4LP Blondie Box Set Featuring Outtakes & Rarities!
Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes!
Cut at Abbey Road Studios!
The First Band-Authorized Rarities Collection in Blondie's History!
2023 Grammy Award Nominee:
• Best Historical Album: Against The Odds: 1974-1982
TAS Rated 5/5 Music, 3.5/5 Sonics in the January 2023 Issue of The Absolute Sound!
From the first-ever authorized and in-depth archive in Blondie's history, this 4LP black vinyl set features the very best of the outtakes and rarities from the Super Deluxe Collectors Edition, remastered from the original analog tapes and cut at Abbey Road Studios. Included is a 112-page book featuring an exhaustive look at Blondie's international notoriety via picture sleeves and regional pressings.
What I particularly like about the Against the Odds collection is that it gives a previously unavailable opportunity to trace the evolution of Blondie's unique sound, which incorporated influences from early 60s music, pop, funk, and reggae to (later) rap, disco, and new wave, and the collection also follows the path of their songs from their rough home versions to polished best-selling products. Personally, I always enjoy observing work in progress, and my favorites in this set are all previously unreleased demo versions. These are ideas in statu nascendi, and one can connect with 'X Offender,' 'Mr. Sightseer,' 'Sunday Girl,' or 'Call Me' on a more personal level, before any of these became the best-selling hits... I highly recommend picking the Against the Odds set up and enjoying the journey 'in the flesh.'
Features
- 4LP Box Set
- 52 Tracks from the Classic Era, Spread Across 4 LPs, Including 36 Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks
- Remastered from the Original Analog Tapes
- Cut at Abbey Road Studios
- 112-Page Hardback Monograph: Liner Notes & Oral History by Erin Osmon, with Essays from Mike Chapman, Richard Gottehrer & Ken Shipley
- Extensive Collection of Rare & Previously Unpublished Photos, Tape Boxes & Other Miscellaneous Ephemera
- Foil-Wrapped Slipcase
- Made in Czech Republic
Selections
LP1 - Out in the Streets
Side A:
- Out in the Streets (1974)
- The Disco Song
- Sexy Ida
- Platinum Blonde
- The Thin Line
- Puerto Rico
- Out in the Streets (1975)
Side B:
- Nameless (Home Tape)
- Mr. Sightseer
- Sunday Girl (Home Tape)
- Theme from Topkapi (Home Tape)
- The Hardest Part (Home Tape)
- Ring of Fire (Home Tape)
LP2 - Plaza Sound
Side A:
- X Offender (Intro)
- X Offender (Private Stock Single)
- In the Sun (Private Stock Single)
- Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix)
- In the Flesh (Extended Intro)
- A Shark in Jets Clothing (Take 2)
- Kung Fu Girls (Take 8)
- Scenery
Side B:
- Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)
- Moonlight Drive
- Bermuda Triangle Blues - Flight 45 (Take 1)
- I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No (Take 1)
- I'm on E (Take 2)
- Detroit 442 (Take 2)
- Poets Problem
LP3 - Parallel Beats
Side A:
- Once I Had a Love (Mike Chapman Demo)
- Sunday Girl (French Version)
- I'll Never Break Away from This Heart of Mine (Pretty Baby)
- Hanging on the Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)
- Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)
- Underground Girl
Side B:
- Call Me
- Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2)
- Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
- Union City Blue (Instrumental)
- Llámame
LP4 - Coca-Cola
Side A:
- I Love You Honey, Give Me a Beer (Go Through It)
- Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
- Angels on the Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
- Tide Is High (Demo)
- Susie & Jeffrey
Side B:
- Rapture (Disco Version)
- Autoamerican Ad
- Yuletide Throwdown