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BBC Rock Hour - 444
version A (unhosted)
radio show album
Country USA
Catalogue no. 444
Label London Wavelength
Format 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
Length 55:52 minutes
Released 31 October 1983
Recorded 15 November 1982
Genre Pop
Producer various
version B (hosted)
featuring Duran Duran

BBC Rock Hour - 444 is a radio show vinyl album featuring Duran Duran, released in the USA by London Wavelength during 1983.

About the album[]

Housed in a plain white sleeve and issued with cue sheets for radio presenters, the album was used for licence broadcast on 31 October 1983.

''BBC Rock Hour - 444 was released in two versions, an unhosted version A and Ronnie James Dio hosting version B.

This was the second Annual Salute To Halloween Show and featured songs with connections to the event observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating.

The album includes commercials for Coors Lite Beer, Agree, Certs and the US Army Reserve. Also featured is Duran Duran's "Hungry Like the Wolf", a song written and recorded quickly by the band on a Saturday afternoon in the spring of 1982 at the basement studios of EMI's London headquarters.

Track listing[]

444[]

Side A[]

  1. Trailer/Promo
  2. "October" - U2
  3. "House of Fun" - Madness
  4. "Afraid of Me" - Culture Club
  5. "Monster of Love" - Sparks
  6. Coors Lite Beer Commercial
  7. Certs Commercial
  8. US Army Reserve Commercial
  9. "Hungry Like the Wolf" - Duran Duran
  10. "Fields of Fire" - Big Country
  11. Coors Lite Beer Commercial
  12. Agree Commercial

Side B[]

  1. "Dancing In The Moonlight" - Thin Lizzy
  2. "Living After Midnite" - Judas Priest
  3. Coors Lite Beer Commercial
  4. US Army Reserve Commercial
  5. Certs Commercial
  6. "Godzilla" - Blue Öyster Cult
  7. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
  8. Rainbow In The Dark - Dio