Blondie – Against The Odds 1974-1982 (10xLP, 10", 7" Super Deluxe)
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Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982
Super Deluxe Edition 10LP+10"+45 single+2 books boxset!
New York legends have sold more than 40 million records worldwide!
Remastered from the original analog tapes, vinyl cut at Abbey Road Studios
Massive career retrospective contains a whopping 124 studio tracks!
In what has become another major year for Blondie, the New York legends mark a career milestone with the release of the first ever authorized and in-depth archive in their history, a rarity for a band almost 50 years into their career with 40 million records sold. Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982 is being released on August 26, 2022 via UMC and The Numero Group.
What the seven members of Blondie set to tape over their 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.
Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982 gathers the original line-up's six albums, including Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat To The Beat, Autoamerican, and The Hunter, four additional LPs of session outtakes, B-sides, and demos, a 10" with the 1975 Alan Betrock demo and a previously unissued 1974 rehearsal tape, and a 45 RPM single featuring their rumored-to-exist cover of the Doors' "Moonlight Drive" and the at-home sketch of "Mr. Sightseer" — a whopping 124 studio tracks!
Erin Osmon's liner notes tell the group's story in exacting detail, with session commentary from Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Frank Infante, Nigel Harrison, and Gary Valentine, and essays from producers Richard Gottehrer and Mike Chapman all housed in a glorious foil-wrapped, 144-page, hard cover book. A second 120-page volume gives a discographical overview of the period via hundreds of pic sleeves, 45 labels, international sleeve variants, flexis, cassettes, and even 8-tracks. This behemoth of a box set weighs 17 pounds and is hands down the most in depth physical release The Numero Group has manifested in our 19 year history.
Features:
Six remastered studio albums (Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat To The Beat, Autoamerican, The Hunter)
Four LPs of Bonus Material (Plaza Sound, Parallel Beats, Coca Cola, Home Tapes)
Unreleased 7" — "Moonlight Drive" b/w "Mr. Sightseer"
10" outtakes & rarities (Out In The Streets)
144-page, hard cover liner note book.
120-page photographic discography of the entire period. -
Blondie
A1 X Offender
A2 Little Girl Lies
A3 In The Flesh
A4 Look Good In Blue
A5 In The Sun
A6 A Shark In Jets Clothin
B1 Man Overboard
B2 Rip Her To Shreds
B3 Rifle Range
B4 Kung Fu Girls
B5 The Attack Of The Giant Ants
Plastic Letters
C1 Fan Mail
C2 Denis
C3 Bermunda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
C4 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
C5 Contact In Red Square
C6 (I'M Always Touched By) Your Presence, Dear
C7 I'M On E
D1 I Didn'T Have The Nerve To Say No
D2 Love At The Pier
D3 No Imagination
d4 Kidnapper
D5 Detroit 442 - Live At The Walnut Theatre, Philadelphia, Pa, 1978
D6 Cautious Lip
Parallel Lines
E1 Hanging On The Telephone
E2 One Way Or Another
E3 Picture This
E4 Fade Away And Radiate
E5 Pretty Baby
E6 I Know But I Don'T Know
F1 11:59
F2 Will Anything Happen?
F3 Sunday Girl
F4 Heart Of Glass
F5 I'M Gonna Love You Too
F6 Just Go Away
Eat To The Beat
G1 Dreaming
G2 The Hardest Part
G3 Union City Blue
G4 Shayla
G5 Eat To The Beat
H1 Accidents Never Happen
H2 Die Young Stay Pretty
H3 Slow Motion
H4 Atomic
H5 Sound-A-Sleep
H6 Victor
H7 Living In The Real World
Autoamerican
I1 Europa
I2 Live It Up
I3 Here'S Looking At You
I4 The Tide Is High
I5 Angels On The Balcony
I6 Go Through It
J1 Do The Dark
J2 Rapture
J3 Faces
J4 T-Birds
J5 Walk Like Me
J5 Follow Me
The Hunter
K1 Orchid Club
K2 Island Of Lost Souls
K3 Dragonfly
K4 For Your Eyes Only
K5 The Beast
L1 War Child
L2 Little Caesar
L3 Danceaway
L4 (Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say)
L5 English Boys
L6 The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
7"
M Moonlight Drive
N Mr. Sightseer
Out In The Streets (Out-takes & Rarities)
O1 Out In The Streets (1974 Session)
O2 The Disco Song (1974 Session)
O3 Sexy Ida (1974 Session)
P1 Platinum Blonde (Betrock Demo)
P2 The Thin Line (Betrock Demo)
P3 Puerto Rico (Betrock Demo)
P4 Once I Had A Love (Betrock Demo)
P5 Out In The Streets (Betrock Demo)
Plaza Sound (Out-takes & Rarities)
Q1 X Offender (Intro)
Q2 X Offender (Private Stock Single Version)
Q3 In The Sun (Private Stock Single Version)
Q4 Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix)
Q5 In The Flesh (Extended Intro)
Q6 A Shark In Jets Clothing (Take 2)
Q7 Kung Fu Girls (Take 8)
Q8 Scenery (Plaza Sound Outtake)
R1 Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)
R2 Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1)
R3 I Didn'T Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1)
R4 I'M On E (Take 2)
R5 Kidnapper (Take 2)
R6 Detroit 442 (Take 2)
R7 Poet'S Problem
Parallel Beats (Out-takes & Rarities)
S1 Once I Had A Love (Mike Chapman Demo)
S2 Sunday Girl (French Version)
S3 I'Ll Never Break Away From This Heart Of Mine (Pretty Baby) (Take 1)
S4 Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)
S5 Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)
S6 Underground Girl
T1 Call Me
T2 Spaghetti Song (Atomic Pt. 2)
T3 Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
T4 Union City Blue (Instrumental)
T5 Llámame
Coca Cola (Out-takes & Rarities)
U1 I Love You Honey, Give Me A Beer (Go Through It)
U2 Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
U3 Angels On The Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
U4 The Tide Is High (Demo)
U5 Suzy & Jeffrey
V1 Rapture (Disco Version)
V2 Autoamerican Ad
V3 Yuletide Throwdown
Home Tapes (Out-takes & Rarities)
W1 Nameless (Home Tape)
W2 Sunday Girl (Home Tape)
W3 Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape)
W4 The Hardest Part (Home Tape)
W5 Ring Of Fire (Home Tape)
X1 War Child (Chris Stein Mix)
X2 Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)
X3 Heart Of Glass (Chris Stein Mix)