1979

- Girls on film (demo with Andy Wicket)
- Reincarnation (demo with Andy Wicket)
- See me repeat me (demo with Andy Wicket)
- Stevie's (Rio demo)
- Working the steel (demo with Andy Wicket)

Recorded at Rob Lamb's studio in Moseley near Birmingham


1980

- Tell me it's just a rumour (performed live in 1980)


1981

- Anyone out there (produced by Rob Lamb)
- Planet earth (produced by Rob Lamb)
- Just got a groove on (performed live)
- My own way (instrumental)
- Tel Aviv (Early version of Girls on Film)


1982

- Mr. Royal (Recorded by Simon for a tv ad)
- Save a prayer (accoustic demo) ...
- The chauffeur (accoustic demo) ... Probably the same as released on the B-Side of the 7"single of Rio


1983

- Seven and the ragged tiger
- Good king Wenseclas (xmas fun)
Other demos from 1983 are released on a bootleg but appear to be fake. They are not by Duran duran!


1985

- A view to a kill (rough take)
- A view to a kill (duranies studying)
- Grey lady of the sea (Simon)
- Jump out of the fire (demo for a view to a kill)

Bootleg: See the "The Medicine" bootleg below.


1986

- American science
- Anything for you
- Berlin
- A matter of feeling
- Notorious
- One of the faithful (Meet el presidente)
- Rope (Hold me - instrumental version)
- Take it to me
- Take it to me (instrumental)
- Vertigo
- Vertigo (instrumental)
- Winter marches on
- Spoken lyrics: Simon/Skin trade
- Spoken lyrics: Nick/Winter marches on
- John reading favorite lyrics from Notorious album

Recorded at West Side Studios London

Out Of Notorious

Notorious / Berlin / Skin Trade (live) / A Matter Of Feeling / Take It To Me / Vertigo (Do The Demolition) / Anything For You / One Of The Faithful (Meet El Presidente) / Winter Marches On / Skin Trade (SOS dub mix) / The Wild Boys (live)


1988

- All She Wants Is (Alternate/Diff Lyrics)
- Big thing (acapella)
- Bomb (Instrumental)
- Bomb (Vocal)
- Capital Chill
- Do You Believe In Faith? (Alternate/Diff Lyrics)
- Drug (It's just a state of mind)
- I am the medicine
- I Am The Medicine (2nd Verse Insert)
- I Am The Medicine (w/Alt Chorus)
- I Believe (Instrumental)
- I believe / All I need to know
- Nick/Simon Instrumental
- Palomino
- Pressure (Piano Chorus)
- Sex (All she wants is)
- The edge of America / Lake shore driving
- Too Late For Marlene (Alternate/Diff Lyrics)
- Too Late For Marlene (Alternate/Diff Lyrics)
- Welcome To The Edge (Acoustic Rehearsal)
- Welcome To The Edge (Acoustic Rehearsall/Diff Lyrics)
- Follow in my footsteps
- Follow in my footsteps (recording 1)
- Follow in my footsteps (recording 2)
- Follow in my footsteps (recording 3)

The medicine

I Am The Medicine / I Am The Medicine (2nd Verse Insert) / I Am The Medicine (w/Alt Chorus) / I Believe (Instrumental) / Nick/Simon Instrumental / Bomb (Instrumental) / Bomb (Vocal) / Do You Believe In Faith? (Alternate/Diff Lyrics) / Too Late For Marlene (Alternate/Diff Lyrics) / Too Late For Marlene (Alternate/Diff Lyrics) / All She Wants Is (Alternate/Diff Lyrics) / Welcome to The Edge (Acoustic Rehearsal) / Welcome To The Edge (Acoustic Rehearsall/Diff Lyrics) / Pressure (Piano Chorus) / A View To A Kill (Duranies Studying) / A View To A Kill (Rough Take)
MIDNIGHT BEAT / MB CD 034


1990

- Bottleneck
- Can you deal with it
- Can you deal with it (sung by John)
- Downtown (1)
- Downtown (2)
- Dream nation
- Firefly (instrumental)
- Gimme some truth (live)
- Hothead (1)
- Hothead (2)
- In between women
- I won't turn my back for you
- Liberty
- Live in lover (Violence of summer)
- Money on your side
- My Antartica (1)
- My Antartica (2)
- My family
- My family (instrumental)
- Nuclear war (Yo bad azizi)
- Second alibi
- So serious (Serious)
- Venice drowning
- Venice drowning (instrumental)
- Water babies
- Worth waiting for
- Untitled instrumental


The Liberty Sessions / Didn't anybody tell you?

