notorious demos
  01. A VIEW TO A KILL [version 1]
02. A VIEW TO A KILL [version 2]
03. NOTORIOUS
04. AMERICAN SCIENCE
05. A MATTER OF FEELING [rock demo]
06. TAKE IT TO ME
07. VERTIGO
08. ANYTHING FOR YOU
09. ONE OF THE FAITHFUL (MEET EL PRESIDENTE)
10. WINTER MARCHES ON
11. BERLIN
12. ROPE (HOLD ME) [instrumental]
13. VERTIGO [instrumental]
14. TAKE IT TO ME [instrumental]
15. SIMON READING LYRICS TO SKIN TRADE
16. NICK READING LYRICS TO WINTER MARCHES ON
17. JOHN READING FAVORITE LYRICS FROM NOTORIOUS ALBUM
Sound Quality: Varies from good to excellent.
There are several Notorious album demo CD's floating around. I had some of them, but was unhappy with the quality. The problems with the old CD's were low volume, distorted or recorded too slow (te latter has led people to believe the rock demo of A MATTER OF FEELING was sung by Andy Taylor, which is absolutely untrue. I've cleaned up all the songs and complied them on one disc. This CD is much more listenable.

    that fatal kiss [ march 21 1987 ]
  A VIEW TO A KILL
NOTORIOUS
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
SAVE A PRAYER
SKIN TRADE
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
WILD BOYS
THE REFLEX
Sound Quality: Excellent. Performance Quality: Stinky. Simon has a lot of trouble with the lyrics. Recorded at the korakuen baseball stadium - tokyo, japan
    meet el presidente [ march 24 1987 ]
  CD1:
A VIEW TO A KILL
NOTORIOUS
AMERICAN SCIENCE
UNION OF THE SNAKE
MEET EL PRESIDENTE
ELECTION DAY
SOME LIKE IT HOT
A MATTER OF FEELING
  CD2:
THE CHAUFFEUR
SAVE A PRAYER
SKIN TRADE
HOLD ME
IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW?
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
THE REFLEX

Quality: Good audience recording. Not the best sound. It's lacking in bass. There are some screaming fans really close to the recorder of this boot. But the performance is by DD is pretty good. Recorded at nishinomiya stadium - osaka, japan
    gothenburg sweeden [ march 10, 1987 ]
  CD1
01. A VIEW TO A KILL
02. NOTORIOUS
03. AMERICAN SCIENCE
04. UNION OF THE SNAKE
05. VERTIGO
06. NEW RELIGION
07. MEET EL PRESIDENTE
08. ELECTION DAY
09. SOME LIKE IT HOT
  CD2
01. A MATTER OF FEELING
02. THE CHAUFFEUR
03. SAVE A PRAYER
04. SKIN TRADE
05. HOLD ME
06. IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW ?
07. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
08. WILD BOYS
Comments coming soon...
    live on the tube [ april 24th 1987 ]
  NEW RELIGION
MEET EL PRESIDENTE
WILD BOYS
NOTORIOUS
SKIN TRADE
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF


The sound quality on this disc is superb. The perfomance is good, but not great. The band played these few numbers for UK TV viewers in 1987.
    strange behaviour - munich [ may 10, 1987 ]
CD1:
01 INTRO / A VIEW TO A KILL
02 NOTORIOUS
03 AMERICAN SCIENCE
04 UNION OF THE SNAKE
05 VERTIGO
06 NEW RELIGION
07 MEET "EL PRESIDENTE"
08 ELECTION DAY
09 SOME LIKE IT HOT
10 A MATTER OF FEELING
11 THE CHAUFFEUR
CD2:
01 THICK FOG / SAVE A PRAYER
02 SKIN TRADE
03 HOLD ME
04 IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW?
05 HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
06 WILD BOYS
07 THE REFLEX
Sound Quality: Good Audience Recording
Recorded Live At The Olympia Hall, Munich, Germany. May 10, 1987.

    the finest hour [ may 17th 1987 ]
  CD1:
A VIEW TO A KILL
NOTORIOUS
AMERICAN SCIENCE
UNION OF THE SNAKE
VERTIGO
NEW RELIGION
MEET EL PRESIDENTE
ELECTION DAY

