![]() In particular, the long extended songs on side two of this album were the band stretching for the fullest breadth of their ambition, no matter how many session players it took to achieve the result. While there was discernible DD DNA throughout the project, most of the filigree here was a deliberate stab at something outside of the DD sandbox. ![]() As was the Spanish guitar solo in the middle eight. The first verse ended with Andy MacKay’s sax in concert with more violin for a baroque sort of emphasis previously alien to Duran Duran records. ![]() ![]() I have to wonder if the nearly six minute track was edited down to something more pliable for radio play.īut the pan pipes were engaged in a tango with the sinuous fretless bass line of Mark Egan. We’ll assume that both Jean-Claude Dubois and Pierre Defaye were duetting on the old world intro to “El Diablo.” The song, having a Spanish title, was picked by EMI Spain for a promo single sided 7″ that will cost you dearly, as shown above. There were two violinists credited on “So Red The Rose.” It was that sort of album, so it’s hard to know if both were playing on the one track that featured them prominently or not.
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