It also reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.Īfter a songwriting session near Cannes in France, much of the band’s third album was recorded at George Martin’s AIR Studios on the Caribbean island of Montserrat with producer Alex Sadkin, then mixed at 301 Studios in Sydney. Further chart movement was prevented by “Say Say Say” by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson and “Say It Isn’t So” by Daryl Hall and John Oates. It became one of Duran Duran’s most popular singles, hitting number one on the US Cash Box and peaking at number three on both the US Billboard Hot 100 for three consecutive weeks at the end of 1983. It was originally titled, “The Union at Stake”, when the band was interviewed on The Oxford Road Show in March 1983 before their first performance of “Is there something I should know?” on U.K. “Union of the Snake” was the lead single from the band’s third album Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983), and preceded its release by one month. “Union of the Snake” is the ninth single by the English new wave band Duran Duran, released on 17 October 1983. You can help show your support for this blog by making a donation using PayPal. Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)ĭown Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2 Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning MachineĪrtwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform With OBI and double sided lyric / info insert. Performer – Andy Taylor, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Roger Taylor (2), Simon Le Bon This is also the first post using the new Ortofon 2M stylus. This was also the first Japanese import record that I ever bought. “Nite Romantics” was the first-ever 12″ EP released by Duran Duran, and became a highly imported record all over the world due to Duran Duran’s popularity by 1982. There is also a cover version of David Bowie’s “Fame”, an artist who Duran Duran supported during his 1987 US leg of The Glass Spider Tour.
Nite Romantics includes the Night Version’s of “Planet Earth”, and “Girls On Film”, tracks released on 12″ single editions in various countries.
The sleeve includes a band biography in Japanese text, with Duran Duran photography taken at the Rum Runner nightclub in Birmingham. “Nite Romantics” is a 12″ vinyl EP by the British new wave band Duran Duran, released in Japan by Toshiba EMI Ltd during 1981.įeaturing four Duran Duran album-related recordings, the EP was released in a unique promo stickered picture sleeve with a black Japanese New Romantics obi-strip and lyric insert.
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