Blondie - Against The Odds 1974 – 1982

Blondie mark a career milestone with the release of the first ever authorised and in depth archive in their history. This release features 124 tracks, 36 of which are previously unreleased. Remastered from the original analog tapes and cut at Abbey Road Studios, this expansive box set is available on four formats (Super Deluxe Collectors’ Edition, Deluxe 4LP, Deluxe 8CD and 3CD editions). Housed in a foil-wrapped carton, Against The Odds includes extensive liner notes by Erin Osmon, track by track commentary from Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison, Frank Infante, and Gary Valentine, essays by producers Mike Chapman, Richard Gottehrer, and Ken Shipley, a 120-page illustrated discography, and hundreds of period photographs.

This archive box set—the first band-authorised collection in their 50 year history—is a collective moment to celebrate their legacy and be immersed into Blondie’s genre-bending sonic universe, including their first six studio albums recorded for Chrysalis; Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat To The Beat, Autoamerican, The Hunter, and in turn their catalogue of era-defining hits “Heart Of Glass,” “Atomic,” “Tide Is High,” “Sunday Girl,” “Rapture,” and “Call Me.” These six groundbreaking albums have been expanded to include over four dozen demos (including the group’s first-ever recording session), alternate versions, and studio outtakes, creating a near-complete document of Blondie’s studio sessions prior to their 1982 hiatus.

Against The Odds has an unusual beginning; for nearly two decades, the bulk of Blondie’s audio and visual archive sat inside in Chris Stein’s unassuming barn just outside Woodstock, New York. 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 in wait through twenty humid summers, twenty frigid winters.

Tracklist:

LP 1: 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 Clothing
B1. Man Overboard
B2. Rip Her To Shreds
B3. Rifle Range
B4. Kung Fu Girl
B5. The Attack Of The Giant Ants

LP 2: Plastic Letters
A1. Fan Mail
A2. Denis
A3. Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
A4. Youth Nabbed As Sniper
A5. Contact In Red Square
A6. (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
A7. I'm On E
B1. I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
B2. Love At The Pier
B3. No Imagination
B4. Kidnapper
B5. Detroit 442
B6. Cautious Lip

LP 3: Parallel Lines
A1. Hanging On The Telephone
A2. One Way Or Another
A3. Picture This
A4. 4. Fade Away And Radiate
A5. Pretty Baby
A6. 6. I Know But I Don't Know
B1. 11:59
B2. Will Anything Happen
B3. Sunday Girl
B4. Heart Of Glass
B5. I'm Gonna Love You Too
B6. Just Go Away

LP 4: Eat To The Beat
A1. Dreaming
A2. The Hardest Part
A3. Union City Blue
A4. Shayla
A5. Eat To The Beat
A6. Accidents Never Happen
B1. Die Young Stay Pretty
B2. Slow Motion
B3. Atomic
B4. Sound-A-Sleep
B5. Victor
B6. Living In The Real World

LP 5: Autoamerican
A1. Europa
A2. Live It Up
A3. Here's Looking At You
A4. The Tide Is High
A5. Angels On The Balcony
A6. Go Through It
B1. Do The Dark
B2. Rapture
B3. Faces
B4. T-Birds
B5. Walk Like Me
B6. Follow Me

LP 6: The Hunter
A1. Orchid Club
A2. Island Of Lost Souls
A3. Dragonfly
A4. For Your Eyes Only
A5. The Beast
B1. War Child
B2. Little Caesar
B3. Danceway
B4. (Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say)
B5. English Boys
B6. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game

7" 45 rpm
A1. Moonlight Drive
B1. Mr. Sightseer

10" LP: Out-takes & rarities ('Out In The Streets')
A1. Out In The Streets (1974 Session)
A2. The Disco Song (1974 Session)
A3. Sexy Ida (1974 Session)
B1. Platinum Blonde (Betrock Demo)
B2. The Thin Line (Betrock Demo)
B3. Puerto Rico (Betrock Demo)
B4. Once I Had A Love (1975) (Betrock Demo)
B5. Out In The Streets (1975) (Betrock Demo)

LP 7: Out-takes & rarities ('Plaza Sound')
A1. X Offender (Intro)
A2. X Offender (Private Stock Single)
A3. In The Sun (Private Stock Single)
A4. Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix)
A5. In The Flesh (Extended Intro)
A6. A Shark In Jets Clothing (Take 2)
A7. Kung Fu Girls (Take 8)
A8. Scenery
B1. Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)
B2. Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1)
B3. I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1)
B4. I'm On E (Take 2)
B5. Kidnapper (Take 2)
B6. Detroit 442 (Take 2)
B7. Poets Problem

LP 8: Out-takes & rarities ('Parallel Beats')
A1. Once I Had A Love (Mike Chapman Demo)
A2. Sunday Girl (French Version)
A3. I'll Never Break Away From This Heart Of Mine (Pretty Baby)
A4. Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)
A5. Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)
A6. Underground Girl
B1. Call Me
B2. Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2)
B3. Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
B4. Union City Blue (Instrumental)
B5. Llámame

LP 9: Out-takes & rarities ('Coca Cola')
A1. I Love You Honey, Give Me A Beer (Go Through It)
A2. Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
A3. Angels on the Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
A4. Tide Is High (Demo)
A5. Susie & Jeffrey
B1. Rapture (Disco Version)
B2. Autoamerican Ad
B3. Yuletide Throwdown

LP 10: Out-takes & rarities ('Home Tapes')
A1. Nameless (Home Tape)
A2. Sunday Girl (Home Tape)
A3. Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape)
A4. The Hardest Part (Home Tape)
A5. Ring of Fire (Home Tape)
B1. War Child (Chris Stein Mix)
B2. Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)
B3. Heart of Glass (Chris Stein Mix)