Duran Duran: Rio Carnival

Believe it or not some forty odd years have passed since the issuing of Duran Duran's massive selling selling Rio album in May 1982 and a special EP was issued for Record Store day on last Saturday.

Duran Duran always had an appeal beyond art rock, new romantics and the like and that was dance fans so it wasn't so surprising their most popular songs were remixed in long versions for that audience and Rio had a number of singles remixed a number times for different countries too.

The cover is based upon the 1982 Dutch EP sleeve which apart from being cut at 45 rpm also had Girls On Film and Planet Earth from their first album.

The original CARNIVAL EP’s were the key to unlocking Duran Duran’s international success at the time and each tracklisting differed around the world. 

SIDE A – 1. Rio (Night Version) (6:39), 2. My Own Way (Night Version) (6:34), 3. Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Version) (5:14) // SIDE B – 1. Hold Back The Rain (Carnival Remix) (7:00), 2. New Religion (Carnival Remix) (5:13), 3. Rio (Part 2) (5:28). 

It is pressed on a red/blue swirl vinyl.