Recording Mandela in Sarm Family Snaps

[@ludochem]

Do you remember the Wake up Radio system in the eighties ? i remember the first time i heard it. i was litteraly awaken by the song at seven, probably half-dreaming, then hearing the radio DJ saying "this is the new Simple minds song.... Mandela day". Slow paced.. but subtly building up then Charlie s incredible guitar solo !!! I still remember how uplifted i felt that day ! The album wasnt even out.

[@StefanieHernandez-r5o]

You inspired me to buy a keyboard ❤ Don’t stop posting, you are an incredible artist.

[@manuminds]

I always thought it was your "musical contribution" that made Simple Minds' music so special to me. Thanks Mick ❤

[@Bradonomous]

This is getting towards when you parted ways with the band. I think you must have been in a very difficult place. I’m so glad you did what was best for you and your health. It must be a bit difficult looking back on this now - we all appreciate you sharing this with us. Big hugs.

[@ludochem]

but he parted ways on a very high note !

[@neilb1906]

RIP Big John. Great memories Mick.

[@cougarsteel]

I love seeing these behind the scenes in the studio and at the gigs videos. And the piano and keys background music of Mandela Day is beautiful. Thanks Mick.

[@brucefindlay]

Good one Mick...thanks for the memories. ❤

[@stevencavanagh63]

Fabulous watch , Mick . You all looked so so happy .Great memories for yourself and all us fans . Keep them coming and write a book please.

[@hectorneira1264]

The first Time i saw Simple Minds was on june 11th 1988. On spanish TV. I was 13 years old and my life changed for ever. And now watching this video im crying. Amazing.

[@officialblueboy1509]

Mick this is like finding buried treasure. Please don't stop posting, this footage is so nostalgic and reminds us of a world which now seems so far away. You're keeping the memories alive. Have been a fan since Cacophony, saved up my pocket money to buy all your records back then. Even my Christmas present list was SM albums!

[@Piertides]

Absolutely delightful! It’s really good to see the band in all aspects as family and musicians. Thank you!

[@alessio.genovese_04]

Wonderful memories Mick!!😍😍😍 Thanks a lot for sharing it with us!! 👍🏻😉🤗🙏🏻

[@officialblueboy1509]

Just spotted John Giblin who replaced Derek around that time of huge commercial success and Don't you Forget About Me etc. RIP John, a great musician.

[@GianlucaBernardi-y3y]

Bravo Mick. Realmente, bravo, bravo, bravo...poi a sentire i suoni delle tue tastiere con quelle pause... Arrivano sempre brividi...thank you From Italy. Gl🎾👏👏👏🤝🤗

[@pauldownes4483]

Beautiful Mick, a kindness & time n effort to pick this one out. All happy at this one. Feet weighted into the ground

[@Gourockz]

Thanks Mick. Great memories and insight for SM fans. Seeing big John. Fantastic. NM 70th will always be for me a pivotal SM moment and to see behind the scenes was fantastic. Keep sharing Mick.

[@frankryan3294]

The brilliant John Giblin is in this!! Go e but not forgotten. RIP John

[@guyincognito1560]

I heard he was real funny, you can tell by how he casually suggested windchimes. Fortunate he came in to the Simple Minds orbit if ever so briefly.

[@thechipman2473]

Great footage thanks for the music, Mick, we love you

[@andrewchadwick5797]

This footage is gold ! Seeing the Mandela gig from 88 transcends me right back to my youth ! Thank you again Mick 👍

[@berbisti]

Very beautiful, tears roll down... 🥲

[@challengerjetdriver]

OMG Trevor so young and Big John... Thank you SOOO MUCH ❤❤

[@thomascraig1517]

It's a shame it's not as it was .your positive energy and musical perfection is missed ...your fingers are genius ...don't change be you in what ever you do .....I'm the lad who used to deliver your paper in Pollokshields

[@valentemariana]

Please, please, please, promise me you'll never stop posting these memories 🤍 Bless you for recording these happy moments! 🥹

[@RenevolutionAccount]

Brilliant ! I love it ❤🔥

[@KinderAmanda]

This is so beautiful. It brings so much nostalgia going back to the SFY era. Thanks for sharing with us behind the scenes, Mick.

[@somesweetday9747]

The last part with your piano on it is so moving... Thanks for that Mick...

[@pietroprogman]

wow! thank you Maestro Mick for this gift! Regards from Italy!

[@ronaldwild]

this is so beautiful, I have tears in my eyes

[@davefraser100]

These videos are totally amazing!! Thank you so much for sharing , golden times

[@matteocarta3853]

Thank you Jedi Master Mick…. Wonderful memories

[@gertsport4480]

Top Mick! Absolute top.

[@prometheusuk9845]

Lovely piece of music towards the end Mick ❤️

[@TK-ec5bv]

Mick, much appreciation for this footage, and for your incredible keyboard playing in Simple Minds. You are a true legend.

