#Against the Odds 1974 1982

[longliverockback]

Blondie Against the Odds 1974-1982 [Box Set] 2022 The Numero Group ————————————————— Tracks LP One: Blondie 01. X Offender 02. Little Girl Lies 03. In the Flesh 04. Look Good in Blue 05. In the Sun 06. A Shark in Jets Clothing 07. Man Overboard 08. Rip Her to Shreds 09. Rifle Range 10. Kung Fu Girls 11. Victor 12. The Attack of the Giant Ants

Tracks LP Two: Plastic Letters 01. Fan Mail 02. Denis 03. Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45) 04. Youth Nabbed as Sniper 05. Wishlist 06. (I’m Always Touched) by Your Presence Dear 07. I’m on E 08. I Didn’t Have the Nerve to Say No 09. Love at the Pier 10. No Imagination 11. Kidnapper 12. Detroit 442 13. Cautious Lip

Tracks LP Three: Parallel Lines 01. Hanging on the Telephone 02. One Way or Another 03. Picture Disc 04. Fade Away and Radiate 05. Pretty Baby 06. I Know but I Don’t Know 07. 11:59 08. Will Anything Happen? 09. Sunday Girl 10. Heart of Glass 11. I’m Gonna Love You Too 12. Just Go Away

Tracks LP Four: Eat to the Beat 01. Dreaming 02. The Hardest Part 03. Union City Blue 04. Shayla 05. Eat to the Beat 06. Accidents Never Happen 07. Die Young Stay Pretty 08. Slow Motion 09. Atomic 10. Sound-a-Sleep 11. Victor 12. Living in the Real World

Tracks LP Five: Autoamerican 01. Europa 02. Live It Up 03. Here’s Looking at You 04. The Tide Is High 05. Angels on the Balcony 06. Go through It 07. Do the Dark 08. Rapture 09. Faces 10. T-Birds 11. Walk Like Me 12. Follow Me

Tracks LP Six: The Hunter 01. Orchid Club 02. Island of Lost Souls 03. Dragonfly 04. For Your Eyes Only 05. The Beast 06. War Child 07. Little Caesar 08. Danceway 09. (Can I) Find the Right Words (to Say) 10. English Boys 11. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game

Tracks LP Seven: Out-takes & Rarities (‘Plaza Sound’) 01. X Offender [intro] 02. X Offender [Private Stock single] 03. In the Sun [Private Stock single] 04. Little Girl Lies (Private Stock mix) 05. In the Flesh [extended intro] 06. A Shark in Jets Clothing [take 2] 07. Kung Fu Girls [take 8] 08. Scenery 09. Denis (Terry Ellis mix) 09. Bermuda Triangle Blues – Flight 45 [take 1] 10. I Didn’t Have the Nerve to Say No [take 1] 11. I’m on E [take 2] 12. Kidnapper [take 2] 13. Detroit 442 [take 2] 14. Poets Problem

Tracks LP Eight: Out-takes & Rarities (‘Plaza Sound’) [continued] 01. Once I Had a Love [Mike Chapman demo] 02. Sunday Girl [French version] 03. I’ll Never Break Away from This Heart of Mine (Pretty Baby) 04. Hanging on the Telephone [Mike Chapman demo] 05. Will Anything Happen [instrumental] 06. Underground Girl 07. Call Me 08. Spaghetti Song (Atomic, part 2) 09. Die Young Stay Pretty [take 1] 10. Union City Blue [instrumental] 11. Llámame

Tracks LP Nine: Out-takes & Rarities (‘Coca Cola’) 01. I Love You Honey, Give Me a Beer (Go through It) 02. Live It Up [Giorgio Moroder demo] 03. Angels on the Balcony [Giorgio Moroder demo] 04. Tide Is High [demo] 05. Susie & Jeffrey 06. Rapture [disco version] 07. Autoamerican ad 08. Yuletide Throwdown

Tracks LP Ten: Out-takes & Rarities (‘Home Tapes’) 01. Nameless 02. Sunday Girl 03. Theme from Topkapi 04. The Hardest Part 05. Ring of Fire 06. War Child [Chris Stein mix] 07. Call Me [Chris Stein mix] 08. Heart of Glass [Chris Stein mix]

Tracks 7” Single: 01. Moonlight Drive 02. Mr. Sightseer

Tracks 10” Single: 01. Out in the Streets [1974] 02. The Disco Song 03. Sexy Ida 04. Platinum Blonde 05. The Thin Line 06. Puerto Rico 07. Once I Had a Love [1975] 08. Out in the Streets [1975] —————————————————

