Meet El Presidente (The Presidential Suite) – Burning The Ground: DjPaulT's 80's and 90's Remixes

Burning The Ground Exclusive 1987

“Meet El Presidente” is the 16th single from Duran Duran and the third single from the Notorious album.

According to a studio report in Star Hits magazine, one of the early drafts of this song was called “One of the Faithful.” A demo version by that name can be found on several bootlegs.

The album version of the song is considerably different from the single and video versions, and from all the remixes. The former’s original key and tempo are maintained, but mixes elements of the master to differing degrees for the single release, the main ones being a more emphatic, up-front mix for the percussion, brass, and backing vocal tracks, throughout the song.

“Meet El Presidente” was backed by the album track “Vertigo (Do The Demolition)”. This was the second single from Notorious to have an album track as a b-side.

“Meet El Presidente” peaked at #24 in the UK on April 25, 1987, in the United States the song reached #70 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart on May 2, 1987.

SIDE A:
Meet El Presidente (The Presidential Suite) 7:12
Edited By – Carlos Berrios, Omar Santana

Meet El Presidente (Meet El Beat) 5:30
Edited By – Carlos Berrios, Omar Santana

SIDE B:
Meet El Presidente (45 Mix) 3:40
Edited By – Carlos Berrios, Omar Santana

Vertigo (Do The Demolition) 4:43
Engineer, Mixed By – Daniel Abraham

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

U.S. CHART HISTORY:

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1987	Meet El Presidente	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	#70
1987	Meet El Presidente	U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	#40

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Capitol Records – V-15294
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Single
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Synth-pop, Pop Rock

CREDITS:
Design – Frank Olinsky
Edited By – The Hit Squad (2) (tracks: A1 to B1)
Engineer – Eric Calvi (tracks: A1 to B1)
Keyboards [Additional] – Ed Terry (tracks: A1 to B1)
Percussion – Bashiri Johnson (tracks: A1 to B1)
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Matthew Rolston
Producer – Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers
Remix, Producer, Engineer – Mark S. Berry (tracks: A1 to B1)
Written-By – Taylor, Rhodes, LeBon

NOTES:
Additionally produced and remixed for MSB Records. Ltd.
Recorded in England.

Original version can be heard on the album, NOTORIOUS

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

THE GEAR:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge/Stylus: Ortofon 2M Black
Turntable Isolation Platform: ISO-Tone™ Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
Phono Pre-amp: Pro-Jec Tube Box DS2
DAC: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Duran Duran – Meet El Presidente (The Presidential Suite) (US 12″)