Blonde and Beyond

Blonde and Beyond
Compilation album by Blondie
Released	November 16, 1993
Recorded	Compilation
Genre	New wave
Length	70:02
Label	EMI/Chrysalis
Blondie chronology
The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie (1991) Blonde and Beyond (1993) The Platinum Collection (1994)

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Blonde and Beyond is a compilation album of recordings by Blondie released on Chrysalis Records in 1993.^[2]

Overview

Blonde and Beyond is a unique 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 EMI compilations.

Track listing

1. "Underground Girl" (Frank Infante) - 3:54
   • Demo from Parallel Lines sessions, 1978
2. "English Boys" (Debbie Harry, Chris Stein) - 3:48
   • From the album The Hunter, 1982
3. "Sunday Girl" (French Version) (Stein) - 3:02
   • From the UK 12" single "Sunday Girl", 1978
4. "Susie And Jeffrey" (Harry, Nigel Harrison) - 4:08
   • B-side of "The Tide Is High" single, 1980
5. "Shayla" (Stein) - 3:56
   • From the album Eat to the Beat, 1979
6. "Denis" (Niel Levenson) - 2:17
   • From the album Plastic Letters, 1978
7. "X Offender" (Harry, Gary Valentine) - 3:11
   • From the album Blondie, 1977
8. "Poets Problem" (Jimmy Destri) - 2:19
   • B-side to "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear" single, 1978
9. "Scenery" (Valentine) - 3:08
   • Demo from Blondie sessions, 1976
10. "Picture This" (Harry, Stein, Destri) - 2:55
    • From the album Parallel Lines, 1978
11. "Angels on the Balcony" (Laura Davis, Destri) - 3:37
    • From the album Autoamerican, 1980
12. "Once I Had a Love" (Harry, Stein) - 3:11
    • The early version of "Heart of Glass", 1976.
13. "I'm Gonna Love You Too" (Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty) - 2:08
    • From the album Parallel Lines, 1978
14. "Island of Lost Souls" (Stein, Harry) - 3:49
    • Original version appears on album The Hunter, 1982
15. "Call Me" (Spanish Version) (Giorgio Moroder, Harry) - 3:31
    • From the 12" single "Call Me", 1980
16. "Heart of Glass" (Disco Version) (Harry, Stein) - 5:48
    • Original version appears on the album Parallel Lines, 1978
17. "Ring of Fire" (Live) (June Carter, Merle Kilgore) - 3:30
    • From the soundtrack album "Roadie", 1980
18. "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (Live) (Marc Bolan) - 5:22
    • Recorded live at The Paradise Club, Boston on November 4, 1978.
19. "Heroes" (Live) (David Bowie, Brian Eno) - 6:28
    • Recorded live at The Hammersmith Odeon on January 12, 1980. From the UK 12" single "Atomic", 1980

• Tracks 1, 9, 12, 18 were previously unreleased

Personnel

Blondie

• Deborah Harry – vocals
• Chris Stein – guitar
• Clem Burke – drums
• Jimmy Destri – keyboards
• Nigel Harrison – bass guitar
• Frank Infante – guitar

Additional musicians

• Robert Fripp - 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 - producer (tracks 1 to 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16)
• Richard Gottehrer - 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 in unknown

References

Blondie
Debbie Harry Chris Stein Clem Burke Leigh Foxx Matt Katz-Bohen Tommy Kessler Fred Smith Billy O'Connor Gary Valentine Frank Infante Nigel Harrison Kevin Patrick Jimmy Destri Paul Carbonara
Studio albums	Blondie Plastic Letters Parallel Lines Eat to the Beat Autoamerican The Hunter No Exit The Curse of Blondie Panic of Girls Ghosts of Download
Compilations	The Best of Blondie The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie Blonde and Beyond The Platinum Collection Denis Picture This – The Essential Blondie Collection Atomic: The Very Best of Blondie Greatest Hits Greatest Hits: Sight + Sound Greatest Hits Deluxe Redux
Live albums	Picture This Live Live Live by Request
Remix albums	Once More into the Bleach Beautiful: The Remix Album Remixed Remade Remodeled: The Remix Project
Singles	Blondie "X Offender" "In the Flesh" "Rip Her to Shreds" Plastic Letters "Denis" "(I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear" Parallel Lines "Picture This" "I'm Gonna Love You Too" "Hanging on the Telephone" "Heart of Glass" "Sunday Girl" "One Way or Another" Eat to the Beat "Dreaming" "Union City Blue" "The Hardest Part" "Atomic" American Gigolo soundtrack "Call Me" Autoamerican "The Tide Is High" "Rapture" The Hunter "Island of Lost Souls" "War Child" No Exit "Maria" "Nothing Is Real but the Girl" "No Exit" The Curse of Blondie "Good Boys" Panic of Girls "Mother" "What I Heard" Ghosts of Download "A Rose by Any Name" "Sugar on the Side" "I Want to Drag You Around" "Make a Way" "Rave" "Relax"
Videos	Eat to the Beat The Best of Blondie The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie Live Greatest Video Hits Live by Request
Tours	"Tracks Across America Tour 1982" "No Exit Tour 1998-1999" "Camp Funtime Tour 2002" "Road Rage Tour 2006" "Parallel Lines 30th Anniversary Tour 2008" "Call Me Invincible Tour (With Pat Benatar) 2009" "Panic of Girls Tour 2011" "Blast Off Tour 2013" "No Principals Tour 2013"
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