Clem Burke

Jimmy Destri

Nigel Harrison

Deborah Harry

Frank Infante

Chris Stein

* Long Live Rock Archive

#Blondie #Blondie Band #Clem Burke #Jimmy Destri #Nigel Harrison #Deborah Harry #Frank Infante #Chris Stein #Against the Odds 1974 1982 #Compilation #Box Set #New Wave #2022

[sinceileftyoublog]

Blondie Box Set Review: Against The Odds: 1974-1982

(UMe/Numero Group)

BY JORDAN MAINZER

At one point on Against The Odds: 1974-1982, the new Blondie compilation endorsed by the band itself, New York’s coolest cover a song by an L.A. band considered, in some circles, extremely uncool. It’s funny to hear the janky piano line from The Doors’ “Moonlight Drive” coming from a band containing the likes of Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, and Clem Burke, but considering the ramshackle nature of much of the new box set, it’s more fitting than you might initially think. (Okay, minus lacking Jim Morrison levels of pomposity.) Apart from remasters of Blondie’s first six studio albums, Against The Odds contains 52 session outtakes, demos, and B-sides, the majority of which were previously unreleased, and they show Blondie’s wide array of influences and their journey as a band. The set is essential listening for not just those unfamiliar with Blondie, but those who are familiar and have made their minds up based solely on the hits.

Against The Odds lays itself bare from the get-go. That is, if most box sets end with the greenest of demos catered to completist collectors after presenting the goodies, Against The Odds presents the projects in progress first, as is, necessary to understanding Blondie. It begins with a song that’s not even Blondie’s, a cover of the Shangri-Las’ “Out In The Streets” not released until 1994 on The Platinum Collection, with tremolo guitars from Stein, wiry bass from then-member Gary Valentine, and punky drum fills from Burke. "Out In The Streets” sets the stage for a bevy of shambling songs inspired by girl groups, doo wop, and surf rock, 50′s and 60′s music that on paper is the farthest cry from the sleek, synth-heavy new wave band that fills oldies radio stations today. Limber percussion drives “X-Offender” and “In The Sun”--Harry even shouts, “Surf’s up!” at the beginning of the latter--while handclaps and warbling keyboards buoy the swaying “Little Girl Lies” and “In The Flesh”. Richard Gottehrer, who spent the 60′s co-writing hits like The Angels’ “My Boyfriend’s Back”, produced Blondie’s 1976 self-titled debut and acted as a link between the eras of music, perhaps disparate in instrumentation but connected in lovelorn melancholy.

Against The Odds’ boldest moves center around Blondie’s best-known and most beloved song. “Heart of Glass” is a masterclass of disco, the perfect mix of live drums and drum machine, funky guitars and synths, and shimmery vocals from Harry. The incomplete versions presented here are notably inferior. “The Disco Song”, whose repeated verse is, “Once I had a love and it was a gas / Soon turned out to be a pain in the ass” almost seems like a joke, even with Harry’s incredible vocal control in her wailing. The band’s performance on Alan Betrock’s demo of “Once I Had A Love” is as sterile and jangly as the eventual version is smooth and sexy. Stein’s mix presented later on the album features the song’s recognizable panning percussion that worms its way into your ears from the get-go and echoing guitar plucks up and down the scale, but the isolation of those aspects knowing the final product is frustratingly toying to listen to. By the time the box set gets to the demos for eventual Parallel Lines producer Mike Chapman, the song is closer to the current version, and hearing the craft along the way only makes you appreciate anew a song you’ve heard a million times.

That those in the new wave scene of the 70′s accused Blondie of “selling out” by making a pure disco song in “Heart of Glass” is obviously utterly ridiculous to modern ears. Against The Odds shows a band that was unafraid, in the face of their peers’ purity, to incorporate elements of LGBTQ and Black music in their sound. They were known to cover “Lady Marmalade” and Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” at their shows, and “Spaghetti Song” is a propulsive, Summer-esque jam (basically “Atomic”) that graces the Eat to the Beat outtakes on here. Early on, the band burned through a funk-punk version of Ike & Tina Turner’s “Sexy Ida”. Later, they’d embrace reggae and rap, as evidenced by (an admittedly messy version of) “Die Young Stay Pretty” and their cover of The Paragons’ “The Tide Is High”, one of their biggest hits. The demo of the latter on Against The Odds is stunning, leaning heavier into reggae-inspired percussion than the eventual version and featuring lush strings from Walter Steding. 

