Fans of Duran Duran and supergroups will multiply for this one: Rhino is expanding the self-titled debut from The Power Station into a 4CD box set next year.

The Power Station DLX includes the remastered album (featuring the hits "Some Like It Hot" and a cover of T. Rex's "Get It On (Bang a Gong)") alongside three discs of bonus material, including unreleased "raw instrumental" versions, single mixes and live material, including the band's performances from the charity concert Live Aid and an unissued full set from nearly a month later at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. The clamshell-cased collection includes a 12-page book of liner notes featuring liner notes by John Earls including new interviews with the band's surviving members, John Taylor and Andy Taylor of Duran Duran. A recycled double-vinyl version will include the remastered album and a sample of the rarities on the second disc of the box. It's due in stores January 23.

On a hiatus from Duran Duran (during which members Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor released an album as the one-off art-pop project Arcadia), bassist John and guitarist Andy Taylor were eager to get into something more rock oriented than the dance-pop of their main band. John's then-girlfriend, model Bebe Buell, had designs to cover T. Rex's "Get It On," and the Taylors hit on the idea of having a rotating cast of singers join them for some sort of project, recruiting in the process John's idol Bernard Edwards, bassist of CHIC, as producer and that same band's drummer Tony Thompson. Though everyone from Mick Jagger to Billy Idol was considered, it was blue-eyed soul singer Robert Palmer who really clicked with the group in the studio, penning an original, "Communication," with the Taylors and soon taking a pass on the other material they'd assembled. The funk-rock-tinged material included a cover of The Isley Brothers' "Harvest for the World" and the propulsive "Some Like It Hot," infused with percussion from Duran's Roger Taylor and a horn section that included session greats Lenny Pickett and Mars Williams of The Psychedelic Furs.

The Power Station - named for the legendary New York City studio where it was recorded - became an international success in the spring of 1985, with "Some Like It Hot" and "Get It On" becoming Top 10 hits in America. With Palmer finally earning greater exposure outside of the U.K. charts, though, he passed on touring in support of the record, only performing with the group once on Saturday Night Live. (Palmer instead recorded his own solo blockbuster Riptide that same year, with producer Edwards and everyone but John Taylor on the LP, including hit single "Addicted to Love.") Undeterred, the remaining members recruited rock journeyman Michael Des Barres for a tour that took them to Live Aid's American enterprise (which also saw the last performance of Duran Duran with Andy or Roger Taylor for two decades) as well as other venues through the summer. (The Spectrum set, as a result, features several of Des Barres' solo tracks and even a take on Animotion's "Obsession," a hit single the singer co-wrote with Holly Knight.) This line-up also made a cameo on the hit NBC drama Miami Vice and even recorded one track, "We Fight for Love," which played over the end credits to the Arnold Schwarzenegger action epic Commando.

The original Power Station line-up attempted to reunite for the album Living in Fear in 1996; John Taylor contributed to the writing of all the songs but did not record, with producer Edwards taking his place. Tragically, while touring Japan with CHIC before the album was released, Edwards contracted a fateful case of pneumonia. (Palmer and Andy Taylor limped through a promotional tour with Guy Pratt on bass.) Tragedy further struck in 2003 when both Palmer and Thompson passed away within months of each other. The Power Station was reissued as a CD/DVD with bonus material (including a few edits not present on this set) for its 20th anniversary in 2005, after the Taylors rejoined Duran Duran the previous year.

You can hear a track from the live set above and pre-order your copy of the box below. (As an Amazon affiliate, we earn from qualifying purchases.)

The Power Station DLX (Parlophone/Rhino, 2026)

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Disc 1: Remastered album (released as Parlophone POST 1 (U.K.)/Capitol SJ-12380 (U.S.), 1985)

1. Some Like It Hot
2. Murderess
3. Lonely Tonight
4. Communication
5. Get It On (Bang a Gong)
6. Go to Zero
7. Harvest for the World
8. Still in Your Heart

Disc 2: Bonus material (* previously unreleased; + included on 2LP)

1. Some Like It Hot (Raw Instrumental) *
2. Communication (Raw Instrumental) *
3. Murderess (Raw Instrumental) *
4. Harvest for the World (Raw Instrumental) *
5. Go to Zero (Raw Instrumental) *
6. Lonely Tonight (Raw Instrumental) *
7. Get It On (Bang a Gong) (Raw Instrumental) *
8. Communication (Night Version) +
9. Get It On (Bang a Gong) (7" Single Edit) +
10. Some Like It Hot and The Heat is On (Megamix) +
11. Communication (Night Version Edit) +
12. Some Like It Hot (7" Single + Video Version) +
13. Murderess (Alive At Live Aid, John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, PA - 7/13/1985) * +
14. Get It On (Bang a Gong) (Alive At Live Aid, John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia, PA - 7/13/1985) * +
15. Somewhere Somehow Someone (We Fight for Love) +

Tracks 8 and 11 released on Parlophone U.K. 12" 12R 6114/Capitol U.S. 12" V-15204 and Capitol U.S. single B-5511, 1985
Track 9 released on Parlophone U.K. single R 6096/Capitol U.S. single B-5479, 1985
Tracks 10 and 12 released on Parlophone U.K. 12" 12 R609/Capitol U.S. 12" V-8631, 1985
Track 15 released on The Power Station (20th Anniversary Edition) - Capitol 7243 8 66315 0 3, 2005

Disc 3-4: Live at The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA - 8/21/1985 (previously unreleased)

1. Murderess
2. Dancing in the Streets
3. Some Like It Hot
4. Lonely Tonight
5. Go to Zero
6. Too Good to Be Bad
7. Harvest for the World
8. Thinking with Your Body

1. Still in Your Heart
2. Some Guys Have All the Luck
3. Communication/The Reflex
4. White Light White Heat
5. Obsession
6. Hungry Like the Wolf
7. Get It On (Bang a Gong)