Duran Duran - Transmission Impossible (Broadcast Recordings) - 3CD

In celebration of Duran Duran’s longevity, musicianship and downright listenability and compositional skills, this new triple CD set features previously unavailable live recordings taken from across the band’s quite remarkable career to date.

DISC ONE, includes the group’s New Year’s Eve show at The Palladium, in New York, on 31st December 1982, about six-months following the release of the group’s sophomore album Rio. Also on the first disc, the show Duran played at Villa Park in Birmingham on 23rd July 1983, in aid of MENCAP (supporting people with learning difficulties) is presented.

DISC TWO features Duran Duran’s concert at the Centre des Sports, in Leysin, Switzerland, on 30th June 1989, a superb show which was recorded for live FM radio broadcast. Extra tracks on disc two include two numbers performed on the Arsenio Hall Show on 5th April ’89.

DISC THREE concludes this delightful set with an appearance and performance the group gave at Tower Records, in Los Angeles, on 15th May 1993, when they played a one-hour set in front of a small audience at the retail store, while promoting their second self-titled (AKA The Wedding Album) record. Bonus tracks on disc three include two live songs recorded for Jay Leno’s show on 15th February the same year, the very day the aforementioned album was released.