DISC 1:
Hothead (demo) / Serious (instrumental) / Bottleneck (demo) / Money On Your Side (demo) / Second Alibi (demo) / My Antarctica (demo) / Dreamnation (demo) / In Between Women (demo) / Worth Waiting For (demo) / My Family (demo) / I Won´t Turn My Back On You (demo-early version of "First impression") / Venice Drowning (demo) / Can You Deal With It (demo-John lead vocal) / Second Alibi (demo outtake) / Serious (live studio session) / Untitled instrumental demo / Ordinary World (live 1991)
DISC 2:
Violence Of Summer (early 12" mix) / My Antarctica (demo 2) / First Impression (instrumental demo) / Liberty (live rehearsal) / Nuclear War (demo) / Violence Of Summer (instrumental demo) / Downtown (demo) / Can You Deal With It (demo) / My Family (instrumental demo) / Liberty (demo) / Live In Lover (early demo of "Violence Of Summer") / Hothead (demo 2) / Water Babies (demo) / Venice Drowning (instrumental demo) / Gimme Some Truth (live-audience recording)
DMD (DMD-CD-0102)

 

First Impressions

Second alibi / Bottleneck / Dream nation / Family / Hothead / I won't turn my back on you / In between woman / Money on your side / Live in lover / Liberty / Nuclear war / So serious (instrumental) / Worth waiting for / My antarctica / So serious


1993

- A matter of fact
- Do you wanna turn me on?
- Do you wanna turn me on? (take 2)
- "Lawyers can be a real nightmare..." (spoken words)
- "well we wrote the music..." (spoken words)
- "well really the music..." (spoken words)
- "we recorded the last album..." (spoken words)
- Happy birthday (Fallen angel)
- Fallen angel
- Fallen angel (choir version)
- Drowning man
- None of the above
- Too much information
- Too much information (different lyrics)
- Sin of the city
- Shot gun
- Ordinary world
- Mr. Jones (To whom it may concern)
- Mr. Jones (instrumental)
- Love voodoo (instrumental)
- Love voodoo
- Time for temptation
- Shelter of my heart
- Stop dead
- People
- UMF

Four On The Floor

Disc 1:
U.M.F. / Ordinary World / Matter Of Fact / Love Voodoo / Time For Temptation / Shelter Of My Heart / People / Too Much Information / Love Voodoo / Ordinary World / Love Voodoo / Time For Temptation / Shelter Of My Heart / U.M.F. / Too Much Information
Disc 2:
Ordinary World / Stop Dead / Too Much Information / Love Voodoo / Shelter Of My Heart / U.M.F. / Too Much Information / Time For Temptation / Ordinary World / Stop Dead (7" edit) / Falling Angel (7" edit) / Time For Temptation (7" edit) / None Of The Above (Drizabone edit) / Too Much Information (Techno 7" mix) / Too Much Information (Trance mix)
Decade (2002)

 

Obsession and corruption

CD1 (THE ALBUM):
U.M.F. (Carmen's Orig Ver) / U.M.F. (Carmen's remix) / "lawyers can be a real nightmare..." / Mr. Jones / Falling Angel / Time For Temptation / Drowning Man / None Of The Above / "well we wrote the music..." / Sin Of The City / "well really the music..." / Ordinary World (short mix) / U.M.F. (T9 ending piece) / Breath After Breath (T8/T9 edited) / "we recorded the last album..." / Falling Angel (T1) / Mr. Jones (instrumental) /. None Of The Above (howard gray album version)
CD2 (THE REMIXES):
Love Voodoo (definition of sound 12" mix) / Love Voodoo (definition of sound 12" mix instrumental) / Love Voodoo (definition of sound mix) / Love Voodoo (definition of sound sidney st. mix) / Love Voodoo (definition of sound sidney st. instrumental) / Love Voodoo (definition of sound sidney st. 2) / None Of The Above (howard gray edited 7" master) / Too Much Information (jellybean remix) / Drowning Man (d:ream instrumental) / Drowning Man (d:ream dub) / Drowning Man (d:ream ambient dub) / Come Undone (t.v. synth strings-alt) / Come Undub / Come Undone (fgi bonus beats)
Big Beat PRCD 15/16 (US 1996)


1995

- People like you
- White Lines (2 demos)
- Ball of Confusion
- Perfect Day
- Higher
- Thank You
- Crystal Ship
- Success
- 911 Is A Joke
- Plastic Girl (Remix)
- Perfect Day (Acoustic)
- Crystal Ship (Acoustic)
- Watching the Detectives (Demo)
- Plastic Girl (Demo)
- Electric Barbarella (Live acoustic Edit)
- Electric Barbarella (Plastic Kiss Acoustic Mix)

