Late October
Duran finally invite Warren Cuccurullo to New York
for an audition, then brings him in to fill in some gaps
on the 'Notorious' album. Daniel Abraham: "Right at
the very end, the tail end in New York. At that point
we were already mixing, or just about to." [82]
Warren: "The video for 'Notorious' was already finished
(and broadcast). There wasn't that much to do, really. I
remember Nile was there, JT and Daniel. Nile and JT
knew exactly where the heavier, more distorted guitars
should be, what track, etc. (So) I just went in and
played. First thing I did was an e-bow solo on
'American Science'; that had to be the strangest chord
progression I've ever played over. But we all had a
good laugh. I think the most time I spent was on 'Hold
Me', screwing around with delays, harmonics and
stuff." For the record, Warren confirms he eventually
filled in on 5 tracks: "'Hold Me', 'Skin Trade', 'American
Science', 'Vertigo' and 'Proposition', those are the ones
I played on." [83]
November 5
The band tapes lip-synch performance for Top of the
Pops in London.
November 6
TOTP airs Duran's performance of 'Notorious'. [84]
November 21 (USA) and 24 (UK)
The album 'Notorious' gets released! [85] [86]
A 2-sided advert is to be found in 'Billboard Newspaper'
vol. 98 no. 47 from November 22nd. [87] [88] [89]

Special thanks to:
 MICHELLE COLDWELL-SIMONS for
'The Duran Diaries'
 STEVE JANSEN and KITTY AMSBRY for
'Notorious:Revisited'
 SALVO ZUPPARDO for
'The Notorious Special Page'
 and
 PIERRE VAN VELDHOVEN for
'1986-1987 Two Years Of Strange Behaviour'