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Rating: - Singles as they should be
I absolutely love this collection! Sure,there have been compilation CDs that have several of these songs on them, but to have them on CD as they originally were, complete with the original artwork, makes the experience that much more special for those of us who had the 45s back in the day, back when we'd sit and look at the cover while the music was playing. It is truly a must-have for anyone who considers themselves a Duran Duran fan.

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Rating: - Return of the cool
For those of us who owned these singles on vinyl way way back in the day this set is heaven. We can now hear those obscure tracks like Late Bar and Khanda. "Why a Kh" you ask? New Wave! No rules, no boundries, experimental fun. A break from the harsh rebellion of punk and with taste of eccentric dance and sex appeal to boot. If anything this set should be bought because it captures the energy and vitality of Duran's early career. I don't think there are any weak songs in the bunch, but I've always loved early DD. I'd rather hear an early DD B-side than much of what's on the radio these days anyway.

I've read some complaints that all of these could be put on one disc- well, sure. But, as Kramer would say, "Why go to the park and fly a kite when you can just pop a pill?" It's so nice to have them in some semblance of their original form, with all the artwork, same order and in very smart packaging. I say 'smart' because I like the shiny little black disc holder for the set. It's very cool and true to early Duran Duran album art. Besides, if you want them all on one disc, just import to your iTunes and burn. You'd have to be crazy to carry these around in a CD player anyway. I've learned, always make a copy and save the good stuff for when you need to make another- and for a big fan of early Duran Duran, this IS the good stuff! :-)

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Rating: - what the heck 13 discs!
I am a big Duran Duran fan. I have every album made from the 80s. I made the mistake of buying this before I carefully looked at the contents.

Now the music is great and it has songs not found anywhere else. I really liked the Re-mix versions of songs such as Save a prayer and Union of the snake.

But what I hated about this was this thing has 13 discs thats right 13 discs, why? All these songs could have easily fit on 3 discs or 4 tops. This thing is bulky and expensive. I imagine if they would have fit this in to less discs it could have been half the price.

I ended up having to create my own mix cds.

I really want to buy the other box set 1986 - 1995 but I am afraid I will hate the form of that box set also.

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Rating: - Made me Smile
Awesome Duran Duran box set - the songs were neatly compiled in beautifully arranged mini looking album covers. Really brought back alot of memories. I would recommend this to all true Duranies!

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Rating: - It's ALL Here...
Well, not exactly all the variations of the singles are present, but for Duran fans it offers those hard to find B-side singles. I actually passed on this when it was released because I already obtained a Promotional B-side CD that contained the B-sides songs. However, after buying the 86-95 boxset, I decided I wanted to see the early cover art for the singles (which most would know you usually got the record label generic paper sleeve when you bought a vinyl 45"). To my surprise, there were 3 versions of songs I have never heard including Rio pt.2 and the two alternate album versions of My Own Way. Oh yeah, the cover art was fantastic too, especially considering some slight variations for such songs as The Reflex and A View To A Kill which differ from my original vinyl singles. Overall, all the classics are here and it makes an excellent addition to any Duran Duran fan's collection. However, after researching some things I have found that there are other demo recordings that haven't seen the light of day such as an actual song entitled "Seven & The Ragged Tiger". (And you thought that was the ONLY studio album not to include the title of the album somewhere in the song track listing!)Anyway it's a wonderful box set addition to the song catalog of this extraordinary band.