It’s telling when a band retrospective completely ignores their first three albums; let’s just say it took a while for Simple Minds to find their feet. Still, when they did clamber upright they did it with aplomb, delivering some unforgettable early ‘80s long-players before careening off-track post Live Aid into an overwrought quagmire of affected U2-envy.

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Celebrating the good amongst the 26 songs featured here in promo video form, we’re given clips for classics such as Love Song, Glittering Prize and Speed Your Love to Me (which addicts of ABC TV’s Rage may recognise via the use of the extended 12� version in a long-running promo). Naturally, the la-la-la-infested tune that splattered them all over charts worldwide in Don’t You Forget About Me, from ‘80s teen flick sensation The Breakfast Club, is also present. Bummer they didn’t write it then…

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Most early clips deliver warm fuzzies – literally – although this is typical of the era’s promos, so without splattering mega-bucks at restoration we could expect no more.

The audio has been spruced up a tad, although PCM would have been preferable as the Dolby Digital stereo we're given lacks the life many of these tunes deserve.

When it comes to bonus inclusions, the focus is on live performance, with six early UK TV clips (who wanted to be Roxy Music then?) and a winning 36 minute concert from 1983 (before the pretentiousness set in). A 15-track gig from Verona, caught in 1989, is the chunkiest bonus - Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and all – although it’s from the acme of their pompous phase. A four-page booklet is essentially useless, while the DVD-ROM stuff at least features a reasonable discography.