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ARCADIA So Red The Rose (2010 issue UK Collectors Edition 3-disc [2CD/1DVD] set - Just after Duran Duran's popularity peaked in late 1984 and early 1985, Arcadia formed, comprising of three Duran Duran members: Simon LeBon, Nick Rhodes & Roger Taylor. Originally released in December 1985, All Music guide describe 'So Red The Rose' as 'the best album Duran never made', and features contributions by a plethora of acclaimed artists such as David Gilmour, Sting [backing vocalist on 'The Promise'], Herbie Hancock & Grace Jones [whose spoken word can be heard on 'The Flame' & 'Election Day']. This deluxe edition comprises the 9-track original album expanded with 7 Bonus Recordings; plus a Bonus CD featuring 12 rare recordings; and a Bonus DVD which follows the filming of five music videos from the album 'So Red The Rose' and the interesting combination of directors, locations, behind the scene footage & photographic montages come together to give a fascinating insight into the world of video production. The collection of videos including Arcadia's first single 'Election Day' are shown in full, including Dean Chamberlain's rarely seen interpretation of the song 'Missing').


CD1:
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

Bonus Recordings:
10. Say The Word [Theme from 'Playing For Keeps'] - 7" Edit [4.29]
11. She Moody And Grey, She's Mean And Restless [4.28]
12. Election Day - Single Version [4.30]
13. Goodbye Is Forever - Single Remix [4.16]
14. The Promise - 7" Mix [4.45]
15. The Flame - 7" Remix [4.05]
16. Say The Word [Theme from 'Playing For Keeps'] - Soundtrack Version [5.06]

CD TWO
1. Election Day - Consensus Mix [8.39]
2. Goodbye Is Forever - 12" Extended Vocal Mix [6.37]
3. The Promise - Extended Version [5.35]
4. Rose Arcana - Extended [5.37]
5. The Flame - Extended Remix [7.20]
6. Say The Word [Theme from 'Playing For Keeps'] - Extended Vocal Remix [6.30]
7. Election Day - Cryptic Cut [9.06]
8. The Promise - 12" Mix [7.02]
9. Goodbye Is Forever - Dub Mix [5.13]
10. Say The Word [Theme from 'Playing For Keeps'] - Extended Instrumental Remix [5.46]
11. Election Day - Early Rough Mix [8.41]
12. Flame Game - Yo Homeboy Mix [2.05]

DVD:
1. Filming 'Election Day' - Paris, France. September 1985.
2. Election Day - Directed by Roger Christian, Produced by Chrissie Smith [7.47]
3. Filming 'The Promise' - Cote D’Azur, France. December 1985.
4. The Promise - Directed by Marcelo Anciano, Produced by Ruth Orme and Martin Wyn Griffith [4.46]
5. Filming 'Goodbye Is Forever' - London, England. January 1986
6. Goodbye Is Forever - Directed by Marcelo Anciano, Produced by Ruth Orme [4.11]
7. Filming 'The Flame' - London Docklands. April 1986.
8. The Flame - Directed by Russell Mulcahy, Produced by Chrissie Smith [4.00]
9. Filming 'Missing' - London, England. December 1986.
10. Missing - Directed by Dean Chamberlain [3.40]

Release date: Monday 8 February 2010

wow. ask and you shall receive. i'm speechless.

[quote][i]Originally posted by budaniel[/i]
<br>wow. ask and you shall receive. i'm speechless.
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yeah, totally. this is phenomenal. and with the other d2 collector's editions, what a year!

MAXIMUM BIG SURPRISE! I'm totally excited! Great way to close out a phenomenal year of releases!

Now I can put my shirt back on and stop praying.

(yes, pinkyblue82, I had to come up with that one since you took the ideal response!)

Feb 2010? Just in time for my next birthday!!!! F*&@ YES!!!!!! This is amazing!!!!

"Words like conviction can turn into a sentence"

I love the recent trend - Duran Duran and U2, I'm talking to you - of including tons of cool bonus tracks instead of just a couple of teasers. This is fantastic!

Oooh, I'm getting a moist feeling in a special place having seen this news - and I'm not even a girlie!
Splendiferous!

I dont know why you're all so excited about this news? according to some people, no one wants any Arcadia re-issues? no one cares about them.....[;)][:0]Rollseyes

"Keepin the '80s alive!"

About fucking time!

The DVD looks to be The Making of Arcadia, which is nice. The VHS -> DVD encode I grabbed off Demonoid was full of audio noise.

The CDs look to be almost complete, except there is Election Day: Fact and Story Mix. I'm not sure where this original came from (I'm pretty sure it wasn't on any commercial release), but it was on the Arcadia Heaven's Eyes bootleg. Another curious thing is the two remixes of The Promise. The 12" only had one extended version of this track, along with the 7" version + Rose Arcana extended.

Kudos to EMI for including all the 7" edits. I could have lived without them, but it's nice that they filled in the extra space on CD1, instead of trying to be cool and just having the original album.


[i]> Release date: Monday 8 February 2010[/i]

Meaning that we can expect it to come out in March .

The 'Fact and Story Mix' was on a limited UK 12" for DJs. Sometimes referred to as the 'Cryptic Mix'

[quote][i]Originally posted by obs[/i]
<br>About fucking time!

The DVD looks to be The Making of Arcadia, which is nice. The VHS -> DVD encode I grabbed off Demonoid was full of audio noise.

The CDs look to be almost complete, except there is Election Day: Fact and Story Mix. I'm not sure where this original came from (I'm pretty sure it wasn't on any commercial release), but it was on the Arcadia Heaven's Eyes bootleg. Another curious thing is the two remixes of The Promise. The 12" only had one extended version of this track, along with the 7" version + Rose Arcana extended.

Kudos to EMI for including all the 7" edits. I could have lived without them, but it's nice that they filled in the extra space on CD1, instead of trying to be cool and just having the original album.


[i]> Release date: Monday 8 February 2010[/i]

Meaning that we can expect it to come out in March .
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Thanks for the info. Oh well, from memory, it was more of the same (ie. re-edit of the other mixes), so we won't be missing much .

Wow, this really is amazing news! I didn't realise there was so much material available.

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Okay, seems Track 07 isn't the version I thought it would be. There's "Cryptic Cut" (aka Fact and Story Mix), which is the promo version, and "Cryptic Cut No Voice Mix", which was on the second 12".

"Cryptic Cut No Voice Mix" will be available with the digital download versions of the album. [:p]

Funny enough, both are actually instrumental mixes.


BTW, if you check out the bottom of the Arcadia page at
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Arcadia+(3)
there's the unofficial singles boxset, which I've wondered about.

[b]<a href="http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2010/01/06/arcadia-so-red-the-rose-reissue-duran-duran-delayed/">Reissue of Duran Duran spinoff Arcadia’s ‘So Red the Rose’ delayed until April</a>[/b]