SEALED orig LP ARCADIA “So Red the Rose” CAPITOL ’85 hype sticker DURAN DURAN
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Description
Artist: ARCADIA
Title: “So Red the Rose”
Label: CAPITOL. Stereo pressing. Catalog number is SV-12428.
Condition: Album is STILL SEALED in original factory shrink wrap. Shrink wrap is clean and bright, with “Election Day” hype sticker neatly affixed to the front. There are 2 small breather holes in the shrink wrap on the front, and 2 on the back. Cut-out sawmark at the right side of top seam. A beautiful sealed copy of the ‘80s classic from some of the members of Duran Duran!
NOTE: This disc came from the extensive personal collection of the former owner of a chain of retail music stores who retired from the business in the early 80’s. The albums have been stored virtually untouched and unplayed since that time in a climate controlled, non-smoking environment. I will be selling many investment grade coloured vinyl LPs, promos, sealed LPs, and other rare collector items from the collection over the coming months. If you desire MINT albums, you will not be disappointed.
Track Listing:
Side One:
- Election Day
- Keep Me in the Dark
- Goodbye is Forever
- The Flame
- Missing
Side Two:
- Rose Arcana
- The Promise
- El Diablo
- Lady Ice
Review:
“Arcadia was the arty quarter of Duran Duran's side project. Members Simon Le Bon and Nick Rhodes were left to complete it after Roger Taylor left the group. They still strove to create the "western evocative of east" blueprinted by Japan's Tin Drum. They didn't achieve it with this, but it's certainly the best album Duran never made. Like earlier work Rio, the sleeve perfectly describes the record inside. The opener "Election Day" is darkly romantic irking toward erotic and has brass stabs not dissimilar from their Bond score View to a Kill. The following songs are lighter: "Keep Me in the Dark" and the U.S. single "Goodbye Is Forever." "The Flame" has a sharp beat and sultry bass groove that nods at Nile Rodgers. Two dream works, "Missing" and "Rose Arcana," precede "The Promise," which guests Pink Floyd's Dave Gilmour, Sting, and Herbie Hancock. "El Diablo" has a latin flavor but still sounds like two Englishmen daydreaming of an escapade to El Salvador. Finally, to the dramatic splendor of "Lady Ice," a fantastic conclusion to a very good album. Thankfully, Arcadia chose not to pursue this album like their other Duran offshoot.”
(courtesy Kelvin Hayes, allmusic.com.)
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