Blonde and Beyond explained

Blonde and Beyond
Type:	Compilation album
Artist:	Blondie
Cover:	Blondie - Blonde and Beyond.png
Released:	November 16, 1993
Recorded:	Compilation
Genre:	New wave
Length:	70:02
Label:	EMI/Chrysalis
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	The Platinum Collection
Next Year:	1994

Blonde and Beyond is a compilation album of recordings by Blondie released on Chrysalis Records in 1993.^[1]

As of August 9, 2005 it has sold 43,000 copies in United States.^[2]

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 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" (Neil 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 is unknown

Notes and References

1. Web site: BLONDE AND BEYOND [best of]]. https://archive.today/20140217185642/http://www.deborah-harry.com/discography/beyond.php. dead. 2014-02-17. deborah-harry.com. 2014-02-17.
2. Web site: Ask Billboard. Billboard . Keith. Caulfield. 9 August 2005 . 21 April 2018.