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| Capitol/EMI Music
Catalog Marketing has released
Power Station: The Power Station, a CD/DVD collection of
the band's top hits, music videos, behind the scenes
footage
and the group's "Saturday Night Live" performance
of "Some Like It Hot." |
| After
countless hit singles, huge sell-out world tours, a film
and a tour documentary, Duran Duran decided to have a
well-deserved yearlong break in 1985. However, unable
to rest on their laurels and stay away from the recording
studio, the band effectively split into 2 with Simon LeBon
& Nick Rhodes forming the basis of Arcadia whilst
John Taylor (bass) & Andy Taylor (guitar) joined forces
with solo artist Robert Palmer (vocals) and ex-Chic member
Tony Thompson (drums) to form Power Station. |
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original idea was to see John, Andy and Tony as the backbone
of the band with a different guest vocalist appearing
on each track. However, whilst working on some demos of
a funky version of T Rex’s “Get It On,”
they invited Robert Palmer to sing on the track. With
everyone extremely impressed with the end result, Palmer
was asked to become a permanent member and he ended up
singing on each of the album's eight tracks. Originally
released in April 1985, the eponymous debut album was
a hit both in the UK and the US mainly due to its two
hit singles merging rock with a dance edge, “Some
Like It Hot” and the aforementioned T Rex cover
“Get It On.” |
| The
DVD features: Power Station behind the scenes studio footage,
interviews, the videos to “Some Like It Hot”
and “Get It On,” plus a bonus live version
of “Some Like It Hot” from “Saturday
Night Live.” |
| POWER STATION: THE POWER
STATION CD Tracklist: |
1. Some Like It Hot
2. Murderess
3. Lonely Tonight
4. Communication
5. Get It On (Bang A Gong)
6. Go To Zero
7. Harvest For The World
8. Still In Your Heart
9. Someday, Somehow,
00Someone's Gotta Pay
10. The Heat Is On
11. Communication (long remix)
12. Get It On (7" mix)
13. Some Like It Hot
000And The Heat Is On
14. Communication (7" remix)
15. Some Like It Hot (7" edit) |
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| DVD Tracklist (approx
TRT: 40 minutes): |
1. Introduction
2. Some Like It Hot - video shoot
3. Some Like It Hot - video
4. On each other and recording # 1
5. Get It On - video
6. On each other and recording # 2
7. Communication - video
8. Summary/End credits
Bonus clip:
Performance of ‘Some Like It Hot’ from ‘Saturday
Night Live,’ February 6th 1985 |
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