The record ranks with Black and White and The Raven for examples of a band having the confidence to create edgy and powerful music - it is small yet big (a style they would truly exploit on their masterpiece New Gold Dream).Ĭharlie's guitars are developing the style that would remain until the debacle of Sparkle in the Rain - at first it's hard to hear anything happening then with more listens you pick up more and more subtleties. The sound is the best elements of post-punk, with Joy Division / Low drum beats, cutting guitar a la early Gang of Four and liberally sprinkled with keyboards. It is hardly surpising that most of it was written in the studio - it is hard to imagine such a work coming out of anything other than experiment. More than this, though, is how listenable it is for such an experimental record.

However, on revisiting it as a bona-fide fan it's obvious that it is a work of huge depth and originality. I first heard this before I was into Simple Minds about 15 years ago and couldn't make head nor tail of it. By far the most creative band of this era they launched their golden period with Real to Reel Cacophony. 'Simple Minds' work from 1979 to 1982 can not be over-rated in a review of post-punk UK music. Tracks 8 - 13 Produced By Lex McEwan & Simple Minds.Recorded at Cava Studios, Glasgow, 11-12.05.78.Ĭharles Burchill: guitars, violin & vocalsĠ4 Carnival (Shelter In A Suitcase) (2.49)

Recorded at Cava Studios, Glasgow, 09.11.77. Tracks 1 - 7 Produced By Simple Minds & Brian Young.

(1998)Ĭharlie Burchill : Guitar/Derek Forbes : Basses (Track 08-13) / Tony Donald : Basses (Track 01-07)/Brian McGee : Drums, Percussion /Michael MacNeil : Keyboards (Track 08-13)/Duncan Barnwell : Guitar (Track 08-13) /Alan MacNeil : Guitar (Track 01-07)/Jim Kerr : Vocals /John Milarkey : Guitar (Lead Vocals on Pablo Picasso) EARLY YEARS - Demo Collection 1977 - 1978.

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