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Against The Odds 1974 – 1982

Blondie

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  • Genre: Rock And Pop
  • Label: EMI
  • Released Date: 26th August 2022
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There’s a certain un-assuming barn just outside Woodstock, New York. It’s easy to picture; the deep mythology of pop music history assures that much. For nearly two decades, the bulk of Blondie’s audio and visual archive sat inside.

One hundred reel-to-reel tapes, half a dozen cassettes, a few storage tubs crammed with records, bits of promotional flotsam, flyers, a stray Warhol print, and mirrored dressing room signage from four sold-out January 1980 nights at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. All of it lay silent through twenty humid summers, twenty frigid winters, and 20,000 rodents.

There were knives collected in Asia and sex worker advertisements pilfered from the UK’s red telephone boxes of the late 1970s. In a corner, a dust-caked RIAA-certified gold record for Eat To The Beat reclined against a wall, its protective glass scarred by a bullet hole.“Iggy and I were shooting guns at a wall in my basement one night,” guitarist Chris Stein told us. “This was a casualty.”

From this chaotic hoard of ephemera, this long-gestating project was born.

Over the years, Blondie’s many partner record companies have done an exemplary job archiving the band’s recorded legacy, given the miles it’s logged and the oceans it’s had to cross. From Larry Uttal’s Private Stock Records to Terry Ellis and Chris Wright’s Chrysalis, which was absorbed by Capitol and then Universal, the band’s reels have been moved, transferred, baked, re-boxed, remixed, and barcoded more than a few times. We pored over every foot of magnetic tape and, thanks to our brand new 24-bit, 192KHz transfers, have expanded the dynamic range of Blondie’s six LPs.

We’ve scoured the earth for era-appropriate photos, pic sleeves, lyrics sheets, fan club newsletters, postcards, jukebox strips, and even eight-track tapes. There will always be more to find. Whether it’s a mislabeled cassette tape squirrelled away in a New Jersey garage, a previously unknown Thai 45 variant, or a roll of film excavated at the Long Beach flea market, slivers of Blondie will continue to poke into our collective unconscious until there ceases to be any consciousness to poke.

What the seven members of Blondie set to tape over those first eight years remains among the most timeless music of its era, or any era. This is not hyperbole. Walk into a grocery store and Rapture fills the air. Spend an hour with any classic rock, ’80s throwback, LITE FM easy listening, or rockin’ oldies station and you will rediscover Heart of Glass.

Watch any given documentary on the birth of punk or hip hop, read any “Best Albums of All Time” list, and the stark three-color imagery of Parallel Lines will undoubtedly flash by. Visit any sports arena in the world and count the moments before you hear Call Me.

Blondie has transcended the realms of mere bands, evolving out of pop and punk to become a vital strand of American music’s core DNA.

Let this box set serve as a map of the genome.

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Track Listings

4LP Set

LP 1 ‘Out In The Streets’
Side A  
1 Out In The Streets (1974) 2:24  
2 The Disco Song 03:56  
3 Sexy Ida 03:59  
4 Platinum Blonde 02:18  
5 The Thin Line 02:27  
6 Puerto Rico 02:08  
7 Out In The Streets (1975) 02:21  

Side B  
1 Nameless (Home Tape) 01:42  
2 Mr. Sightseer 03:44  
3 Sunday Girl (Home Tape) 02:50  
4 Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape) 02:57  
5 The Hardest Part (Home Tape) 03:32  
6 Ring Of Fire (Home Tape) 02:48  

LP 2 'Plaza Sound'
Side A  
1 X Offender (Intro) 0:18  
2 X Offender (Private Stock Single) 03:14  
3 In The Sun (Private Stock Single) 02:40  
4 Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix) 02:08  
5 In The Flesh (Extended Intro) 02:51  
6 A Shark In Jets Clothing (Take 2) 03:42  
7 Kung Fu Girls (Take 8) 02:27  
8 Scenery 03:09
 
  Side B  
1 Denis (Terry Ellis Mix) 02:24  
2 Moonlight Drive 03:01  
3 Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1) 02:38  
4 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1) 02:59  
5 I'm On E (Take 2) 02:37  
6 Detroit 442 (Take 2) 02:56  
7 Poets Problem 02:21  
       

LP 3 'Parallel Beats'
Side A  
1 Once I Had A Love (Mike Chapman Demo) 3:18  
2 Sunday Girl (French Version) 03:14  
3 I'll Never Break Away From This Heart Of Mine (Pretty Baby) 03:36  
4 Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo) 02:20  
5 Will Anything Happen (Instrumental) 02:54  
6 Underground Girl 03:52
 
Side B  
1 Call Me 03:32  
2 Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2) 02:05  
3 Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1) 03:35  
4 Union City Blue (Instrumental) 02:50  
5 Llámame 06:18  

       
LP 4 'Coca-Cola'
Side A  
1 I Love You Honey, Give Me A Beer (Go Through It) 02:42  
2 Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo) 04:03  
3 Angels on the Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo) 04:17  
4 Tide Is High (Demo) 03:59  
5 Susie & Jeffrey 04:09  

Side B  
1 Rapture (Disco Version) 10:00  
2 Autoamerican Ad 01:07  
3 Yuletide Throwdown 04:49

Super Deluxe Collectors’ Edition

The studio albums:

Blondie
Side A
1. X Offender
2. Little Girl Lies
3. In The Flesh
4. Look Good In Blue
5. In The Sun
6. A Shark In Jets Clothing