And then there’s “Rapture”, purportedly the first number one single in the US to feature rapped vocals. Harry would be the first to tell you that said rapped vocals would have been better from the referenced Brooklyn MC Fab 5 Freddy (Fred Braithwaite) than from herself, but the song is nonetheless a high point in Blondie’s oeuvre, an inspired marriage of funk, new wave, disco, and rap. The disco version of “Rapture” included on Against The Odds sports tremendous cowbell and saxophone in the coda, while the original version “Yuletide Throwdown”, with vocals from Harry and Braithwaite added on later, eventually turns into a simmering krautrock jam with rippling synthesizers. That these two versions end so differently and both succeed speaks to the compositional and instrumental prowess of a band that only a few years prior was quite raw.

Ultimately, whether their bassy demos with Giorgio Moroder (“Live It Up”, “Angels On The Balcony”), soaring tunes for film soundtracks (“Call Me”, “Union City Blue”), or motorik home tape recordings (“War Child”, a “Ring of Fire” cover), at the center of all of Blondie’s collaborations and deep dives is a try anything spirit, a sort of punk exploration. We should be so lucky that their inquiring minds were documented. We should be even luckier they chose to reveal their work step by step.

#album review #blondie #ume #against the odds: 1974-1982 #numero group #universal music enterprises #universal music group #the doors #debbie harry #chris stein #clem burke #jim morrison #against the odds #shangri-las #the platinum collection #the shangri-las #gary valentine #richard gottehrer #the angels #alan betrock #parallel lines #mike chapman #donna summer #eat to the beat #ike & tina turner #ike turner #tina turner #the paragons #walter steding #fab 5 freddy

[jungleindierock]

Blondie - Mr Sightseer

Blondie have shared a 1978 home recording of the previously unreleased song Mr Sightseer, which has been remastered by Michael Graves for the upcoming box set entitled Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982, which is released on August 26 via UMC and The Numero Group.

#Blondie #USA #pop punk #new wave #indie music #indie rock #indie #music #new music #2022 #debbie harry #Rebjukebox #Jungle Indie Rock #JIR

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David Gale Lost Media List (last update: 06/10/2023)

Lost permanently:

1. Encounter (1965)  This was Robert De Niro's film debut, and  various documents credit David Gale as appearing in the film as well. There was only one negative, and it was thrown away.

At least 95% lost:

1. Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1967-1973) We don't know what role David played on this soap, but it was definitely a minor one. The show fell victim to the practice of “wiping” and “junking”, which is when studios erase/reuse film reels to save money and storage space, but the episodes on the reels obviously die in the process. Since this aired before household recording equipment became available (~1979), home recordings do not exist.

2.  The Secret Storm (1973-1974) David appeared as popular/controversial character Father Mark Reddin. Also victim to wiping/junking.

3. The Edge of Night (1976-1977) David appeared as the despicable gangster Beau Richardson. Also victim to wiping/junking.

4. The Canonization of Bishop John Neumann (1976) This biographical drama was made for CBS News's “Religious and Cultural Specials” block and only aired twice, originally in 1976 and again in June 1977. 

5. Divorce Court (1984 or 1985) It's not known which episode he was in, but he played a man named Stewart in either 1984 or 1985.

6. The Silence (1975) Not sure which character David played in this, but records say he was in it.

Slightly Better Odds:

1. A Weekend with Strangers / Weekend Swingers (USA 1971, UK 1974) This was an X rated film with multiple documented showings into the 1980′s, and it even got an additional release overseas. Strangely, it was even used in an experiment at a zoo..! This film definitely got around, and has Jennifer Welles in the billing to boot. But it's still extremely rare, and given that it's X-rated, copies were/are frequently thrown away. UPDATE: CJ Scheiner Books has a copy but is unable to locate it. A copy was believed to have been a part of the Institute of Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS) before it closed in 2018.

2. Search for Tomorrow (1982) David appeared as Rusty and Alex on the show throughout 1982 and 1983. A majority of Rusty's appearances have been found and can be accessed on YouTube, but a few are still missing, and the entirety of his appearances as the character Alex from the summer of 1982 are still lost due to P&G supposedly getting rid of all of their episodes of Search . Before he was a regular character, David appeared on Search for a week in 1977 as “Captain Porter” investigating the death of Wade Collins sometime between August and October.  

Copies are known to exist in institutional and household collections:

1. NET presentations (pre 1973) Vague entry, but David had roles in NET presentations, but which ones are not known. There is a large digital collection of NET productions (National Educational Television, which in 1973 was absorbed by PBS) in the Library of Congress and other archives. 

2. The Jackie Gleason Show (pre 1973) Another vague entry. David was on the show, but which episode(s) are not known. There is also no way to buy or stream the entirety of the show, only select episodes are on the market.

2. The American Parade (The Case Against Milligan) (1975) An episode of a historical drama series that ran on television, and was often distributed to schools on 8mm (?) film. 

