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life in a day 7" acetate

tracks
A1. Life In A Day (4:00)
B1. Special View (4:14)


catalogue
-


format
Double sided 7" acetate with EMI labels.


release date
March 1979


additional information
This was one of the first Simple Minds acetates. It features the same tracks at the UK release.

The track time of Special View  is correctly stated as 4:14.

Jim and Charlie both kindly signed it at the Brighton aftershow, 2002.











life in a day 7" acetate sleeve

tracks
A1. Life In A Day (4:00)
B1. Special View (4:14)


catalogue
Zoom ZUM 10
ZUM 10 A//1 EAR 1/ZUM 10 B//1 EAR 1



format
7" with die injected labels with single sided full colour acetate sleeve.


cut date
March 1979


additional information
A very mysterious object.

This is the stock 7" of Life In A Day without a sleeve. Instead, a 7" square piece of acetate is included with the record which deplicts this rather strange design. I purchased it from a dealer who received it directly from Zoom Records as a pre-release.

I showed it to Bruce Findlay who denied it originated from Zoom - he suggested that it was a bootleg sleeve as he'd never seen this design before.

The artwork was based on The Walking City Project (1964) by Ron Herron, working at Archigram, part of the Anti-Design movement. What this has to do with Simple Minds and Life In A Day is anyone's guess.











life in a day 7" german testpressing

tracks
A1. Life In A Day (4:00)
B1. Someone (3:30)


catalogue
Arista 1C 006-63 128
63 128 A-1/63 128 B-1



format
7" with stamped paper labels with two colour sleeve.


release date
March 1979


credits
-


additional information
This is an ultra rare test pressing of the German 7". Housed in a commercial sleeve, it features blank testpressing labels on which the catalogue number has been stamped in blue.