  CD2:
SKIN TRADE
IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW?
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
WILD BOYS
THE REFLEX
SOME LIKE IT HOT
Good Sound Quality. Recorded Live at The Empire Ballroom, London, England 5/17/87. I believe this was a late-night smaller club show, but I could be wrong.
    cava del tirini  [ may 31, 1987 ]
  01. VERTIGO
02. NEW RELIGION
03. MEET EL PRESIDENTE
04. ELECTION DAY
05. SOME LIKE IT HOT
06. THE CHAUFFEUR
07. SAVE A PRAYER
08. SKIN TRADE
Sound Quality: Very Good Audience. Recorded live at Stadio Comunale, Cava Del Tirrini, Italy. 31st May, 1987.
There are a couple spots where the master tape got crunched, and the sound quality worsens toward the end of the CD.

    italian strange behaviour tour 87 [ live 1987 ]
  BARI MAY 30, 1987
01. A VIEW TO A KILL
02. NOTORIOUS
03. AMERICAN SCIENCE
04. UNION OF THE SNAKE
05. THE REFLEX

CAVA DEI TIRRENI MAY 31, 1987
06. MEET EL PRESIDENTE

ROMA JUNE 2, 1987
07. A MATTER OF FEELING
08. SAVE A PRAYER

MODENA JUNE 4, 1987
09. SOME LIKE IT HOT

MILANO JUNE 5, 1987
10. NEW RELIGION

FIRENZE JUNE 6, 1987
11. SKIN TRADE
12. HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
13. WILD BOYS

ROMA JUNE 2, 1987
14. INTERVIEW WITH SIMON BEFORE THE ROMA SHOW
Comments coming soon
    dance into the fire [ july 31 1987 ]
  CD1:
A VIEW TO A KILL
NOTORIOUS
AMERICAN SCIENCE
UNION OF THE SNAKE
VERTIGO
NEW RELIGION
MEET EL PRESIDENTE
ELECTION DAY
SOME LIKE IT HOT

  CD2:
THE CHAUFFEUR
SAVE A PRAYER
SKIN TRADE
HOLD ME
IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW?
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
WILD BOYS
IF SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTS (with the bangles)
THE REFLEX
This is a must have for DURAN collectors. Quality is excellent. Disc one was recorded at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA July 31, 1987. Disc 2 was recorded at the San Diego Sports Arena, CA July 28, 1987. Both of these shows were filmed and edited for the concert video "WORKING FOR THE SKIN TRADE".
    working for the skin trade [ live - july 1987 ]
  A VIEW TO A KILL
NOTORIOUS
NEW RELIGION
VERTIGO
THE CHAUFFEUR
SAVE A PRAYER
SKIN TRADE
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
WILD BOYS

BONUS TRACKS
1987 TOUR REHERSALS
Quality: Excellent. Taken from the Live Video "WORKING FOR THE SKIN TRADE". This is the best sound you're going to get from the Strange Behaviour Tour 1987. The bonus rehersal tracks are from the documentary of the tour, "THREE TO GET READY".
    strange behaviour tour [ august 31 1987 ]
  NOTORIOUS
AMERICAN SCIENCE
UNION OF THE SNAKE
NEW RELIGION
MEET EL PRESIDENTE
SKIN TRADE
HOLD ME
IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW?
SWEET JANE (with lou reed)
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF

Quality: Excellent. recorde at the Beacon Theater inb NYC. This was the final show of the 1987 Strange Behaviour Tour.... or was it? See the bootleg, "LIVE IN RIO"
    live in rio [ january 8, 1988 ]
  CD1:
A VIEW TO A KILL
NOTORIOUS
AMERICAN SCIENCE
UNION OF THE SNAKE
VERTIGO
NEW RELIGION
MEET EL PRESIDENTE
ELECTION DAY
SOME LIKE IT HOT
A MATTER OF FEELING
THE CHAUFFEUR
SAVE A PRAYER
SKIN TRADE


  CD2:
HOLD ME
IS THERE SOMETHING I SHOULD KNOW?
HUNGRY LIKE THE WOLF
WILD BOYS
THE REFLEX / RIO

BONUS TRACKS
VERTIGO (mantronix mix)
SKIN TRADE (s.o.s. dub)
AMERICAN SCIENCE (meltdown dub)
VERTIGO (b-boy mix)
NOTORIOUSAURUS REX (master-mix) (longer version)
Quality: Excellent. DURAN DURAN played this show early in 1988 in front of 100,000 people in Brazil. The bonus tracks were previously unavailable on CD. The Master-Mix includes "proposition" which wasn't in the master-disc version.