BAPTISM OF FIRE: A year living and working with Duran Duran

Ian Little, a young musical novice, was lucky to mind Roxy Music's studio while they were on the road and was promoted to production assistant for their swansong Avalon. Duran Duran had ambitions to become the biggest band in the world, and Ian was chosen to produce the album that made it happen. This book tells the story of their meteoric rise, making a massive hit album, a too-much-too-soon spiral into addiction and homelessness, and the fight to get life back on track.

Format: Hardback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 21 April 2022
Publisher: Astral Horizon Press

Ian Little, a young musical novice, stumbled upon the opportunity to oversee Roxy Music's studio while the band embarked on their road journey. By the time they returned, he had secured a record contract and was elevated to the position of production assistant for their final album, Avalon. However, this was merely the beginning of his remarkable journey. Duran Duran harbored grand aspirations of becoming the world's largest band, and they entrusted Ian with the task of producing the album that would achieve this monumental feat. Join Ian and the band on their travels to Sri Lanka, the south of France, New York, Monserrat, and Sydney as they embark on the creation of Seven And The Ragged Tiger, one of the defining albums of the 1980s. This remarkable book, penned with a foreword by Hazel O Connor, chronicles the story of a meteoric rise, encompassing the challenges of crafting a massive hit album under intense pressure, the subsequent descent into addiction and homelessness in the years that followed, the arduous struggle to reclaim stability, and the profound spiritual growth experienced along the way.

Weight: 710g
Dimension: 210 x 140 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781916039643