Duran Duran – Carnival (Mini LP) (Japan 12″)

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Originally posted May 19, 2017

“Carnival” is a Mini-LP by British new wave band Duran Duran, released in various countries by Capitol-EMI. In Japan the EP was released on February 1, 1982.

The most interesting collection of songs can be found on the Japanese/Tawainese release of Carnival. Included among the increasingly easy to acquire versions of previous singles is a remix exclusive to this release of fan-favourite album track “New Religion”. This mainly instrumental mix remained unavailable outside of Japan/Taiwan until the 1999 release of the Strange Behaviour remix album. It is also noteable for featuring a longer fade out that runs right to the end of the in studio performance.

The remainder of the EP was filled with the seven-inch version of “Rio”, (mis-labelled as “Rio” (Pt II) as the wrong master was delivered to the Toshiba-EMI offices in Tokyo), the full length Kershenbaum remix of “Hold Back the Rain”, and Night Versions of “My Own Way” and “Hungry Like the Wolf”.

SIDE A:
Rio (Pt. II) (Full 7″ Mix) 5:04
Hold Back The Rain (Re-Mix) (Carnival Remix) 7:03
My Own Way (Night Version) 6:34

SIDE B:
Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Version) 5:12
New Religion (Carnival Remix) 5:14

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
OBI: Near Mint
Insert: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label:EMI ‎– EMS-50125
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Mini-Album, Compilation
Country: Japan
Released: 01 Feb 1982
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: New Wave, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Composed By, Arranged By – Duran Duran
Producer – Colin Thurston

NOTES:
Original sound recordings made by Tritec Music Ltd.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

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D W
D W
May 17, 2022 3:25 pm

Is the “Wolf” JP Carnival version consistently sped-up across its various masterings?

Muff Diver
Muff Diver
May 16, 2022 12:11 pm

What an audio treat! Thank you (so very, very) much, PaulT 😉

Last edited 2 years ago by Muff Diver
David G.
David G.
May 14, 2022 2:30 am

You’ve come up with another fantastic one! I bought this one at a record show in maybe 1985 or 1986. I bought the Tiger! Tiger! EP at the same show. That was a very exciting day! It’s almost hard to remember how difficult it could be to track down Japanese releases back in those days. Thanks for this fabulous transfer!

Jim
Jim
May 13, 2022 10:28 pm

Thanks for posting this Paul…so much cleaner and brighter than the rip I made from my copy of the original 1982 mini-LP.

negative1
May 13, 2022 8:35 pm

hi paul, nice to see another rare classic release from duran duran. i went backwards, getting it on cd first. then i bought the European, and Japanese vinyl versions. I had the US one already. great to hear all these classic versions again today, in much better quality. thanks for the duran duran goodies. i think you have pretty much posted all of them. you might want to get the greek ‘girls on film’ 12 inch, which has the instrumental mix. thats the only place to find it, not including the remasters. plenty of copies on discogs, and not that… Read more »

ING
ING
May 13, 2022 7:54 pm

Yes this was one of those many things we all tape dubbed from each other back in the 80’s… the stuff was mythical at the time! But this mislabeled stuff only added to the mythological status! The release of the double CD Japanese Mini-album collection after Liberty is when many of us started getting legit copies of some of these gems before the “great vinyl purge” of the 90’s allowed us to finally start getting ahold of rarer DD vinyl! Great fun! Can’t wait for their concert in Chicago in August!!!

Matt
Matt
May 13, 2022 4:43 pm

Excellent surprise Paul. I never could find this in the states when it came out. Thank you

Christopher
Christopher
May 13, 2022 2:15 pm

Heck ya!! DD one of my all time favorites! Thank you!

Jeff
Jeff
May 13, 2022 1:40 pm

Thank you for re-ripping this one, Paul. I really appreciate all the time you invest in your digital masterworks!! You are an archivist supreme!! Have a wonderful weekend Paul, Song And Dance and all you Duranies out there too!!

Jeff

Raymond
Raymond
May 13, 2022 12:58 pm

nice job on all of the Duran Duran releases, thank you!