3. The Molders of Troy (1980) VHS tapes and reels exist in many collections, but are still rare. I have only ever come across two VHS copies of it, but don't own a copy myself and have yet to digitize any footage .

4. Berrengers (1985) He was on at least one episode as a side character named Rick Carol. The whole series minus one episode (so 12 episodes) exist in some private collections. I've seen the first ten episodes, so he must have shown up in either 11, 12, or the unaired 13th episode.

5. Loving (1986-1987) David was on this soap opera for at least a few months as a character named “Bishop McMahon”. I have come across people who own these episodes via home-recorded VHS tapes, but I do not have any footage or own a copy myself.

[kannibalkrunch]

@blondie appearing on @fallontonight Friday night promoting the box set of her band's first batch of albums "Against the Odds: 1974-1982" #blondie #debbieharry #jimmyfallon #tonightshow #againsttheodds #numerogroup https://www.instagram.com/p/CjKHKSKOk5S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#blondie #debbieharry #jimmyfallon #tonightshow #againsttheodds #numerogroup

[lastchancevillagegreen]

Monday, 6 November 2023:

Against The Odds 1974-1982 Blondie (UMC/ Numero Group/ Chrysalis) (released in 26 August 2022)

I've been after this box for quite some time now but it never felt urgent. Don't get me wrong, I really like Blondie a lot. The first (and only) Blondie album I ever bought was in college: Parallel Lines. It's a great album full of an endless array of pop jewels, but I never bought another Blondie album because I was always kind of embarrassed by how much I liked them. They were ubiquitous on the radio in the 70s and 80s so it always felt like, why buy them when you can just click on the radio and hear them. Now that I'm 100, I know longer care who thinks my taste in music is bad, embarrassing or otherwise. I'm secretly so excited for this box I could easily start playing it this month. But I shall behave properly and start Blondie's catalog come January 2024.

I thought this set was a regular sized CD box so when I huge box arrived from the discogs dealer who sold this for $50, the only flaw? that wrap around paper is creased. And the box is seriously heavy as well. Above you see the front of the box and the back of the box with that wrap around in it's proper place. You can check out the box, front and back sans wrap around, below.

Here are two shots of the wrap around only. The first photo shows the outside of the wrap around and the second shows the inside of the wrap around.

The box includes an album sized book which is why this package is so heavy. The book is a hardback and it contains 128 pages. You can see the front and the back of the book below. I had to take the photos at a tilt so as not to show up in the very reflective cover!

Open up the book and the first thing you will find is the CDs housed in wallet cards inside the cover. Check it out below. That first CD is a bonus CD containing eight tracks of early songs and it has a running time of 23 minutes!

The next photo shows the other side of the book containing the other four CDs. The final CD is titled Home Tapes and contains nine songs with a running time of 34 minutes.

The next four photos will show you random pages of the book. (Maybe not so random, but the point being, this is how each album is represented.)

Below you will see the album covers of the first four CDs.

Next are the backs of those same four CDs.

And here is a shot containing all for the CDs.

Moving to the next four CDs, you will see the covers of those next four CDs.

Here are the backs of those four CD wallet cards.

The final photo shows you the CDs outside of their respective wallet cards.

[nojarama]

Happy 1st anniversary Blondie’s box set collection, ‘Against The Odds: 1974-1982’. Released this week in 2022. #blondie #againsttheodds

[musicwithoutborders]

Blondie, The Disco Song (1974 Session) I Against The Odds. 1974 - 1982, 2023

#Blondie #voice

[ljaesch]

Set Review: Blondie - "Against The Odds 1974-1982"

Set Review: Blondie – “Against The Odds 1974-1982”

In 2022, Blondie released an eight-disc CD box set titled, Against The Odds 1974-1982. The set also comes with a 125-page hardcover booklet, which includes photos, stories about what was happening to the band during this period of time, stories about each of the albums, talking about the various songs included in this set, a singles discography for each album, and three essays written by…

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[howlingmoonradio]

December 8th Playlist

We’re featuring a couple bands on tonight’s episode, Side A includes several live tracks from Dr. Feelgood, whose guitarist Wilko Johnson recently succumbed to the cancer that threatened to take him years earlier. I learned of Wilko and Dr. Feelgood through my fandom of the mighty Reducers, who were heavily influenced by the pub rock sounds of that era. On Side B, we explore several tracks from the recently issued Blondie box set “Against All Odds 1974-1982″ which I picked up on vinyl, and which includes a gorgeous hardcover book full of great photos and info on the band. We also snuck in a little mambo set to close out Side A, just because we can...

