Blondie - Against the Odds: 1974-1982 - LP, CD Super Deluxe Box Set

Super Deluxe Collector's Edition — 10LP + 10" + 7" Box Set

The first-ever authorized, in-depth archive in Blondie's history — a rarity for a band almost 50 years into their career with 40 million records sold. Against the Odds: 1974–1982 gathers 124 songs (36 previously unreleased) remastered from the original analog tapes and cut at Abbey Road Studios. This Super Deluxe edition presents the band's first six studio albums for Chrysalis expanded with more than four dozen demos, alternate versions, and outtakes, housed in a foil-wrapped carton with a 120-page discography book and a 144-page hardback book.

Features

• 10LP + 10" + 7" box set (12 discs)
• 124 songs, including 36 previously unreleased
• Remastered from the original analog tapes and cut at Abbey Road Studios
• Includes 120-page discography book and 144-page hardback book in a foil-wrapped carton
• Label: Numero Group / UMC / Chrysalis

Track Listing

LP1 – Blondie (Side A):

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

LP1 – Blondie (Side B):

1. Man Overboard
2. Rip Her to Shreds
3. Rifle Range
4. Kung Fu Girls
5. The Attack of the Giant Ants

LP2 – Plastic Letters (Side C):

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

LP2 – Plastic Letters (Side D):

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

LP3 – Parallel Lines (Side E):

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

LP3 – Parallel Lines (Side F):

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

LP4 – Eat to the Beat (Side G):

1. Dreaming
2. The Hardest Part
3. Union City Blue
4. Shayla
5. Eat to the Beat

LP4 – Eat to the Beat (Side H):

1. Accidents Never Happen
2. Die Young Stay Pretty
3. Slow Motion
4. Atomic
5. Sound-A-Sleep
6. Victor
7. Living in the Real World

LP5 – Autoamerican (Side I):

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

LP5 – Autoamerican (Side J):

1. Do the Dark
2. Rapture
3. Faces
4. T-Birds
5. Walk Like Me
6. Follow Me

LP6 – The Hunter (Side K):

1. Orchid Club
2. Island of Lost Souls
3. Dragonfly
4. For Your Eyes Only
5. The Beast

LP6 – The Hunter (Side L):

1. War Child
2. Little Caesar
3. Danceaway
4. (Can I) Find the Right Words (To Say)
5. English Boys
6. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game

7":

1. Moonlight Drive
2. Mr. Sightseer

LP7 – Out in the Streets (Side O):

1. Out in the Streets (1974 Session)
2. The Disco Song (1974 Session)
3. Sexy Ida (1974 Session)

LP7 – Out in the Streets (Side P):

1. Platinum Blonde (Betrock Demo)
2. The Thin Line (Betrock Demo)
3. Puerto Rico (Betrock Demo)
4. Once I Had a Love (Betrock Demo)
5. Out in the Streets (Betrock Demo)

LP8 – Plaza Sound (Side Q):

1. X Offender (Intro)
2. X Offender (Private Stock Single Version)
3. In the Sun (Private Stock Single Version)
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 (Plaza Sound Outtake)

LP8 – Plaza Sound (Side R):

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. Poet's Problem

LP9 – Parallel Beats (Side S):

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) (Take 1)
4. Hanging on the Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)
5. Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)
6. Underground Girl

LP9 – Parallel Beats (Side T):

1. Call Me
2. Spaghetti Song (Atomic Pt. 2)
3. Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
4. Union City Blue (Instrumental)
5. Llámame

LP10 – Coca Cola (Side U):

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. The Tide Is High (Demo)
5. Suzy & Jeffrey

LP10 – Coca Cola (Side V):

1. Rapture (Disco Version)
2. Autoamerican Ad
3. Yuletide Throwdown

10" – Home Tapes (Side W):

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)

10" – Home Tapes (Side X):

1. War Child (Chris Stein Mix)
2. Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)
3. Heart of Glass (Chris Stein Mix)