''Blonde and Beyond'' is a compilation album of recordings by Blondie released on Chrysalis Records in 1993. As of August 9, 2005 it has sold 43,000 copies in United States.

Overview

''Blonde and Beyond'' is a compilation that gathers some of the band's hit singles like " Heart of Glass", " Denis", " X Offender", " Picture This" and " Island Of Lost Souls" along with album tracks, single b-sides and previously unreleased recordings, which include three demos ("Underground Girl", "Scenery" and "Once I Had A Love") and a live cover of T. Rex's " Bang a Gong (Get It On)". Most of the single b-sides and previously unreleased songs included on ''Blonde and Beyond'' have since been recycled as bonus tracks on 2001 reissues of the band's studio albums or other

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compilations.

Track listing

# "Underground Girl" ( Frank Infante) - 3:54 #* Demo from ''

Parallel Lines In geometry, parallel lines are coplanar straight lines that do not intersect at any point. Parallel planes are planes in the same three-dimensional space that never meet. ''Parallel curves'' are curves that do not touch each other or int ...

'' sessions, 1978 # "English Boys" ( Debbie Harry, Chris Stein) - 3:48 #* From the album '' The Hunter'', 1982 # "

Sunday Girl "Sunday Girl" is a song recorded by the American new wave band Blondie, from the band's 1978 album ''Parallel Lines''. Written by guitarist Chris Stein, the song was inspired by Debbie Harry's cat, who was named Sunday Man—the cat had recentl ...

" (French Version) (Stein) - 3:02 #* From the UK 12" single "Sunday Girl", 1978 # "Susie And Jeffrey" (Harry,

Nigel Harrison Nigel Harrison (born 24 April 1951) is an English musician. Harrison spent several years as the bassist of the American rock band Blondie during the 1970s and 1980s. Life & career Harrison grew up in Princes Risborough, a small town in the ...

) - 4:08 #* B-side of "

The Tide Is High "The Tide Is High" is a 1967 rocksteady song written by John Holt, originally produced by Duke Reid and performed by the Jamaican group the Paragons, with Holt as lead singer. The song gained international attention in 1980, when a cover vers ...

" single, 1980 # "Shayla" (Stein) - 3:56 #* From the album ''

Eat to the Beat ''Eat to the Beat'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blondie, released on September 28, 1979, by Chrysalis Records. The album was certified Platinum in the United States, where it spent a year on the ''Billboard'' 200. Peakin ...

'', 1979 # " Denis" (Neil Levenson) - 2:17 #* From the album ''

Plastic Letters ''Plastic Letters'' is the second studio album by American rock band Blondie, released in February 1978 by Chrysalis Records. An earlier version with a rearranged track listing was released in Japan in late December 1977. Overview This is ...

'', 1978 # " X Offender" (Harry,

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) - 3:11 #* From the album '' Blondie'', 1977 # "Poets Problem" (

Jimmy Destri Jimmy Destri (born James Mollica, April 13, 1954, Brooklyn, New York City, United States) is an American musician. Background Destri is of Italian descent. His father was a novelist who also wrote screenplays and eventually advertising copy to ...

) - 2:19 #* B-side to "

(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" is a song by the American band Blondie, from their 1978 album '' Plastic Letters''. Written by recently departed Blondie bassist Gary Valentine, the song was based on the telepathic connections that ...

" single, 1978 # "Scenery" (Valentine) - 3:08 #* Demo from ''Blondie'' sessions, 1976 # " Picture This" (Harry, Stein, Destri) - 2:55 #* From the album ''Parallel Lines'', 1978 # "Angels on the Balcony" (Laura Davis, Destri) - 3:37 #* From the album ''

Autoamerican ''Autoamerican'' is the fifth studio album by American rock band Blondie. It was released in November 1980 and reached in the UK charts, in the US, and in Australia. Background The album was a radical departure for the band, with the openin ...

'', 1980 # "Once I Had a Love" (Harry, Stein) - 3:11 #* The early version of " Heart of Glass", 1976. # "

I'm Gonna Love You Too "I'm Gonna Love You Too" is a song written by Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Norman Petty, originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1957 and released as a single in 1958. It was covered 20 years later by American new wave band Blondie and re ...

" ( Joe B. Mauldin,

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) - 2:08 #* From the album ''Parallel Lines'', 1978 # " Island of Lost Souls" (Stein, Harry) - 3:49 #* Original version appears on album '' The Hunter'', 1982 # " Call Me" (Spanish Version) ( Giorgio Moroder, Harry) - 3:31 #* From the 12" single "Call Me", 1980 # " Heart of Glass" (Disco Version) (Harry, Stein) - 5:48 #* Original version appears on the album ''Parallel Lines'', 1978 # "

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) - 3:30 #* From the soundtrack album "Roadie", 1980 # " Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (Live) (

Marc Bolan Marc Bolan ( ; born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan was posthumously inducted in ...

) - 5:22 #* Recorded live at

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on November 4, 1978. # "

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" (Live) (

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, Brian Eno) - 6:28 #* Recorded live at The

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on January 12, 1980. From the UK 12" single " Atomic", 1980 *Tracks 1, 9, 12, 18 were previously unreleased

Personnel

;Blondie *

Deborah Harry Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in ...

–

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

* Chris Stein –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

Clem Burke Clement Burke (born Clement Anthony Bozewski; November 24, 1954) is an American musician who is best known as the drummer for the band Blondie from 1975, shortly after the band formed, throughout the band's entire career. He also played drums f ...

– drums *

– keyboards *

–

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Frank Infante – guitar ;Additional musicians *

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

- guitar (track 19) ; Production * Bruce Harris - executive producer * Dan Loggins - compilation producer, audio mixer (track 12) * Larry Walsh - mastering, audio mixer (track 12) * Vincent M. Vero - project coordinator, discography research * Ira Robbins - liner notes * Henry Marquez - artwork/art direction * Susan Bibeau - artwork/design * Blondie - producers (tracks 17, 18) *

Mike Chapman Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian-American record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suz ...

- producer (tracks 1 to 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16) *

Richard Gottehrer Richard Gottehrer (born 1940) is an American songwriter, record producer and record label executive. In 1997, he co-founded the Orchard with longtime business partner Scott Cohen, an independent music distribution company. His career began as ...

- producer (tracks 6 to 9) * Giorgio Moroder - producer (track 15) * Chris Stein - producer (track 19) * Jimmy Destri - producer (track 19) * Paddy Maloney - producer (track 19) * The producer of track 12 is unknown

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blonde And Beyond Blondie (band) compilation albums 1993 compilation albums Chrysalis Records compilation albums