- With Simple Minds winding down the European leg of the
Once Upon A Time tour, Virgin issued
All The Things She Said as a final push to ensure the band were riding high and
triumphant in the charts.
- It was such an impressive and strong coupling of tracks that Virgin saw
little need to tempt fans with a limited edition. All The Things She Said was a
popular track from the album and gained extra weight with an extended version on the 12".
Don’t You (Forget About Me) proved a huge hit live and
Pete Walsh’s nine minute recording and mix from Rotterdam
was so powerful that many radio stations elected to play that instead of the title track.
And for the hardcore collectors, attempting to import the US edition of Promised You A Miracle
for its exclusive remix, Virgin iced the cake by including one of the remixes as a bonus on the 12”.
- A very limited edition was produced, but comprised the Alive And Kicking and
All The Things She Said stock 7" singles housed in a plastic gatefold sleeve with a sticker. This edition turned out to be fantastically
rare and escaped being included in the discography until now.
- A 12" promo was also produced and was distributed in the commerical sleeve (unlike the other promos from this period, as they were packaged in
plain die-cut black sleeves).
- The sleeve design, by Virgin's in-house designer Mike Haggerty, was based on a photo-shoot of Jim
by Paul Cox. It was also the first sleeve to feature support for Amnesty International.
- The single was also issued in the USA. The commerical editions omitted the remix of Promised You A Miracle (as it had
been issued in America three years previously). The three collectable promos (a 7" and two 12" records) were also joined by an Electrosound
test pressing of the 7". This oddity turns out to be relatively common; turning up more often than the red-label 7" promo.
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