Duran Duran / Bopnique Classic Tracks Revisited

"Who Do You Think You Are" from the album "Meddazzaland" 

Anthony performed this drum track at Studio Bopnique Musique back in 1997.The kit was a Noble and Cooley  "Maple Classic"  with a solid maple SS classic snare.  (Thanks to JJ and Carol Jones at Noble and Cooley.) It was recorded with a pair of earthworks mics. (A matched pair of the early original OM1's ). Bob St. John  and AJR ended up  keeping the drums pretty much mono during the mix at Metropolis in Chiswick London. This was before the days of pro-tools so it has  a very live loose feel that anthony played live against some programmed tracks and little vinyl kit programmed on my old not so trusty anymore AKAI KBS1000. You can hear the unmistakeable Bopnique room sound with it's warm brick and beam ambience. Here is what amazon.com had to say about the album:

Their best, most consistent, most perfectly realized work
If `Rio' was the best album from the original lineup of Duran Duran, then Medazzaland is the most accomplished, mature and effective album from the Warren Cuccurullo era (I'm counting `Wedding Album' to `Pop Trash' since he wasn't allowed to write on Notorious, Big Thing or Liberty even though he was the guitar player).
There were many other great reviews. To this day it is a critically acclaimed album.