Pubblicato originariamente nell'ottobre del 1985, Once Upon A Time è diventato l'album di maggior successo dei Simple Minds fino ad oggi, vendendo due milioni di copie in due mesi, raggiungendo il primo posto nel Regno Unito e la top ten in America.

 

Ha prodotto quattro singoli, ‘Alive and Kicking’, ‘All the Things She Said’, ‘Sanctify Yourself’ e ‘Ghostdancing’, arrivati nella top 20 e ha dato il via a un tour mondiale durato quindici mesi.

 

Questa edizione da 5 CD è composta dall'album originale, bonus track, tra cui, per la prima volta, le versioni originale ed extended di "Don't You (Forget About Me), single edit, mix 12”, B-side, tracce rare e il concerto "Live in The City of Light", oltre a un libretto di 36 pagine con foto rare, interviste con Jim Kerr e Charlie Burchill e una guida all’album traccia per traccia.

 

CD 1: Original album

1. Once Upon a Time
2. All The Things She Said
3. Ghost Dancing
4. Alive And Kicking
5. Oh Jungleland
6. I Wish You Were Here
7. Sanctify Yourself
8. Come A Long Way    

 

CD 2: B-Sides / Mixes

1. Don't You (Forget About Me) - 7" Single
2. A Brass Band in African Chimes - 7" Single
3. Don't You (Forget About Me) - 12" Single
4. A Brass Band in African Chimes – - Extended Version
5. Alive And Kicking - Edit
6. Alive And Kicking - Instrumental
7. Up On the Catwalk - Live (Barrowlands, Ballroom, Glasgow: 5th January 1985
8. Alive And Kicking - 7" Remix / Edit
9. Alive And Kicking - 12" Remix
10. Alive And Kicking - Kevorkian 12" Remix
11. Sanctify Yourself - Edit
12. Sanctify Yourself - Instrumental
13. Sanctify Yourself - Alternative Edit 

 

CD 3: B-Sides / Extended Mixes

1. Street Hassle - Live - Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
2. Love Song -Live - Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
3. Sanctify Yourself - Extended Mix
4. Sanctify Yourself - Dub Version
5. All The Things She Said - Edit
6. Promised You a Miracle - US Remix
7. All The Things She Said - Extended Version
8. Don't You (Forget About Me) – Live- Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985
9. Ghost Dancing - 12" Remix
10. Ghost Dancing - Instrumental
11. Oh Jungleland - 12" Remix
12. Oh Jungleland - Instrumental

 

CD 4: Live In the City of Light - Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986

1. Ghost Dancing
2. Big Sleep
3. Waterfront
4. Promised You a Miracle
5. Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
6. Oh Jungleland
7. Alive And Kicking    

 

CD 5: Live In the City of Light - Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986

1. Don't You (Forget About Me)
2. Once Upon a Time
3. Book Of Brilliant Things
4. East At Easter
5. Sanctify Yourself
6. Love Song / Sun City / Dance to The Music
7. New Gold Dream