Side B
1. Man Overboard
2. Rip Her To Shreds
3. Rifle Range
4. Kung Fu Girl
5. The Attack Of The Giant Ants

Plastic Letters
Side A
1. Fan Mail
2. Denis
3. Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
4. Youth Nabbed As Sniper
5. Contact In Red Square
6. (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
7. I'm On E

Side B
1. I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
2. Love At The Pier
3. No Imagination
4. Kidnapper
5. Detroit 442
6. Cautious Lip

Parallel Lines
Side A
1. Hanging On The Telephone
2. One Way Or Another
3. Picture This
4. Fade Away And Radiate
5. Pretty Baby
6. I Know But I Don't Know

Side B
1. 11:59
2. Will Anything Happen
3. Sunday Girl
4. Heart Of Glass
5. I'm Gonna Love You Too
6. Just Go Away

Eat To The Beat
Side A
1. Dreaming
2. The Hardest Part
3. Union City Blue
4. Shayla
5. Eat To The Beat
6. Accidents Never Happen

Side B
1. Die Young Stay Pretty
2. Slow Motion
3. Atomic
4. Sound-A-Sleep
5. Victor
6. Living In The Real World

Autoamerican
Side A
1. Europa
2. Live It Up
3. Here's Looking At You
4. The Tide Is High
5. Angels On The Balcony
6. Go Through It

Side B
1. Do The Dark
2. Rapture
3. Faces
4. T-Birds
5. Walk Like Me
6. Follow Me

The Hunter
Side A
1. Orchid Club
2. Island Of Lost Souls
3. Dragonfly
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. The Beast

Side B
1. War Child
2. Little Caesar
3. Danceway
4. (Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say)
5. English Boys
6. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game

BONUS TRACKS
  7"; 45 rpm  
1 Moonlight Drive 3:03 Previously unreleased
2 Mr. Sightseer 3:45 Previously unreleased
       
10"; LP Out-takes & rarities ('Out In The Streets')
Side A (1974 Session)  
1 Out In The Streets (1974) 2:24 Previously unreleased
2 The Disco Song 3:56 Previously unreleased
3 Sexy Ida 3:59 Previously unreleased

Side B (Betrock Demo)  
1 Platinum Blonde 2:18  
2 The Thin Line 2:27  
3 Puerto Rico 2:08 Previously unreleased
4 Once I Had A Love (1975) 3:58  
5 Out In The Streets (1975) 2:21  
       
LP 1 Out-takes & rarities ('Plaza Sound')
Side A  
1 X Offender (Intro) 0:18 Previously unreleased
2 X Offender (Private Stock Single) 3:14  
3 In The Sun (Private Stock Single) 2:40  
4 Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix) 2:08 Previously unreleased
5 In The Flesh (Extended Intro) 2:51 Previously unreleased
6 A Shark In Jets Clothing (Take 2) 3:42 Previously unreleased
7 Kung Fu Girls (Take 8) 2:27 Previously unreleased
8 Scenery 3:09  

Side B  
1 Denis (Terry Ellis Mix) 2:24 Previously unreleased
2 Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1) 2:38 Previously unreleased
3 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1) 2:59 Previously unreleased
4 I'm On E (Take 2) 2:37 Previously unreleased
5 Kidnapper (Take 2) 2:32 Previously unreleased
6 Detroit 442 (Take 2) 2:56 Previously unreleased
7 Poets Problem 2:21  
       
LP 2 Out-takes & rarities ('Parallel Beats')
Side A  
1 Once I Had A Love (Mike Chapman Demo) 3:18  
2 Sunday Girl (French Version) 03:14  
3 I'll Never Break Away From This Heart Of Mine (Pretty Baby) 03:36 Previously unreleased
4 Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo) 02:20 Previously unreleased
5 Will Anything Happen (Instrumental) 02:54 Previously unreleased
6 Underground Girl 03:52
 
  Side B  
1 Call Me 03:32  
2 Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2) 02:05 Previously unreleased
3 Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1) 03:35 Previously unreleased
4 Union City Blue (Instrumental) 02:50 Previously unreleased
5 Llámame 06:18  
       
  LP 3 Out-takes & rarities ('Coca Cola')   006025 0876064 8
  Side A  
1 I Love You Honey, Give Me A Beer (Go Through It) 02:42 Previously unreleased
2 Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo) 04:03 Previously unreleased
3 Angels on the Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo) 04:17 Previously unreleased
4 Tide Is High (Demo) 03:59 Previously unreleased
5 Susie & Jeffrey 04:09  
       
Side B  
1 Rapture (Disco Version) 10:00  
2 Autoamerican Ad 01:07 Previously unreleased
3 Yuletide Throwdown 04:49 Previously unreleased

LP 4 Out-takes & rarities ('Home Tapes')  
Side A  
1 Nameless (Home Tape) 1:42 Previously unreleased
2 Sunday Girl (Home Tape) 2:50 Previously unreleased
3 Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape) 2:57 Previously unreleased
4 The Hardest Part (Home Tape) 3:32 Previously unreleased
5 Ring of Fire (Home Tape) 2:48 Previously unreleased

Side B  
1 War Child (Chris Stein Mix) 5:19 Previously unreleased
2 Call Me (Chris Stein Mix) 5:15 Previously unreleased
3 Heart of Glass (Chris Stein Mix) 6:13 Previously unreleased

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