| Release Date | 17/10/2025 |
| Format | LP Red/ 5CD Boxset |
| Label | UMR/Virgin |
| Catalogue Number | 7546995/ 7546987 |
Originally released in October 1985, ‘Once Upon a Time’ is the era-defining #1 album from Simple Minds, containing classic hit singles ‘Alive and Kicking’ and ‘Sanctify Yourself’.
To celebrate 40 years, the album is now available as a ruby red vinyl in a gatefold sleeve, which includes ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ on the tracklist for the first time ever. The gatefold spread features Anton Corbijn’s famous photo of the band taken at Live Aid in 1985.
Tracklist
5CD Tracklist:
DISC ONE: Once Upon a Time
Once Upon a Time
All The Things She Said
Ghost Dancing
Alive And Kicking
Oh Jungleland
I Wish You Were Here
Sanctify Yourself
Come A Long Way
DISC TWO: B-Sides / Mixes
Don't You (Forget About Me) - 7" Single
A Brass Band in African Chimes - 7" Single
Don't You (Forget About Me) - 12" Single
A Brass Band in African Chimes – - Extended Version
Alive And Kicking - Edit
Alive And Kicking - Instrumental
Up On the Catwalk - Live (Barrowlands, Ballroom, Glasgow: 5th January 1985
Alive And Kicking - 7" Remix / Edit
Alive And Kicking - 12" Remix
Alive And Kicking - Kevorkian 12" Remix
Sanctify Yourself - Edit
Sanctify Yourself - Instrumental
Sanctify Yourself - Alternative Edit
DISC THREE: B-Sides / Extended Mixes
Street Hassle - Live - Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
Love Song -Live - Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
Sanctify Yourself - Extended Mix
Sanctify Yourself - Dub Version
All The Things She Said - Edit
Promised You a Miracle - US Remix
All The Things She Said - Extended Version
Don't You (Forget About Me) – Live- Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
Ghost Dancing - 12" Remix
Ghost Dancing - Instrumental
Oh Jungleland - 12" Remix
Oh Jungleland - Instrumental
DISC FOUR: Live In the City of Light - Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986
Ghost Dancing
Big Sleep
Waterfront
Promised You a Miracle
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
Oh Jungleland
Alive And Kicking
DISC FIVE: Live In the City of Light - Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986
Don't You (Forget About Me)
Once Upon a Time
Book Of Brilliant Things
East At Easter
Sanctify Yourself
Love Song / Sun City / Dance to The Music
New Gold Dream