Against The Odds 1974 – 1982

Super Deluxe Collectors’ Edition

Contains: 6 Studio LPs, 4 Bonus LPs, 7″ Single, 10″ LP, 120 Page Discography Book and 144 Page Hardback Book.

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Deluxe 4LP Edition

Includes the very best of the out-takes and rarities + 112-page book

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Deluxe 8CD Edition

Includes 6 studio albums + the best out-takes and rarities + 128-page book

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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                              Previously unreleased

2             Mr. Sightseer                     Previously unreleased

                                              

               10" LP Out-takes & rarities ('Out In The Streets')              

               Side A (1974 Session)                    

1             Out In The Streets (1974)             

Previously unreleased

2             The Disco Song                 Previously unreleased

3             Sexy Ida                              Previously unreleased

               Side B (Betrock Demo)                  

1             Platinum Blonde              

2             The Thin Line                   

3             Puerto Rico                       Previously unreleased 

4             Once I Had A Love (1975)                            

5             Out In The Streets (1975)             

                                              

               LP 1 Out-takes & rarities ('Plaza Sound')               

               Side A                   

1             X Offender (Intro)                           Previously unreleased

2             X Offender (Private Stock Single)              

3             In The Sun (Private Stock Single)

4             Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix)                             Previously unreleased

5             In The Flesh (Extended Intro)                      Previously unreleased

6             A Shark In Jets Clothing (Take 2)                Previously unreleased

7             Kung Fu Girls (Take 8)                    Previously unreleased

8             Scenery

               Side B                    

1             Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)                    Previously unreleased

2             Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1)                          Previously unreleased

3             I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1)                          Previously unreleased

4             I'm On E (Take 2)                             Previously unreleased

5             Kidnapper (Take 2)                         Previously unreleased

6             Detroit 442 (Take 2)                       Previously unreleased

7             Poets Problem  

      

               LP 2 Out-takes & rarities ('Parallel Beats')                           

               Side A                    

1             Once I Had A Love (Mike Chapman Demo)           

2             Sunday Girl (French Version)       

3             I'll Never Break Away From This Heart Of Mine (Pretty Baby)                       Previously unreleased

4             Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)                          Previously unreleased

5             Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)        Previously unreleased

6             Underground Girl             

               Side B                    

1             Call Me

2             Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2)   Previously unreleased

3             Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)                   Previously unreleased

4             Union City Blue (Instrumental)     Previously unreleased

5             Llámame            

                                              

               LP 3 Out-takes & rarities ('Coca Cola')                   

               Side A                    

1             I Love You Honey, Give Me A Beer (Go Through It)                           Previously unreleased

2             Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo)           Previously unreleased

3             Angels on the Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo)                 Previously unreleased

4             Tide Is High (Demo)         Previously unreleased

5             Susie & Jeffrey                  

               Side B                    

1             Rapture (Disco Version)                

2             Autoamerican Ad             Previously unreleased

3             Yuletide Throwdown       Previously unreleased

               LP 4 Out-takes & rarities ('Home Tapes')              

               Side A                    

1             Nameless (Home Tape)  Previously unreleased

2             Sunday Girl (Home Tape)              Previously unreleased

3             Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape)  Previously unreleased

4             The Hardest Part (Home Tape)    Previously unreleased

5             Ring of Fire (Home Tape)              Previously unreleased

               Side B                    

1             War Child (Chris Stein Mix)           Previously unreleased

2             Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)               Previously unreleased

3             Heart of Glass (Chris Stein Mix)   Previously unreleased

 

Against The Odds: 1974-1982 4LP box

                                              

               LP 1 ‘Out In The Streets’ UNIQUE             

               Side A                  

1             Out In The Streets (1974)             

2             The Disco Song 

3             Sexy Ida                             

4             Platinum Blonde              

5             The Thin Line    

6             Puerto Rico       

7             Out In The Streets (1975)             

               Side B                  

1             Nameless (Home Tape) 

2             Mr. Sightseer     

3             Sunday Girl (Home Tape)             

4             Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape)          

5             The Hardest Part (Home Tape)   

6             Ring Of Fire (Home Tape)            

 

               LP 2 'Plaza Sound' UNIQUE                       

               Side A                  

1             X Offender (Intro)

2             X Offender (Private Stock Single)              

3             In The Sun (Private Stock Single)

4             Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix)             

5             In The Flesh (Extended Intro)                     

6             A Shark In Jets Clothing (Take 2)

7             Kung Fu Girls (Take 8)    

8             Scenery

               Side B                  

1             Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)    

2             Moonlight Drive              

3             Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1)          

4             I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1)          

5             I'm On E (Take 2)             

6             Detroit 442 (Take 2)       

7             Poets Problem  

   

               LP 3 'Parallel Beats' SHARED with 10LP set                         

               Side A                  

1             Once I Had A Love (Mike Chapman Demo)           

2             Sunday Girl (French Version)       

3             I'll Never Break Away From This Heart Of Mine (Pretty Baby)       

4             Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)                         

5             Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)       

6             Underground Girl           

               Side B                  

1             Call Me

2             Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2)  

3             Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)   

4             Union City Blue (Instrumental)    

5             Llámame            

                                              

               LP 4 'Coca-Cola' SHARED with 10LP set                 

               Side A                  

1             I Love You Honey, Give Me A Beer (Go Through It)           

2             Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo)          

3             Angels on the Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo)                

4             Tide Is High (Demo)        

5             Susie & Jeffrey  

               Side B                  

1             Rapture (Disco Version) 

2             Autoamerican Ad            

3             Yuletide Throwdown      

      

BLONDIE

Against The Odds 1974 – 1982

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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.