nick rhodes and John taylor present: only after dark
"At £20 for the evening I seized the opportunity.
It was to be Tuesday, their empty night."
It was to be Tuesday, their empty night."
CD is presented in a silver gatefold card sleeve with a shocking pink metallic print.
Insert features photographs first published in the book "Duran Duran Unseen" by Paul Edmond, the front cover photo being of fashion designer Patti Bell
Insert features photographs first published in the book "Duran Duran Unseen" by Paul Edmond, the front cover photo being of fashion designer Patti Bell
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Release date: 8th May 2006 (UK)
18 track Compilation CD (EMI Catalogue)
“By putting together this album our intention is to introduce songs by artists who influenced us,” explains Nick Rhodes. “As we were developing our own sound, this was the backdrop. John Foxx’s Ultravox in particular were important as they were the first to fuse punk with synthesizers and there was a new kind of groove creeping in there too. Bands were moving ever closer to the dance floor.”
‘Only After Dark’ brings together some of the most inspiring songs and artists of the period. Magazine’s ‘Shot By Both Sides’, Yellow Magic Orchestra’s pristine oriental techno, the Psychedelic Furs’ first single, Giorgio Moroder’s opus with Donna Summer ‘I Feel Love’, Simple Minds’s ‘Changeling’, and the title track ‘Only After Dark’ by Mick Ronson.
It re-creates a night at the Rum Runner when Bowie, Iggy and Ferry were still leaders in the field, and British synthesizer pop went from the underground to Number 1 with ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric?’. Punks were tearing up their own rulebook and trying new things, as John Taylor explains: “The gender identity thing was going on around the music: boys looking like girls; girls looking like boys. Everything was in a state of transition. Punk was a drug that everybody had taken and we were all wide awake – eyes dilated and pores open. You’re as high as a kite because your senses are alive and you’re turned on – it’s that moment of possibility which we‘ve tried to bring to life again on this album.”
18 track Compilation CD (EMI Catalogue)
“By putting together this album our intention is to introduce songs by artists who influenced us,” explains Nick Rhodes. “As we were developing our own sound, this was the backdrop. John Foxx’s Ultravox in particular were important as they were the first to fuse punk with synthesizers and there was a new kind of groove creeping in there too. Bands were moving ever closer to the dance floor.”
‘Only After Dark’ brings together some of the most inspiring songs and artists of the period. Magazine’s ‘Shot By Both Sides’, Yellow Magic Orchestra’s pristine oriental techno, the Psychedelic Furs’ first single, Giorgio Moroder’s opus with Donna Summer ‘I Feel Love’, Simple Minds’s ‘Changeling’, and the title track ‘Only After Dark’ by Mick Ronson.
It re-creates a night at the Rum Runner when Bowie, Iggy and Ferry were still leaders in the field, and British synthesizer pop went from the underground to Number 1 with ‘Are ‘Friends’ Electric?’. Punks were tearing up their own rulebook and trying new things, as John Taylor explains: “The gender identity thing was going on around the music: boys looking like girls; girls looking like boys. Everything was in a state of transition. Punk was a drug that everybody had taken and we were all wide awake – eyes dilated and pores open. You’re as high as a kite because your senses are alive and you’re turned on – it’s that moment of possibility which we‘ve tried to bring to life again on this album.”
Tracklisting:
Human League – Being Boiled (Fast version) (3.39) Yellow Magic Orchestra – Computer Games (3.32) David Bowie – Always Crashing In The Same Car (3.29) Psychedelic Furs – Sister Europe (5.38) Simple Minds – Changeling (4.11) Mick Ronson – Only After Dark (3.30) John Foxx – Underpass (3.53) |
The Normal – Warm Leatherette (3.22) Bryan Ferry – In Crowd (4.33) Brian Eno – The True Wheel (5.11) Tubeway Army – Are Friends Electric? (5.17) Kraftwerk – The Robots (single edit) (3.45) Donna Summer – I Feel Love (3.48) Wire – I Am The Fly (3.06) Magazine – Shot By Both Sides (3.57) Grace Jones – Private Life (5.11) Iggy Pop – The Passenger (4.41) Ultravox – Slow Motion (3.29) |
Nick contributed an article to the London Daily Telegraph on Saturday 22nd April 2006, on the Rum Runner scene from the 70's, transitioning into the 1980s.
More from John Taylor...where he mentions that Nick and himself had spent hours compiling a list of 50 favourite songs played at the Rum Runner - and initially broadcast them online as A Night At The Rum Runner.
<< Nice example of the Rum Runner scene: The original video for the band’s debut single Planet Earth includes some footage of them performing at the Rum Runner in July 1980.
I would of course recommend you get the CD, when it does appear on ebay, but as with today's world wide web, here it is on mixcloud below. >>
I would of course recommend you get the CD, when it does appear on ebay, but as with today's world wide web, here it is on mixcloud below. >>
Background:
Duran Duran at the Rum Runner- Just love that the shot captures a stray beer mug ..such were the times
Duran Duran at the Rum Runner- Just love that the shot captures a stray beer mug ..such were the times