The Early Years 1977–1978

~ Release by Simple Minds (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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#	Title	Length
1	18-18 producer: Simple Minds and Brian Young bass guitar: Tony Donald drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Charlie Burchill, Alan MacNeil and John Milarkey vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (on 1977-11-09) recording of: 18‐18 writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	2:09
2	Tonight producer: Simple Minds and Brian Young bass guitar: Tony Donald drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Charlie Burchill, Alan MacNeil and John Milarkey vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (on 1977-11-09) recording of: Tonight writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	2:34
3	Little Bitch producer: Simple Minds and Brian Young bass guitar: Tony Donald drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Charlie Burchill, Alan MacNeil and John Milarkey vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (on 1977-11-09) recording of: Little Bitch writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	2:52
4	Pablo Picasso producer: Simple Minds and Brian Young bass guitar: Tony Donald drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Charlie Burchill, Alan MacNeil and John Milarkey vocals: John Milarkey recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (on 1977-11-09) recording of: Pablo Picasso writer: John Milarkey	3:33
5	Subway Sex producer: Simple Minds and Brian Young bass guitar: Tony Donald drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Charlie Burchill, Alan MacNeil and John Milarkey vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (on 1977-11-09) recording of: Subway Sex writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	3:16
6	Lies producer: Simple Minds and Brian Young bass guitar: Tony Donald drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Charlie Burchill, Alan MacNeil and John Milarkey vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (on 1977-11-09) recording of: Lies writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	1:45
7	Wasteland producer: Simple Minds and Brian Young bass guitar: Tony Donald drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Charlie Burchill, Alan MacNeil and John Milarkey vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (on 1977-11-09) recording of: Wasteland lyricist and composer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr publisher: EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (from 1979 until 2007), Hornall Music (from 2008 until 2014), JKMC-Bucks Music Group Ltd (from 2008 until 2014) and BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (from 2015 to present)	3:29
8	Act of Love producer: Lex McEwan and Simple Minds bass guitar: Derek Forbes drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Duncan Barnwell and Charlie Burchill keyboard: Michael MacNeil vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1978-05-11 until 1978-05-12) recording of: Act of Love writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	4:16
9	European Son producer: Lex McEwan and Simple Minds bass guitar: Derek Forbes drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Duncan Barnwell and Charlie Burchill keyboard: Michael MacNeil vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1978-05-11 until 1978-05-12) recording of: European Son writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	4:06
10	Cocteau Twins producer: Lex McEwan and Simple Minds bass guitar: Derek Forbes drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Duncan Barnwell and Charlie Burchill keyboard: Michael MacNeil vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1978-05-11 until 1978-05-12) recording of: Cocteau Twins writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	3:53
11	Chelsea Girl producer: Lex McEwan and Simple Minds bass guitar: Derek Forbes drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Duncan Barnwell and Charlie Burchill keyboard: Michael MacNeil vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1978-05-11 until 1978-05-12) recording of: Chelsea Girl lyricist and composer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr publisher: EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (from 1979 until 2007), Hornall Music (from 2008 until 2014), JKMC-Bucks Music Group Ltd (from 2008 until 2014) and BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (from 2015 to present)	6:16
12	Did You Ever? producer: Lex McEwan and Simple Minds bass guitar: Derek Forbes drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Duncan Barnwell and Charlie Burchill keyboard: Michael MacNeil vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1978-05-11 until 1978-05-12) recording of: Did You Ever? writer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr	2:37
13	Pleasantly Disturbed producer: Lex McEwan and Simple Minds bass guitar: Derek Forbes drums (drum set): Brian McGee guitar: Duncan Barnwell and Charlie Burchill keyboard: Michael MacNeil vocals: Jim Kerr recorded at: Cava Studios in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (from 1978-05-11 until 1978-05-12) recording of: Pleasantly Disturbed lyricist, writer and composer: Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr publisher: EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (from 1979 until 2007), Hornall Music (from 2008 until 2014), JKMC-Bucks Music Group Ltd (from 2008 until 2014) and BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. (from 2015 to present)	8:10

Credits

Release

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1507267 [info]
ASIN:	UK: B000007WQR [info]
discography entry:	https://www.simpleminds.com/1998/03/25/the-early-years-1977-78/ [info]

Release group

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/1646725 [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/additional/simple-minds/the-early-years-1977-1978/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/178020/ [info]
Wikidata:	Q3986732 [info]