Arcadia 2-CD set and DVD

ARCADIA ‘SO RED THE ROSE’ 8 February, 2010 (Europe), 9 February, 2010 (North America)

CD ONE:

Original album released December 1985

1. Election Day (5.30)
2. Keep Me In The Dark (4.32)
3. Goodbye Is Forever (3.49)
4. The Flame (4.24)
5. Missing * (3.40)
6. Rose Arcana * ^ (0.51)
7. The Promise ^ (7.30)
8. El Diablo ^ (6.05)
9. Lady Ice * (7.32)

Produced Alex Sadkin + Arcadia

All tracks mixed by Alex Sadkin with:

Tracks 1, 8 mixed Ron Saint Germain + Francois Kevorkian
Track 6 mixed by Larry Alexander assisted by G Rindfuss + S Boyer + E Moller
Tracks 3, 4, 7, 9 mixed by Ron Saint Germain
Assisted on tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 by Ohil Burnett (digital technician)
Track 5 mixed by Larry Alexander, assisted by Billy Miranda
Track 2 mixed by Jay Mark + Francois Kevorkian. Assisted by Nick Delre
Rhythm augmentation on track 8 by Wendel Jr.

Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Masterdisk, New York

Recorded by Larry Alexander, assisted by Phillippe Laffont

Special thanks to Sting + Herbie Hancock for their performances on ‘The Promise’

Musicians: Carlos Alomar, Gabriel Bindi, Pierre Defay, Jean Claude Dubois, Mark Egan, David Gilmour (appears courtesy of EMI Records), Steve Jordan, Rafael de Jesusm, Andy Mackay (a member of The Explorers appears courtesy of Virgin Records), David Van Tieghem, Masami Tsuchiya

Sting appears courtesy of A&M Records

Herbie Hancock appears courtesuy of Columbia Records

Sleeve by Malcolm + David at Assorted iMaGes

Illustrations by Tony Viramontes

Arcadia are:
Simon Le Bon
Nick Rhodes
Roger Taylor

Bonus tracks

10. Say The Word (Theme from ‘Playing For Keeps’) (7” edit) * (4.29)
From the US 7” single ‘Say The Word’ released July 1986

11. She Moody And Grey, She’s Mean And Restless (4.28)
From the 7” and 12” singles ‘Election Day’ released October 1985

12. Election Day (single version) (4.30)
From the 7” and 12” singles ‘Election Day’ released October 1985

13. Goodbye Is Forever (single mix) (4.16)
From the 7” and 12” single ‘Goodbye Is Forever’ released ex-UK January 1985

14. The Promise (7” mix) ^ (4.45)
From the 7” and 12” single ‘The Promise’ released January 1986

15. The Flame (7” remix) (4.05)
From the 7” single ‘The Flame’ released July 1986

16. Say The Word (Theme from ‘Playing For Keeps’) (soundtrack version) * (5.06)
From the ‘Playing For Keeps’ soundtrack released 1986

CD TWO:

1. Election Day (Consensus Mix) (8.39)
From the 12” single ‘Election Day’ released October 1985

2. Goodbye Is Forever (extended mix) (6.37)
From the 12” single ‘Goodbye Is Forever’ released ex-UK January 1985

3. The Promise (extended remix) ^ (5.35)
From the 12” single ‘The Promise’ released January 1986

4. Rose Arcana (extended) * ^ (5.37)
From the 7” and 12” single ‘The Promise’ released January 1986

5. The Flame (Extended Remix) (7.20)
From the 12” single ‘The Flame’ released July 1986
Remix produced by Nile Rodgers

6. Say The Word (Theme from ‘Playing For Keeps’) (extended vocal remix) * (6.30)
From the 12” promo ‘Say The Word’ released ex-UK July 1986

7. Election Day (Cryptic Cut) (9.06)
From the one-sided 12” promo released October 1985

8. The Promise (12” mix) ^ (7.02)
From the 12” single ‘The Promise’ released January 1986

9. Goodbye Is Forever (dub mix) (5.13)
From the 12” single ‘Goodbye Is Forever’ released ex-UK January 1985

10. Say The Word (Theme from ‘Playing For Keeps’) (extended instrumental remix) * (5.46)
From the 7” single and 12” promo ‘Say The Word’ released ex-UK July 1986

11. Election Day (Early Rough Mix) (8.41)
From the 12” single ‘The Flame’ released July 1986

12. Flame Game (Yo Homeboy mix) (2.05)
From the 7” and 12” single ‘The Flame’ released July 1986
Remix produced by Nile Rodgers

13. Election Day (Cryptic Cut No Voice Mix) (8.27)
From the 12” single ‘Election Day’ released October 1985
**EXTRA FOR DIGITAL ALBUM ONLY**

Written by Taylor / Rhodes / Le Bon except * Rhodes / Le Bon
Published by Gloucester Place Music Ltd. / EMI except ^ Tritec Music

Disc 1 and 2:
Digital remasters (P) 2010 The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd.

