Interestingness:
"Night Versions: The Essential Duran Duran" is a compilation album of remixes by Duran Duran. From the very beginning of their career, the band had dubbed the extended dance remixes of their songs "night versions", as they were intended for play in nightclubs.

Unlike many of their contemporaries, Duran Duran didn't just extend the intro or loop the bridge section of a song to pad out a dance track for a 12-inch single. As Allmusic explained, "According to Nick Rhodes' liner notes, they recorded extended versions of their singles to be used in night clubs. Rather than have the master tapes cut and taped into remixes, Duran Duran went back into the studio and recorded longer versions of the songs with more instrumental breaks."

The collection had been in the works for some time, but it was released by Capitol/EMI in April 1998, about the same time that Duran Duran was dismissed from the record label after an eighteen year history. EMI was quick to start mining the band's back catalogue; Night Versions was followed seven months later by the greatest hits collection Greatest, and by another remix collection Strange Behaviour four months after that.

Similar to other releases in Capitol's "Essential" range, this disc was commercially available for only six months from the time of release. This may account for the inflated value of the disc, considering all the material and more was released on the latter Strange Behaviour collection. It has given influence not only in title but also to its concept to the album Nite Versions by Soulwax.

One of my parents has this CD.
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It's pretty good. Some really dodgy stuff on it though...

これはDuran Duran初期からの楽曲をクラブで流す為にアレンジされたリミックス達を収録した物で、要するにナイトバージョンです。ただ単純にイントロを長くしたりしたのではなく彼らはスタジオでレコーディングし直してまで作った１枚で、９８年の４月にリリースされたのですが、その時ちょうど彼等がEMIから解雇されたばかりで、その後ベスト盤、違うリミックス集Strange Behaviour等がリリースされました。実際に発売された期間は６か月程だったので価値が結構あるそうですし、これが後に SoulwaxのNite Versionsのアイディアの原点になるものとなったようです。結構ひどいものも入ってるようですが、チェックする価値のある１枚だと思います。

♫ Duran Duran - Girls On Film (Night Version)
♫ Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf (Night Version)