Thank You Sessions

White Lines (Demo 1) / Ball of Confusion (Demo) / Perfect Day (Demo) / Higher (Demo) / White Lines (Demo 2) / Thank You (Demo) / Crystal Ship (Demo) / Success (Demo) / 911 Is A Joke (Demo) / Plastic Girl (Remix) / Perfect Day (Acoustic demo) / Crystal Ship (Acoustic demo) / Watching the Detectives (Demo) / White Lines (Live) / Plastic Girl (Demo) / Electric Barbarella (Live acoustic Edit) / Dream Boy (Simon LeBon - Live acoustic) / Electric Barbarella (Plastic Kiss Acoustic Mix)
DMD (DMD-CD-0127)


1997

Demos in good quality:
- Medazzaland
- Midnight sun
- Butt naked (Be my icon - sung by John)
- Who do you think you are
- Who do you think you are (accoustic)
- So long suicide
- Michael (accoustic)
- Twinkle twinkle little star

Sessions in bad quality:
- Undergoing treatment (instrumental)
- Medazzaland (instrumental)
- Out of my mind (instrumental)
- Conversation
- Big bang generation (instrumental)
- 2 untitled instrumental
- People like you (instrumental)
- Who do you think you are (instrumental)
- So long suicide (instrumental)
- Sinner of saint (instrumental)
- Midnight sun (instrumental)
- Be my icon (instrumental)
- Swimming with the sharks
- Tabula Rasa
- Then and now everywhere (Early version of "Who do you think you are?")
- Magic pill (Early version of "So long suicide")
- Trippy time (Early version of "Sinner or saint")
- Can can (Early version of "Be my icon")

Here Today Gone Tomorrow

Midnight Sun (Demo) / Be My Icon (Demo) / Who Do You Think You Are? (Demo) / So Long Suicide (Demo) / Medazzaland (Demo) / LSD Edit (Demo) / Take It To Me (Unreleased Demo) / Anything for You (Unreleased Demo) / A Matter of Feeling (Non-Ballad Demo) / Meet El Presidente (Demo) / Vertigo (Do the Demolition) (Demo) / A View to a Kill (Demo) / live concert outtake 1 / live concert outtake 2 / live concert outtake 3 / Notorious spoken outtake / Notorious spoken outtake / Notorious spoken outtake / untitled instrumental outtake / Miss Pretty Queen / live concert outtake 4
DMD (DMD-CD-0124)

 

Pleasure island

Big Bang Generation /Electric Barbarella / A View To A Kill / Out Of My Mind / Who Do You Think You Are? / Be My Icon / Buried In The Sand / Come Undone / Ordinary World / Michael (demo)/ Who Do You Think You Are? (demo) / Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (demo) / So Long Suicide (alternate mix)


1998

- Already gone (Simon)
- Dream boy (2 versions by Simon))
- Virginia plain (live cover)
- Love me tender (cover by Simon)
- Magic bus (Simon)

Simon LeBon - Footsteps

Grey lady of the sea / Follow in my footsteps / Magic bus / Ordinary world (with Pavarotti) / Linger (with Dolores O'Riordan) / Do that dance (with Chic) / Dream boy / Follow in my footsteps (recording 1) / Follow in my footsteps (recording 2) / Follow in my footsteps (recording 3)


2000

- Starting to remember
- Someone else not me
- Pop trash movie (demo for Blondie)
- Studio 54 (demo for Blondie)


2003/2004

- Beautiful colours
- Salt in the rainbow
- Bedroom toys
- Everything I had
- Reach up for the sunrise
- Pretty ones
- Still breathing
- Point of no return
- Lonely business
- Nice
- What happens tomorrow
- Salt in the rainbow (alternate mix)
- Taste the summer
- Pretty ones (alternate mix)
- Lonely business (remix)
- TV vs. Radio
- What happens tomorrow (longer version including Silent icy river inbetween)

Beautiful colours

Beautiful colours / Salt in the rainbow / Bedroom toys / Reach up for the sunrise / Pretty ones / Virus (album version) / Still breathing / Point of no return / Lonely business / Nice / What happens tomorrow  / Salt in the rainbow (alternate mix) / Taste the summer / Pretty ones (alternate mix) / / Know it all / Lonely business (remix) / TV vs. Radio + Bonus hidden track
DD Fan Club SAMPCD 29757 2 (Russia 2005)


2006/2007

Unreleased on any bootleg so far. These are demo's probably with Andy made in 2006.

- 48 Hours Later
- Transcendental Mental
- We Got Da Juice
- Diss Me? So Sexy
- Small print
- Under the wire
- Traumatised