Side A Howling at the Moon-Hank Williams I’m Talking about You-Dr. Feelgood All Through the City-Dr. Feelgood She Does it Right-Dr. Feelgood Back in the Night-Dr. Feelgood Back to Get Ya-J. Geils Band Pa Los Rumberos-Tito Puente Mambo of the Time-Joe Cuba Sextette Caramelos-Celia Cruz

Side B

Out in the Streets-Blondie Sunday Girl (French Version)-Blondie Platinum Blonde-Blondie Moonlight Drive-Blondie Will it Happen (Instrumental)-Blondie Sharks in Jets Clothing-Blondie Give Me a Beer-Blondie Ring of Fire-Blondie Once I Had a Love-Blondie

#wilko johnson #blondie #mambo #howlingmoonradio playlists

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[myearspleasure]

SAMEDI 1ER OCTOBRE 2022

FACES - LONDON ‘71

BLONDIE - AGAINST THE ODDS 1974 - 1982

XAVIER RUDD - JAN JUC MOON

#music #record collection #vinylrecords #faces #blondie #xavier rudd

[noloveforned]

normally with the start of a new semester i'd be starting a new theme but there are so many great sibling bands that i think we'll keep rolling with it for a few more weeks so tune into wlur tonight at 8pm to see what family we visit next! in the meantime you can catch up with last week's show below... or just stick around after tonight's show to hear the rebroadcast at 10pm!

no love for ned on wlur – september 16th, 2022 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label sparks // this town ain't big enough for the both of us // kimono my house // island daniel romano's outfit // genuine light // la luna // you've changed blondie // out in the streets (betrock demo) // against the odds, 1974-1982 // numero group loobs // box elder // word to the wise // poison city deerhoof // my lovely cat! // my lovely cat! 7" // joyful noise clamm // bit much // care // chapter music zig zag // i care about you // i care about you digital single // psychic hysteria shantih shantih // cheers bye // winter in september // wild honey the woolen men // why do parties have to end? // why do parties have to end? digital single // eggy david nance // stone dead forever // if you're hungry, you get fed cassette // western the paranoid style featuring patterson hood // i'd bet my land and titles // for executive meeting // bar/none lou reed // perfect day // i'm so free- the 1971 rca demos // legacy spirit fest // anohito // live at import export cassette // moone claire rousay // soft as i can // wouldn't have to hurt you cassette // mended dreams mac mccaughan // dawn bends (piano) // the sound of yourself (acoustic versions) // merge booker little and his quintet featuring max roach // strength and sanity // out front // candid charles rumback // three ruminations // seven bridges // astral spirits peter brötzmann and keiji haino // a landscape never glipsed before is on the verge of manifestation (excerpt) // the intellect given birth to here (eternity) is too young // black editions brodie west quintet // inhabit i // meadow of dreams // ansible editions defunkt // strangling me with your love // defunkt // hannibal domi louna and jd beck featuring anderson .paak // take a chance // not tight // blue note sudan archives // loyal (edd) // natural brown prom queen // stones throw jid featuring yasiin bey // stars // the forever story // dreamville morris day // love sign // color of success // warner bros. alex van pelt // snowfalls in july // global crush // kidderminster young guv featuring bobbie lovesong // she sparkles everywhere // guv iii and iv // run for cover let's whisper // the thing that defines you // the in-between times // fika jeanines // after all // latest light 7" // market square the boys with the perpetual nervousness featuring mary lou lord // isolation // the third wave of... // bobo integral quivers // i just wanted to see you so bad // if only 7" // ba da bing!

#wlur #radio shows

[americanahighways]

Music Review: ‘Against the Odds 1974–1982’ Delivers a Massive Dose of Blondie

Music Review: ‘Against the Odds 1974–1982’ Delivers a Massive Dose of Blondie @BlondieOfficial #newmusic2022 @ByJeffBurger #buymusic

There must be people who literally died while waiting for the release of Blondie’s Against the Odds 1974–1982 box set. It took the group until 2018—more than three decades after the end of its peak period—to announce that the collection would be issued the following year as The Complete Studio Recordings 1975–1982. That box never showed up and neither did an explanation, though August 2020…

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[garudabluffs]

Against the odds: How Blondie shattered the conventions of punk and pop                                                    August 25, 2022

“Now, as the band works on its next studio album, it's also dropping Against The Odds: 1974-1982, a massive archival box set including unreleased music, ephemera and track-by-track commentary.”

5-Minute Listen READ MORE https://www.npr.org/2022/08/25/1117468260/against-the-odds-how-blondie-shattered-the-conventions-of-punk-and-pop

#music video X Offender Blondie