Blonde and Beyond


Blonde and Beyond is a compilation album of recordings by Blondie released on Chrysalis Records in 1993.
As of August 9, 2005 it has sold 43,000 copies in United States.

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 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" - 3:54
  2. * Demo from Parallel Lines sessions, 1978
  3. "English Boys" - 3:48
  4. * From the album The Hunter, 1982
  5. "Sunday Girl" - 3:02
  6. * From the UK 12" single "Sunday Girl", 1978
  7. "Susie And Jeffrey" - 4:08
  8. * B-side of "The Tide Is High" single, 1980
  9. "Shayla" - 3:56
  10. * From the album Eat to the Beat, 1979
  11. "Denis" - 2:17
  12. * From the album Plastic Letters, 1978
  13. "X Offender" - 3:11
  14. * From the album Blondie, 1977
  15. "Poets Problem" - 2:19
  16. * B-side to "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear" single, 1978
  17. "Scenery" - 3:08
  18. * Demo from Blondie sessions, 1976
  19. "Picture This" - 2:55
  20. * From the album Parallel Lines, 1978
  21. "Angels on the Balcony" - 3:37
  22. * From the album Autoamerican, 1980
  23. "Once I Had a Love" - 3:11
  24. * The early version of "Heart of Glass", 1976.
  25. "I'm Gonna Love You Too" - 2:08
  26. * From the album Parallel Lines, 1978
  27. "Island of Lost Souls" - 3:49
  28. * Original version appears on album The Hunter, 1982
  29. "Call Me" - 3:31
  30. * From the 12" single "Call Me", 1980
  31. "Heart of Glass" - 5:48
  32. * Original version appears on the album Parallel Lines, 1978
  33. "Ring of Fire" - 3:30
  34. * From the soundtrack album "Roadie", 1980
  35. "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" - 5:22
  36. * Recorded live at The Paradise Club, Boston on November 4, 1978.
  37. "Heroes" - 6:28
  38. * 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
;Additional musicians
; Production