Simple Minds – Street Fighting Years

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Label:	Virgin – MINDS1, Virgin – 209 785-630
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country:	UK
Released:	May 2, 1989
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1	Street Fighting Years Words By, Music By – Simple Minds	6:18
A2	Soul Crying Out Words By, Music By – Simple Minds	6:06
A3	Wall Of Love Words By, Music By – Simple Minds	5:16
A4	This Is Your Land Vocals [Cameo] – Lou Reed Words By, Music By – Simple Minds	6:16
A5	Take A Step Back Words By, Music By – Simple Minds	4:20
B1	Kick It In Words By, Music By – Simple Minds	6:08
B2	Let It All Come Down Music By – John Giblin Words By – Simple Minds	4:50
B3	Mandela Day Words By, Music By – Simple Minds	5:36
B4	Belfast Child Lyrics By – Simple Minds Music By – Traditional	6:38
B5	Biko Words By, Music By – Peter Gabriel	7:30

Companies, etc.

Mastered At – Masterdisk
Published By – Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Published By – Copyright Control
Published By – Peter Gabriel Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Virgin Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Virgin Records Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk
Pressed By – EMI Records

Credits

Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Charlie Burchill
Arranged By [Orchestral Arrangements] – John Altman
Artwork [The Beauty Of Fractals] – Peitgen*, Richter*
Backing Vocals – Lorna Bannon
Bagpipes – Roger Sharp
Bass Guitar – John Giblin, Stephen Lipson
Cello – Sheena McKenzie, William Lithgow
Coordinator [Coordination] – Jane Ventom
Design – Assorted Images
Drums – Manu Katché, Mel Gaynor
Engineer – Heff Moraes, Robin Hancock
Engineer [Assistant] – Danton Supple, Martin Plant
Management [At Schoolhouse Management] – Bruce Findlay, Jimmy Devlin (2), Robert White (5), Sandra Dods
Management [Logistics] – Paul Kerr
Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
Other [Nourishment] – Ying Ho Au Yeung
Percussion – Abdou M'Boup, Leroy Williams, Sydney Thiam
Photography By – Guido Harari, NASA/Science Photo Library
Piano, Accordion, Keyboards [Electric] – Michael MacNeil
Producer – Stephen Lipson, Trevor Horn
Recorded By [Technical Master] – Dougie Cowan
Tin Whistle [Pennywhistle], Bodhrán [Bodhran] – Maureen Kerr
Violin – Lisa Germano
Vocals – Jim Kerr

Notes

Lou Reed appears courtesy of Sire / WEA Records.

All digitally recorded and mixed analogue i.e. "DAD"

"Street Fighting Years" song written in memory of Victor Jara.

Made In Scotland March '88 - March '89.
Studio Drums provided by Tama.
Source of graphic: The Beauty of Fractals.

Published by Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. except B2 published by Copyright Control/Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd. and B5 published by Peter Gabriel Ltd.

℗&© 1989 Virgin Records Ltd.

Manufactured in the UK.
*Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): MINDS1-A1̶2̶U̶ MINDS 1 A-2U-1-2 D MASTERDISK
MINDS1-A1̶2̶U̶ & MASTERDISK are etched and the cross out with stamped "X"

Durations do not appear on this release. Timings via stopwatch.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 5 012981 555115
Label Code: LC 3098
SPARS Code: DAD
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): MINDS1-A1̶2̶U̶ MINDS 1 A-2U-1-2 D MASTERDISK
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): MINDS 1B-3U-1-1 D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): MINDS 1A-2U-1-2 D MASTERDISK MINDS1-A1 X⃥2⃥U⃥
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): MINDS 1B-3U-1-5 D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): MINDS 1A- 1U-2 MASTERDISK D M
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): MINDS 1B-3U-1-1- D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): MINDS 1A-1U-1-1 D M
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): MINDS 1B-3U-1-1- D
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 5): MINDS 1A- 1U-1-2 D MASTERDISK M MINDS1-A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 5): MINDS 1B-5U-1- D

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Street Fighting Years (CD, Album, Nimbus Pressing)	Virgin, Virgin	MINDSCD1, 259 785-222	Europe	1989
Recently Edited	Street Fighting Years (LP, Album)	Jugoton, Virgin	LSVIRG 73292	Yugoslavia	1989
Recently Edited	Street Fighting Years (CD, Album, 2×Cassette, , Box Set, Limited Edition, Numbered)	Virgin	SMBX D 1	UK	1989
Recently Edited	Street Fighting Years (CD, Album)	A&M Records, Virgin	CD 3927	US	1989
Recently Edited	Street Fighting Years (3×7", Promo, Box Set)	Virgin	none	UK	1989