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Blondie – Discography (1976 – 2014)EAC Rip 29xCD + 3xDVD FLAC/APE Tracks & Image + Cue + Log Full Scans IncludedTotal Size: 20.5 GB 3% RAR RecoverySTUDIO ALBUMS LIVE ALBUMS COMPILATIONSLabel: Various Genre: New Wave, Pop RockEmbracing a broad range of pop music that encompassed British Invasion rock, garage rock, disco, reggae, Latin rhythms, and hip-hop, Blondie was the most commercially successful band to emerge from the New York punk/new wave community of the late ’70s. The group was formed in New York City in August 1974 by singer Deborah Harry (b. July 1, 1945, Miami, Florida), formerly of the folk-pop group Wind in the Willows, and guitarist Chris Stein (b. January 5, 1950, Brooklyn, New York) out of the remnants of Harry’s previous group, the Stilettos. The lineup fluctuated over the next year; drummer Clement Burke (b. November 24, 1955, New York) joined in May 1975, and bassist Gary Valentine signed on in August, while keyboard player James Destri (b.
April 13, 1954) came on board in October, completing the initial permanent lineup. One of the first bands on the CBGB scene to score a record deal, Blondie released their first album, Blondie, on Private Stock Records in December 1976. In July 1977, Valentine was replaced by Frank Infante.1. Blondie (1985, Chrysalis, F2 21165, USA)1976. Blondie (2001, Chrysalis, 6-2-1, USA)1976. Blondie (2006, Toshiba-EMI, TOCP-67891, Japan)1978.
Parallel Lines (1985, Chrysalis, F2 21192, USA)1978. Parallel Lines (2006, Toshiba-EMI, TOCP-67893, Japan)1978. (2008, Capitol, 59 26, EU, CD+DVD, Deluxe Collectors Ed)1978. Plastic Letters (1985, Chrysalis, F2 21166, USA)1978. Plastic Letters (2006, Toshiba-EMI, TOCP-67892, Japan)1979.
Eat To The Beat (1985, Chrysalis, VK 41225, USA)1979. Eat To The Beat (2001, Chrysalis, 7-2-0, USA)1980. Autoamerican (1985, Chrysalis, F2 21290, USA)1980. Autoamerican (2001, Chrysalis, 5-2-2, USA)1982. The Hunter (2006, Toshiba-EMI, TOCP-67897, Japan)1999. No Exit (1999, Beyond Music, 2, EU)2003. The Curse Of Blondie (2003, Sanctuary, 6-2, USA)2011.
Panic Of Girls (2011, Noble ID, Five Seven Music, NBL891, Germany)2014. (2014, Noble ID, Five Seven Music, NBL 501-2, 2CD+DVD)2. Essential Blondie. Picture This Live (1998, Chrysalis, 0-2-1, USA, Limited Ed)1999. Blondie Live (1999, Beyond Music, 6-2, USA, HDCD)3.
The Best Of Blondie (1989, Chrysalis, F2 21337, DIDX 71, USA)1981. The Best Of Blondie (1991, Chrysalis, CDP 32 1371 2, UK)1981. The Best Of Blondie (2006, Toshiba-EMI, TOCP 67896, Japan)1993. Blonde And Beyond (1993, Chrysalis, ERG, 0946 3 21990 27, UK)1993. Blonde And Beyond (1993, Chrysalis, ERG, 0946 3 21990 27, USA)1994.
The Platinum Collection (1994, Chrysalis, EMI, 7243 8 31100 2 5, Holland, 2CD)1995. Remixed Remade Remodeled (1995, Chrysalis, EMI, 7243 8 32748 2 6, USA)2005. (2005, EMI, 0946 345054 2 0, EU, CD+DVD)DOWNLOAD FROMPassword: www.LosslessMA.netIf you encounter broken links or other problem about this publication, please let me knowand write your comment below. I will reply and fix as soon as possible.
After months and months of hoping that the HOG 12″ would be available for download or streaming in the UK, I’ve just found it on Bandcamp.It shows the price in $$$, but you CAN buy it if you’re in the UK. (I did.)As has been mentioned, the Shep Pettibone mix is completely different from his mix on Once More Into The Bleach, and the Basic Track mix is great.As for the Box Set, people have mentioned that they hope for the single mix of Slow Motion and the Alternative mix of Denis. No thank you! They’ve both already been released on CD.
No need to include them again. Let’s have stuff that’s not been on CD before. Like the long Italian mix of H.O.G. I didn’t know that existed until today.:-). I did not buy the last album reissue box because Best Of was not included or issued separately when so many of those single mixes were exclusive to that album, a Blondie collection doesn’t seem complete without it- especially the promo mix (12” edit) of Rapture that is so superior to the AutoAmerican album version.
The covers did not look so great either.I’m hope with this set, at least the promo Rapture makes it in. And both the single as well as the full-length Call Me which are both essential IMO.I’d also love to see a companion box reissuing the second phase albums from No Exit onward, and separate Ghost of Downloads from the abysmal Hits Redux with an album or two of bonus material of all the various bonus album tracks that didn’t make onto the vinyl pressings, key tracks left off (Relax) and other oddities and mixes (Rapture Riders) from the last 20 yrs like their excellent Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough cover I’ve been hoping would show up on a physical release ever since it hit YouTube. Capitol Recods (US) and UMC (UK) need to take note regarding this future release. If they want long term fans to part with our money (again), they need to stop using the current washed out images for the LP covers.
