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the same drum sound as they had on the Power Stationalbum. That was an exciting challenge to a pretty
 novice engineer, but Steve Ferrone was the ultimate
 incredibly polite and patient pro musician, and the
 Duran guys were really cool too..." [17]
 April 15
 Three instrumental tracks were put to tape on April
 15th: 'Rope' [which became 'Hold Me'], 'Vertigo' and
 'Notorious' [which actually is 'Take It To Me'. It is
 rather confusing, since the latter 'Notorious' has no
 origin here. Possibly it just came due to the fact that
 all these early tracks have been named after Alfred
 Hitchcock movies, and the title 'Notorious' existed
 long before the actual song]. [18]
 April 18
 Duran Duran issues press release about Roger's official
 departure from the band.
 Most likely in late April
 John visits Andy in Los Angeles, playing him 'the
 tapes', and trying to bring him back. [19]
 May 1 till June 14
 Davout Studios, Paris
 Nick and John are beginning the next preparations at
 Davout Studios in Paris with session drummer Steve
 Ferrone and staff engineer Daniel Abraham; they
 expected Andy to join them from Los Angeles, but he
 didn't appear. John: "What happened was we all
 arranged to meet in Paris... to start writing songs and
 Andy didn't turn up." They stayed at Davout the whole
 month of May till June 14th, then moved camp to
 London. Daniel Abraham: "At the end of the first
 month the band asked me whether I wanted to go
 to London with them to do more demos... I went to
 London and continued working with the band at West
 Side Studios." [20] [21]
 
  
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   May 11Simon returns on Drum in Portsmouth, England,
 finishing the Whitbread race in 3rd place. [22] [23]
 May 12
 Simon appears on Wogan show on UK TV. [24] [25]
 May 14
 Simon appears on TV-AM, a British morning TV show.
 Mid of May
 Simon Le Bon went to Davout Studios in Paris,
 and teamed up with John and Nick.
 Late May
 Simon went back to England, since he has heard that
 Andy is in the country [Bath]. He is on a 'mission' to
 get Andy back, while Nick and John stayed in Paris. A
 couple of days later all three talked to Andy in England,
 and he finally agreed to "start pooling material with
 you [Nick, John and Simon] the first week of August."
 But Andy didn't show up until September 18th. We can
 be confident that both of the meetings happened
 after the 13th of May, as Andy was in the studio in LA,
 and prior to the 31st of May, as this is the date that
 Andy presented the 'Rodney On The ROQ' show with
 Steve Jones on KROQ in LA. During the show, he
 mentions that he's just back from Europe.
 May 23
 Yasmin and Simon attending his brother David's
 wedding in London. [26] [27]
 May 25
 Simon is in London with Drum for Sport Aid. [28] [29]
 May 27 till June 1
 Simon is still in London. He has been met by fans at
 his parents' house in Pinner. [30] [31]
 Andy believed that Simon was still in the UK on the 1st
 
  
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