DVD:

Original VHS released February 1987

1. Filming ‘Election Day’
Paris, France. September 1985.

2. Election Day (7.47)
Directed by Roger Christian
Produced by Chrissie Smith

3. Filming ‘The Promise’
Cote D’Azur, France. December 1985.

4. The Promise (4.46)
Directed by Marcelo Anciano
Produced by Ruth Orme and Martin Wyn Griffith

5. Filming ‘Goodbye Is Forever’
London, England. January 1986

6. Goodbye Is Forever (4.11)
Directed by Marcelo Anciano
Produced by Ruth Orme

7. Filming ‘The Flame’
London Docklands. April 1986.

8. The Flame (4.00)
Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Produced by Chrissie Smith

9. Filming ‘Missing’
London, England. December 1986.

10. Missing (3.40)
Directed by Dean Chamberlain

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As some of you may have heard, Simon recently lent backing vocals to the Beautiful Small Machines track "Simple Joys." BSM is led by Simon's friend Bree Sharp, and they've been cool enough to gift us with the Medilixer Mix of the song as a free download. You can listen here:

http://www.musicallies.com/bsm/simplejoys/simonsgift/

The EP goes on sale today (October 20) as well and can be purchased on iTunes via this link:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=302106370&v0=itunes.com%2Fbeautifulsmallmachines#

Mark Ronson had a surprise for listeners of his East Village Radio podcast. Click on the October 2 segment for a little bit of Duran Duran!

East Village Radio

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Simon contributed a chapter to the new book THE ATHEIST'S GUIDE TO CHRISTMAS. His portion has been selected as featured exclusive content on the book's website.

Click below to hear Simon read his chapter:

Atheist's Guide to Christmas

As I'm sure many of you know, the 27th of this month will mark our favorite front man's birthday. To celebrate his birthday month, Monsieur Le Bon has offered up a new playlist for October (or Oktober, if you prefer).

Here it is, with Simon's comments:



All off of the first album (or close to it!)

Late Bar - The song everyone wants to hear from us.

Faster Than Light - I love this song. I'd like to do it live.

Friends of Mine - Georgie Davis is now dead, unfortunately.

Khanada - It's a b side, it's b side itself. And it's written after Jane Khan, a girl I had brief relationship with.

Secret Oktober - It's my birthday month man!

Careless Memories - Just cos i like it - and i love the guitar.



And because we've got a little extra room on the featured playlist, I added a few more songs (sticking to Simon's theme):

Planet Earth (Night Version)
Fame
Sound of Thunder
Anyone Out There


Enjoy the playlist, everyone, and later this month join me in wishing Simon a happy birthday.

Nathan

The two-disc "Rio" special edition CD and vinyl, plus the "Live at Hammersmith '82" DVD are out today in the USA.

The "Beds 'r Burning" charity single for Climate Justice, featuring a vocal by Simon, is available today, October 1st.

Learn more about the cause and downloading the single here:

http://www.timeforclimatejustice.org/media-center/?id=410

EMI will be releasing concerts recorded in the early 80s by Duran Duran, Ultravox, Culture Club, The Stranglers and more. The shows were originally recorded by the BBC for their "In Concert" series and will be available for download only in December 2009.

From EMI:

We are starting monthly 'download only' BBC releases, one month sessions, one month In Concerts. In December, there is an intention to do 10 "In Concerts," of which Duran Duran's 4/11/82 Hammersmith concert will be included.

Other BBC sessions and In Concerts will be used in the forthcoming reissues in either physical or digital format.

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UPDATE: 28 SEPTEMBER

Catch our own John Taylor as part of a panel at UCLA's celebration of the 40th Year of the Internet. The symposium will take place on October 29th at UCLA Engineering with John as a featured speaker along with Shiva Shivakumar, Thomas Gewecke, Mark Bregman, John Perry Barlow, Frank Pearce, Michael Morhaime and Arianna Huffington.

More information can be found here: 40 Years of the Internet

http://www.duranduran.com/wordpress/?p=16102

And check out their MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/tckcampaign