As a very casual Blondie fan, I only have bits and pieces of their catalogue, so a comprehensive “complete studio recordings” set is very intriguing to me. However, my ultimate interest will depend on both the sound quality and the price.
Brickwalled CDs just don’t appeal to me, and eight discs of material — if the individual albums are given a disc each — for more than about $100 will definitely put me off.Guess we’ll just have to wait and see. I hope the producers of this set are listening to the fans here (and elsewhere). If you’re just a casual fan you might like The Platinum Collection which came out in 1994 and has all of their A sides and B sides (except “In The Sun” and instrumentals) in chronological order plus 5 of the 1975 demos and 2 (rather unnecessary) remixes.If you want their albums you might want to hunt down some original CD releases or the 1994 remasters. If you don’t mind loudness, go for the 2001 remasters. Be aware that Eat To The Beat was not remastered in 1994 and Parallel Lines’s 1994 remaster was a Digital Compact Classic rather than a standard CD so it fetches extremely high prices! It may or not be worth it to you because that CD was remastered by Steve Hoffman, in other words guaranteed to be the absolute best remaster; and it’s true, nothing comes close to it. If the so-called remastering sounds anything like their ‘Sight & Sound’ best of (CD+DVD) that was released in 2005, it’ll be absolutely dreadful.
No longer did the music have a crisp/clear disco sound but instead had the bass pumped up to the max making it sonically alien to what I expected, which probably worked fine on cheap portable devices and low cost ‘hifi’ but on a decent sound system / high quality headphones it was nauseating and difficult to listen to, and almost sounded like you were hearing it through a wall due to how deep/muffled it was. They should’ve put out the unreleased single version of Slow motion which got cancelled when they rush released Call Me. One of great lost singles. I’d have bought the Heart of glass e.p if it was Cd,I’ve gone back to Cd as the charity shops are now awash with great titles. Its like in the 90s when everyone ditch their vinyl at car boot sales.Has the digital format been announced?
Why isn’t Flac being embraced generally, why is MP3 still dominant. A flac or high res file can easily be converted if required but not the other way round. When the group first reunited, Nigel was invited to join, but he declined. As for Frank Infante, there’s long-term bitterness towards him. It turns out that Infante didn’t really write “I Know, But I Don’t Know” and there was a plagarism lawsuit against not only Infante, but the entire group.
By the way, despite the fact that Chris Stein is portrayed playing lead guitar in Blondie’s 1970’s promo videos, Frank Infante was the actual lead guitarist. The second performance (1978) on Germany’s Musikladen T.V.
Show (the performance where the group plays many of the “Parallel Lines” songs and which was never released on DVD) shows conclusively that Infante was the lead guitarist.At least, Nigel and Frank are included in the artwork for the package. They could have digitally removed them from the photo, like The Moody Blues did to Patrick Moraz on the cover of “The Polydor Years” boxed set, or like The Rolling Stones did to Bill Wyman on the packaging for the “Rarities” CD. I think CD singles are still cool! In fact, I was hoping that the Beatles’ singles and e.p.’s would have been released in similar fashion to the Rolling Stones Abco singles boxes, perhaps with a CD version of the Christmas messages slipped in there to make it doubly desireable to fans, but still no word on that. Hey, I realize that MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR had a super deluxe on that, but that was vinyl only with DVD and blu-ray of the movienow, on to the BLONDIE box. I’m looking forward to this eclipsing the CD copies of the albums proper, along with the PLATINUM COLLECTION double disk set. Perhaps the original vinyl covers were replicated, but I don’t recall there being much in the way of booklets and all that, and I’m sure these will be vinyl replications, perhaps even with replicas of paper sleeves.
I, too, don’t buy vinyl because of lack of a turntable, so I’ll just keep myself “tuned” to this site for further news as to exactly when this set will be available. First Dire Straits and now this. Right now, I’m more interested in what else might be coming this year. I am massively conflicted.It seems, on the face of it, to be quite expensive for a 12″. But it is a bit more than that as it has 6 tracks and I am sure it will be beautiful.
Then there is the issue run of 10,000, which for these times seems to be a staggeringly high number for a “Limited Edition” I guess they have done the decent thing and actually given a number (take note other companies) it’s just that, to me, that number is a whopper.It feels like double dipping. I don’t mind paying a premium for something that has some feeling of exclusivity / rarity (1,000 – 2,000).
But to pay a premium for something that will be around for quite along timeunless I have completely underestimated the pull of Blondie in 2018 with a £25 twelve inch. What do I know? Maybe all 10,000 will be gone by launch date.They must have faith in the number crunchers, who generally know these things inside out. I had a nice chat with the Numero folks, and I’m sorry to say that the 9:00 Italian “Long Disco” version is NOT on this 12″. Here’s what is on it:A1.
Disco Long (Original 5:50 12″ version)A2. Scratch Track (Previously unreleased “scratch/backing track” based on “Once I Had A Love 1978″)A3: Shep Pettibone Mix (from the 1988 remix album)B1: Once I Had A Love 1975 (previously released on Plastic Letters reissue CD)B2: Once I Had A Love 1978 (previously released on Parallel Lines reissue CD)B3: Disco Instrumental (Original 5:17 12” instrumental version).
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