oh Jungleland - 12" Remix

Oh Jungleland - Instrumental                                                                                  

DISC FOUR: Live In the City of Light - Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986

Ghost Dancing                                                                                                              

Big Sleep                                                                                                                       

Waterfront                                                                                                                      

Promised You a Miracle                                                                                              

Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)                                                                  

Oh Jungleland                                                                                                               

Alive And Kickin

DISC FIVE: Live In the City of Light - Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986 

Don't You (Forget About Me)                                                                                     

Once Upon a Time                                                                                                       

Book Of Brilliant Things                                                                                               

East At Easter                                                                                                               

Sanctify Yourself                                                                                                           

Love Song / Sun City / Dance to The Music                                                            

New Gold Dream