The next two titles in Duran Duran’s series of expanded reissues — 1986’s ‘Notorious’ and 1988’s ‘Big Thing’ — are due out June 7 internationally, according to a release schedule from the Dutch arm of EMI Music.

[tweetmeme]The expanded 2CD/1DVD reissue of the lone album from mid-’80s Duran Duran spinoff Arcadia has been pushed back two months so it follows the new editions of Duran Duran and Seven and the Ragged Tiger due out in March. Originally slated for a Feb. 8 release, the reissue of Arcadia’s 1985 debut So Red the [...]

Duran Duran will follow up this fall’s expanded edition of Rio with new multi-disc reissues of the band’s self-titled 1981 debut and 1983’s Seven and the Ragged Tiger, both due out in March.

[tweetmeme]The lone album from Arcadia — the mid-’80s, studio-only Duran Duran spinoff that scored a Top 10 hit with “Election Day” — will be reissued early next year in an expanded 2CD/1DVD package featuring 19 bonus tracks and all of the short-lived group’s music videos.
Due out Feb. 8 in the UK, the new edition of [...]

The latest entry in Amoeba Records’ clever “What In My Bag?” video series — in which musicians shopping at the California chain’s outlets show off their hauls — features Duran Duran bandmates Simon Le Bon and John Taylor. In the clip above, the two reborn vinyl collectors stop to chat during a visit to Amoeba’s [...]

The BBC and EMI recently struck a new partnership to digitally release archival recordings — mainly Peel Sessions and In Concert episodes recorded between 1977 and 1981 — from punk, post-punk, New Wave and 2 Tone-era ska acts such as Duran Duran, Public Image Ltd., The Specials and Gang of Four.
The “digital EPs” and full-length [...]

Midnight Oil’s classic 1987 hit “Beds are Burning” — originally about Aboriginal land rights in Australia — is being turned into an all-star, new-millennium anthem designed to rally support for the fight against global climate change.
A new version of the song — featuring vocals by, among others, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon, ex-Boomtown Rat and [...]

Record Rack: A weekly round-up of the pertinent new albums, reissues and/or box sets due out Tuesday.
ARTIST: Duran Duran
RELEASES: Rio: Collector’s Edition, Live At Hammersmith ‘82
BACKSTORY: Delayed until next month in the U.S., this week sees the U.K. release of a pair of archival Duran Duran titles: an expanded 2CD reissue of 1982’s [...]