A distanza di un lustro dall’ultima prova discografica, Pollinator, si rifanno vivi i Blondie con un boxset celebrativo. Si tratta Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982, cofanetto in uscita il 26 agosto via Numero Group.
Disponibile in quattro edizioni, super deluxe collectors’ edition, deluxe 4LP, deluxe 8CD e 3CD – il boxset racchiude 124 canzoni di cui 36 mai pubblicate prima. Molte delle tracce inedite si trovavano nella casa di campagna giusto fuori Woodstock del chitarrista Chris Stein e lì son rimaste per circa 20 anni, leggiamo nella nota.
Gli LP compresi nel cofanetto vanno dal 1976 al 1982 e sono Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat to the Beat, Autoamerican e The Hunter. I restanti album sono interamente dedicati a demo e rarità, mentre altri 10″ contenuti nella super deluxe comprendono outtake e un 7″ con la cover dei Doors Moonlight Drive e con retro Mr Sightseer.
Mi piace pensare a questo progetto come a uno sguardo privilegiato sul nostro processo compositivo, su come le canzoni siano partite da un’idea e su come questa abbia trovato realizzazione compiuta dopo una serie di passaggi intermedi.
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Proprio la sopracitata cover di Jim Morrison e Co. è il brano presentato in queste ore per promuovere la pubblicazione. Si tratta di una versione appunto “ritrovata”. Di seguito lo streaming e il dettaglio sul boxset.
Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982
Gli album
Blondie
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
1. Man Overboard
2. Rip Her To Shreds
3. Rifle Range
4. Kung Fu Girl
5. The Attack Of The Giant Ants
Plastic Letters
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
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
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
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
1. Dreaming
2. The Hardest Part
3. Union City Blue
4. Shayla
5. Eat To The Beat
6. Accidents Never Happen
1. Die Young Stay Pretty
2. Slow Motion
3. Atomic
4. Sound-A-Sleep
5. Victor
6. Living In The Real World
Autoamerican
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
1. Do The Dark
2. Rapture
3. Faces
4. T-Birds
5. Walk Like Me
6. Follow Me
The Hunter
1. Orchid Club
2. Island Of Lost Souls
3. Dragonfly
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. The Beast
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
2. Mr. Sightseer
10″ LP Out-takes & rarities (‘Out In The Streets’)
Side A (1974 Session)
1. Out In The Streets (1974)
2. The Disco Song
3. Sexy Ida
Side B (Betrock Demo)
1. Platinum Blonde
2. The Thin Line
3. Puerto Rico
4. Once I Had A Love (1975)
5. Out In The Streets (1975)
LP 1 Out-takes & rarities (‘Plaza Sound’)
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
1. Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)
2. Bermuda Triangle Blues – Flight 45 (Take 1)
3. I Didn’t Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1)
4. I’m On E (Take 2)
5. Kidnapper (Take 2)
6. Detroit 442 (Take 2)
7. Poets Problem
LP 2 Out-takes & rarities (‘Parallel Beats’)
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
1. Call Me
2. Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2)
3. Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
4. Union City Blue (Instrumental)
5. Llámame
LP 3 Out-takes & rarities (‘Coca Cola’)
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
1. Rapture (Disco Version)
2. Autoamerican Ad
3. Yuletide Throwdown
LP 4 Out-takes & rarities (‘Home Tapes’)
1. Nameless (Home Tape)
2. Sunday Girl (Home Tape)
3. Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape)
4. The Hardest Part (Home Tape)
5. Ring of Fire (Home Tape)
1. War Child (Chris Stein Mix)
2. Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)
