Once Upon A Time

UK CD Cover

UK LP Cover (Signed)

Alternative UK LP Cover

UK Picture Disk

Tracks

Once Upon A Time	(5.44)
All The Things She Said	(4.16)
Ghostdancing	(4.46)
Alive And Kicking	(5.24)
Oh Jungleland	(5.12)
I Wish You Were Here	(4.42)
Sanctify Yourself	(5.00)
Come A Long Way	(5.08)

Country	Date	Vinyl	Cassette	CD	Picture Disk
UK	October 1985	Virgin V 2364	Virgin TCV 2364	Virgin CDV 2364	Virgin VP 2364

Credits

Michael MacNeil - piano and synthesisers

Charles Burchill - guitars

Mel Gaynor - drums & vocals

John Giblin - bass guitars

Jim Kerr - lead vocals

Additional backing singer Robin Clarke

Backing vocals Michael Been of The Call,The Simms Brothers, Carlos Alomar

Extra percussion on "All The Things She Said" Sue Hadjopoulos

Produced by Jimmy Iovine and Bob Clearmountain

Engineered by Moira Marquis and Mark Mckenna

Assisted by Martin White

Technical assistance Bob Schwall, Judy Reeves and Bob Tis

Studio crew Dougie Cowan and Paul Kerr

Coordination Gemma Corfield and Debbi Caponetta

Recorded at Townhouse Studios, London

Mixed at Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York and Right Track Studios, New York City, Summer 85

Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisk, New York City

Nourishment Dora Carllyn, Randy Michaels and Albert Grossman

Art by Mick Haggerty

Photography Anton Corbijn

Thanks to Simon Draper, Jordan Harris, Ian Flooks, Ian Copeland, Dave Hill & The Pretenders, Alfred Bos, Keith Forsey, Anton Corbijn, Barwell Court Rehearsal Studios and all at Virgin Records Britain, Europe, Canada, New Zealand & Australia and to everyone at A&M Records USA

Very special thanks to "Big Dan Yer Man" and to Bruce Findlay, Robert White, Jane Alison and all at Schoolhouse Management

Additional Information

Not many people realise that two variations of the sleeve were produced. They are both shown above. The difference was simply due to the front and back of the sleeve being reversed.

The LP's inner sleeve featured all the lyrics as did the cassette inlay and CD booklet. A collectable picture disk was also produced. Housed in a luxury gatefold die-cut sleeve, the disk featured the mottled gold effect of the sleeve. A unique lyrics sheet was also packaged in the gatefold.

A magnetic jigsaw was produced by Virgin to promote the album. This is one of the most sought after Simple Minds collectables.