[@darrengrimmer8541]

Great stuff mick.. like everyone else I’m getting older now but your music and the memories are so special.. thank you sir

[@goalkeeper484]

Great stuff! More of that, for sure, please!

[@paulhalfacre5242]

Superb Mick, thanks again for sharing 👌

[@nickbrooker1411]

love these vids Mick - - takes us ALL right back!

[@MarcusWainwright]

You are my best ever keyboard player thank you the memories mick

[@jasonhealy4409]

Thanks for sharing Mick. You were the Vertebrae of the Band. Never the same since your departure. It was like INXS without Hutch

[@isashax]

I love watching these memories!

[@RobJohnsonpodcast]

Wow, beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

[@johnnieboy77]

Thank you so much Mick 👍👍

[@Elefant75]

Absolutely beautiful Mick, thank you !!!

[@renerunner1]

Seeing out the angels. What a great music and band. Thank you for posting

[@mickmacneil1]

Are you referring to Mandela Day chord progression taken from Seeing out the angel? If so well spotted.

[@renerunner1]

@@mickmacneil1 Yes, exactly, it is a very beautiful melody.

[@jamieholmes4675]

Thank you Mick for all these treasures 😊😊

[@AJ-Themes-for-Great-Cities]

Absolutely superb mick, thanks again…

[@kidSkidlo-71]

Love these.....a small insight and the best thing is people chatting and no bloody heads in mobile phones...😁😁👍👍

[@ghostdancer6940]

Was that Jim's mum and dad at the end? I'm sure he will treasure these memories... Another rare and really welcome insight into the history of the band from the inside. Thanks a million Mick

[@mickmacneil1]

Yes, Jimmy and Irene.

[@ghostdancer6940]

@@mickmacneil1 the Mandela concert was my first time seeing Simple Minds. I was 14 and travelled to Wembley from Liverpool with my older sister. Magnificent day Mick

[@Jonhilsea]

As someone who plays keys, thanks Mick for your inspiration. Love these snapshot vids, keep 'em coming.

[@bougeac]

Another time capsule, wonderful! Why Simple Minds weren’t the headliners at the Mandela 88 gig is crazy

[@stevenashton9519]

Thank you Mick. Just wonderful.👏👏

[@salemaveliu]

Love this and missed you solely at this years gigs would have been great to have your energy and presence there in the uk leg of the tour. 🙏

[@andyinniss]

This is just so good to see Mick. We can see all the live footage we can shake a stick at but nothing comes close to this type of insight. ❤ thanks as always - Andy

[@jamesloveswork1]

From someone who lapped this up on the day- reminiscing whilst watching these snippets is fascinating. Thanks Mick. 🙏🏻

[@f.h.vanengelen7722]

Thanks Mick. We miss you. You're the best. Kind regards Fred van Engelen

[@ScouserTommy100]

Absolutely brilliant and beautiful Mick.. remember taking a well thought out ‘wrong turn’ at Wembley that day looking for a bar and found myself in a bar in one of the twin towers which was full of yours and the eurythmics roadies.. great memories ❤️

[@harry.mfowlie9368]

Class Mick just class

[@zhorasalome7350]

What a treasure! Thank you so much for sharing this! The Mandela Day concert was the first time I saw you guys live (on TV at least). I had just gotten into you as a band. I was forever changed. This line up is it for me. Thank you so much. ❤

[@billyclegg3084]

Best one so far...

[@mazdaman0075]

Priceless footage Mick, thanks for sharing.

[@guyincognito1560]

Watching this, it's difficult to piece together how things fell out to the point of Mel opting out of the sessions. These glances behind the scenes are wonderful. It was an interesting time for the band as Jim would say the wheels were coming off after 10 years of the cycle that claimed a few casualties. Love the footage of Jim and the family, Jasmin was adorable.

[@HighlandMike325]

John Giblin bailed too. Unplugged his bass and walked out of the band without a word according to Jim after a ahem discussion with Trevor Horn

[@guyincognito1560]

@@HighlandMike325 I'd never heard that, very interesting. I just knew it was abrupt. Read that Trevor could drive you nuts cos he had a certain sound he was chasing with a tenacity. Most producers are like that though?

[@HighlandMike325]

@@guyincognito1560From Jim's eulogy to John when he died last year on Simple Minds social media "July '88, London. On entering the control room of Sarm Studio that afternoon it was too obvious that I had walked into a tense situation occurring between then Minds bassist, John Giblin, and our record producer at that moment, Trevor Horn. Mannered gents both, there was nothing really to suggest that things might unduly get out of hand. It did however, and badly so, when only a few minutes later, and without any signal of his intentions, John calmly unplugged his bass in the middle of recording and walked out the room with no words. Gone from Simple Minds, but never to be forgotten."

[@guyincognito1560]

@@HighlandMike325 Much appreciated. Remember being puzzled when I bought the record and seeing just the three on the cover but John and Mel were in the credits. Went to see them in Manheim not long after and there's Malcolm. I thought John gave them a great dynamic, too young to realize what a force he was at the time. Trevor is a cheeky fella, being a bass player myself, it's not hard to recognize the talent in them both. Suppose Trevor just pushed it too hard as he tended to do. Thanks for taking the time, best.

