SIMPLE MINDS Saints & Sinners And Dead Vandals

[marcoilbiauto66]

fantastic ..... the young simple minds .....

[sherbydab]

saw them at the crown hotel wishaw 1977

[poneil69]

Circus Bhoy

[xneilp]

this takes one back

[ZLUGGO]

This is Johnny & The Self Abusers, NOT Simple Minds!

[grayham37]

And if you read the info you would see it says it's johnny and the self abusers.

[ZLUGGO]

@grayham37  Sorry then.

[chamillionaire96]

Who is the boy who appearin the second 40?

SIMPLEMINDS

[Ayeyuya]

Thats Mr Kerrs school photo

Saw Johnny and the self Abusers in the Doune Castle Pub

[chamillionaire96]

THANK YOU

[MrDemilord]

@chamillionaire96 Jim Kerr

[gleamingspire]

Would have loved to have heard them play both these at Edinburgh Castle!

Still have the single on Chiswick Records.

[kaleid1990]

This sounds awesome!

[derrenfan]

thanks for posting this

[MrScotsaway]

Cheers for this post. I remember them from back then. Went to the same school (Holyrood Secondary) as JK and CB. I was 3 years below them and the year above half of what became Altered Images and then Texas. Good times!!

[kirkwallboy]

Have the single somewhere. Given to me by one of would be music magnates who financed it. George Langley.

[62salv]

great single....'dead vandals' has always been my favourite track! i had a tape of johnny and the self-abusers demos years ago but sadly the tape sound quality was atrocious! the half dozen trax were magic though and it's sad they didn't get an official release. another case of great band/1 single/no album:(

[johnnyblunder]

I bought the single back in 77 and still have it in perfect condition with picture sleeve if anyones interested in it....Make me an offer...All the same brill band they were.

[rjbeaubien]

Great stuff. Still one of my favorite punk singles.Truly great fuzz guitar:) Never can have too much fuzz guitar!

[apebzzz]

In Italy is impossible to find those songs!!! As old fan of Simple Minds (I grew with them) where did You find those songs!!!! Great I always dreamed to hear someday a Johnny & the S. A. song!!! You're a great!!!! Thanks a lot for let me hear for the first time J. & the S. A.!!! Grazie.

[jaffa30]

johnny and the self abusers split after this song was released and became two groups the simple minds and the cuban heels

[professorweegie]

yes! cuban heels were good too,remember that song "pablo picasso...what an ass hole"! used to sing down the mars bar just off jamaica street!

[dustkotdom]

the beginning of the best band in the world.jim kur your a ledgend.simple minds well done on a life time of sucess.dom.perth

[theinfideluk]

Bloody hell is that SM's?? Totally under-rated band esp with their early stuff. Cheers for uploading never heard this b4!

[grayham37]

Pablo picasso was also on the same johnny and the self abusers lp has these two

[rijnsewijn]

no, it was not!

[jamierourketen]

i was in a punk band called the gogo frogs! we supported them in 77 in a bar called the "marsbar" they went away for about a year because they were embarressed by this song! thats when they changed their name to simple minds! i think they should be proud of this!! sound more like the velvets...

[Katrinawitch]

Wow, this song is awesome! So punk, and so 1977!  I love it! A great, gritty, early sound by SM. Jim Rocks!

[littlemissy2u]

oh my! Jimmiy--go--lightly...I couldn't feel harder!

[ghosdancing]

OMG !!!! Thanks for this post! I feel like beeing 16 again! Love it!

[johnnypuma64]

must consider this to be one of the great 77 rock beats...

[scottvanska]

Awesome. Great audio.

[Sichel65]

Thanks for these very early tracks from Johnny And The Self Abusers, later known as Simple Minds. I'd never hear these songs before! Thank you very much! And merry x-mas....