Duran Duran: Unseen . . .

To celebrate their rebirth as a touring band, Duran Duran's original design team assembled this book of outstanding mostly unpublished photographs of the band themselves and the Birmingham music, fashion, and club scene from which they sprang. All the photographs were taken by photographer Paul Edmond during the period when Duran Duran first shot to fame, beginning with the release of their debut single, "Planet Earth," in March 1981. Besides Duran Duran, Paul Edmond was friendly with all the leading exponents of the Birmingham style explosion—Patti Belle and Jane Kahn (whose label Kahn & Belle typified post-punk glam style); Jon Mulligan, lead singer of the band Fashion; and Jane Farrimond and Martin Degville; who created the fashion label Ya Ya—and who later became famous as members of the band Sigue Sigue Sputnik.