[@christianedekoning2057]

Such great footage, Mick! THANK YOU, again!

[@FailedMuso]

Loved that, Mick! Thank you for sharing 🙂

[@rijnsewijn]

Thanks for sharing. This is gold... again.

[@bazzermn]

just amazing to watch!! Keep posting, Mick ❤

[@AndreasWesthues]

Thanks for sharing these beautiful moments, Mick!

[@wheeld68]

I've been a Simple Minds fan for many years. Saw the band at Ibrox in '85. After discovering this channel and listening back, it's occurred to me that without you Mick, the band wouldn't be anywhere near as successful. Your musicianship is beautiful.

[@guyincognito1560]

Mick was the genesis of so many of the melodies so many amazing songs flowered from and Charlie, Jim, John and Mel gave the songs just what they needed. Nothing like him and nothing like Simple Minds with Michael at the boards.

[@wqt70k]

Thank you for sharing these with us Mick

[@steelriverdrinks7036]

They just keep getting Mick. We are blessed to have you posting them. ❤

[@Burn1970]

Many thanks Mick, great to see!

[@plasterer69]

Great stuff Mick, Love behind the scenes footage!

[@AtonalMeasureRecords]

Pure gold

[@smurray7898]

Amazing footage once again. Thank you Mick.

[@blenderandgymaddict5244]

Great footage Mick. Thank you so much for sharing this! ❤

[@hectorneira1264]

This is amazing!!!

[@politicalprincess1]

The little girl at the end with Jim is a mini Chrissie Hynde! 😲

[@georgerichardson7728]

cheers for this Mick

[@DamianMellett]

Amazing

[@ronniewilson6597]

Mick, can you at sometime play the piano version of someone somewhere in summertime please. There is a few playing it on youtube but they need to see how its really done by the master 💙👍🏻

[@grumholmes]

thanks for posting these little gems ...... Mick, really think it's time to do a wee piano based album of these iconic songs you were so much a part of .... what do ya think son ? 🤩

[@Peakthreeh1king]

Nice one Mick 👍

[@THEBEATPOETS1]

Think the percussionist was Leroy Williams Mick.

[@salemaveliu]

Please write a book on your time with the band 🙏👍

[@antoniof9095]

07:40 Magic...

[@Tele2FEJohanFixed]

Love the interaction between Mel and John. I'm hugely influenced by the 2 of them as a wannabee drummer who would become a semi-pro bass player in the end...

[@robertaguilera4042]

Thx mick

[@MadDog-c7e]

I recall asking Mick for an autograph at Hyde park with my Celtic shirt on. Mick politely declined 😆

[@MadDog-c7e]

Let me clarify, I asked him to sign my shirt

[@tonimasson7057]

Fok this makes me cry so beautiful it is, and now we know God plays fokking ping-pong.

[@CO-oz1fk]

💚💚

[@poppysherlock3922]

Think I paid 15 quid for the Seen The Lights DVD in 90s. I would have paid 25 quid if these tapes from Mick had been included on a DVD extra

[@AGuyCalledDavid]

1.45 what's he producing here ? He's picking a winner :)

[@chrisjbell]

Mick, just wanted to say thank you so much for this. Incredible stuff, so many details - I’ve watched it over and over. Must confess, I never realised you played The Hyde Park show. Was it just the one song, Mandela Day?

[@guyincognito1560]

Anyone recognize the dreamy track over the Wembley PA?

[@brucefindlay]

Mark Hamilton...

[@mickmacneil1]

Ye, that was him Bruce.

[@brucefindlay]

@@mickmacneil1 loving these 'clips' from the old days Mick. Some fab memories....❤️

[@mickmacneil1]

I’m sure I have some with Sally and Ollie, is that their names? And is that your wee girl on Jimmys shoulders?

[@brucefindlay]

I had to look several times...jeez age is a wonderful thing. I think that's Jane walking beside Jimmy and I think that is Yasmin (Jim's daughter on his shoulder ) The wee girl with dark hair is Natalie ( Chrissie's daughter ..Ray Davis is her dad). The other wee girl holding Natalie's hand looks like Gemma, my youngest. Wow, I have to check with Gemma and Kirsty next time I see them. Be fun to see Sally and Oli in one of your clips. You really did a hell of a lot of filming...amazing and great to post 'em Mick. Keep them coming...SM fans love them...me too. Cheers man. ❤️

[@mickmacneil1]

I sent you a couple of clips on X but not sure how that works anymore, I don’t really use that platform, I’ve gone off musk, even dumped my Tesla, heap of shit.

[@OrbvsTomarvm]

gold dust.

[@ronniewilson6597]

Mick and Derek are the sound of Simple Minds. 💙👍🏻😀

[@valentemariana]

Oh, Mick... This brought happy tears to my eyes. Thank you 🤍