Blonde and Beyond is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 of recordings by Blondie

Blondie (band)

Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...

 released on Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

 in 1993. Blonde and Beyond gathers some of the band's hit singles like "Heart of Glass

Heart of Glass (song)

"Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...

", "Denis", "X-Offender

X-Offender

"X Offender" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie. Written by Gary Valentine and Debbie Harry for the band's self-titled debut album, Blondie, the song was released as the album's lead single on Private Stock in June 1976.-Song information:...

", "Picture This

Picture This (song)

"Picture This" is track number 3 from the 1978 album Parallel Lines by Blondie, the first collaboration with producer Mike Chapman, and was also the fourth single release from Chrysalis Records...

" and "Island Of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls (song)

"Island Of Lost Souls" is a song recorded by Blondie in 1981 and released as a single in April 1982. It was the first single released from their sixth studio album, The Hunter.-Song information:...

" along with album tracks and a few rarities like single B-sides "Susie And Jeffrey" and "Poets Problem", live recordings of David Bowie

David Bowie

David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

's "Heroes", T.Rex "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" and Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

John R. "Johnny" Cash was an American singer-songwriter, actor, and author, who has been called one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century...

's "Ring of Fire" and the previously unreleased demos "Underground Girl", "Scenery" and "Once I Had A Love".
Most of the rarities included on Blonde and Beyond have since been recycled as bonus tracks on re-issues of the band's studio albums or other EMI

EMI

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 compilations.

Track listing

1. "Underground Girl" (Infante) - 3:54
   • Demo from Parallel Lines
     Parallel Lines
     Parallel Lines is the third studio album by American New Wave band Blondie, released in 1978 by Chrysalis Records. Their most popular and best-selling effort, Parallel Lines was the first Blondie album to be produced by Mike Chapman. The album reached number one in the United Kingdom in February 1979...
     
     sessions, 1978.
2. "English Boys" (Harry, Stein) - 3:48
   • From album The Hunter.
3. "Sunday Girl
   Sunday Girl
   "Sunday Girl" was a UK number-one single by Blondie for three weeks in May 1979. It was Blondie's second UK number-one single after "Heart of Glass"; it was, however, never released as a single in the US.-Song information:...
   
   " (French Version) (Stein) - 3:02
   • From the UK 12" single "Sunday Girl".
4. "Susie and Jeffrey" (Harrison, Harry) - 4:08
   • From cassette edition of album Autoamerican
     Autoamerican
     Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie. It was released in November 1980 and reached #3 in the UK charts, #8 in Australia and #7 in the US....
     
     and 7" "The Tide Is High
     The Tide Is High
     "The Tide Is High" is a 1967 song written by John Holt and originally performed by The Paragons with John Holt as lead singer. The song went mainly unnoticed in the rest of the world until it was rediscovered in 1980 when it became a US/UK number 1 hit for the band Blondie...
     
     ".
5. "Shayla" (Stein) - 3:56
   • From album Eat to the Beat
     Eat to the Beat
     Eat to the Beat is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Blondie. It reached no.1 on the UK album charts in October 1979, no.9 in Australia and no.17 in the US.-History:...
     
     .
6. "Denis" (Levenson) - 2:17
   • From album Plastic Letters
     Plastic Letters
     Plastic Letters is the second studio album by American New Wave band Blondie, released in February 1978 on Chrysalis Records. It was the second and final Blondie album to be produced by Richard Gottehrer...
     
     .
7. "X-Offender
   X-Offender
   "X Offender" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie. Written by Gary Valentine and Debbie Harry for the band's self-titled debut album, Blondie, the song was released as the album's lead single on Private Stock in June 1976.-Song information:...
   
   " (Harry, Valentine) - 3:11
   • From album Blondie
     Blondie (album)
     Blondie is the eponymous debut album by American New Wave band Blondie, released in 1976 on Private Stock Records. The first single "X Offender" was originally entitled "Sex Offender" but since radio stations would not play a song with such a controversial title, the band renamed the song...
     
     .
8. "Poets Problem" (Destri) - 2:19
   • From 7" "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
     (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear
     " Presence, Dear" is a song from the 1977 album Plastic Letters by Blondie, and was the second single off that album, following up the international breakthrough single "Denis", reaching number 10 in the UK in May 1978...
     
     ".
9. "Scenery" (Valentine) - 3:08
   • Demo from Blondie sessions, 1976.
10. "Picture This
    Picture This (song)
    "Picture This" is track number 3 from the 1978 album Parallel Lines by Blondie, the first collaboration with producer Mike Chapman, and was also the fourth single release from Chrysalis Records...
    
    " (Destri, Harry, Stein) - 2:55
    • From album Parallel Lines
11. "Angels on the Balcony" (Davis, Destri) - 3:37
    • From album Autoamerican
      Autoamerican
      Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie. It was released in November 1980 and reached #3 in the UK charts, #8 in Australia and #7 in the US....
      
      
12. "Once I Had a Love (a.k.a. the Disco Song)" (1976 Version) (Harry, Stein) - 3:11
    • Demo from Blondie sessions, 1976.
13. "I'm Gonna Love You Too
    I'm Gonna Love You Too
    "I'm Gonna Love You Too" is a song written by Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan and Norman Petty, originally recorded by Buddy Holly in 1957. It was recorded 20 years later by American New Wave band Blondie and released as the first single from their multi-platinum 1978 album Parallel Lines.-Song...
    
    " (Mauldin, Petty, Sullivan) - 2:08
    • From album Parallel Lines
14. "Island of Lost Souls
    Island of Lost Souls (song)
    "Island Of Lost Souls" is a song recorded by Blondie in 1981 and released as a single in April 1982. It was the first single released from their sixth studio album, The Hunter.-Song information:...
    
    " (7" Edit) (Harry, Stein) - 3:49
    • Original version appears on album The Hunter.
15. "Call Me
    Call Me (Blondie song)
    "Call Me" is a song by the American new wave band Blondie. Released in 1980, "Call Me" topped the singles charts in both the US and the UK ....
    
    " (Spanish Version a.k.a. "Llamame") (Harry, Moroder) - 3:31
    • From 7" single released in 1980.
16. "Heart of Glass
    Heart of Glass (song)
    "Heart of Glass" is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band's third studio album, Parallel Lines, it was released as a single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries, including the US and UK.Rolling...
    
    " (Disco Version) (Harry, Stein) - 5:48
    • From 12" single "Heart of Glass" and 1979 editions of album Parallel Lines
17. "Ring of Fire
    Ring of Fire (song)
    "Ring of Fire" or "The Ring of Fire" is a country music song popularized by Johnny Cash and co-written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore. The single appears on Cash's 1963 compilation album, Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash...
    
    " (Live) (June Carter, Merle Kilgore) - 3:30
    • From the 1980 soundtrack album "Roadie".
18. "Bang a Gong (Get It On)
    Get It On (T. Rex song)
    "Get It On" was covered by the Power Station in 1985. Their version – titled "Get It On " – was released as their second single from their debut album. The track was a hit in both the UK, reaching number 22 on the UK Singles Chart, and the U.S., where the song peaked at number nine on the...
    
    " (Live) (Marc Bolan
    Marc Bolan
    Marc Bolan was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and poet. He is best known as the founder, frontman, lead singer & guitarist for T. Rex, but also a successful solo artist...
    
    ) - 5:22
    • Recorded live at The Paradise Club, Boston on November 4, 1978.
19. "Heroes" (Live) (David Bowie
    David Bowie
    David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
    
    , Brian Eno
    Brian Eno
    Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
    
    ) - 6:28
    • Recorded live at The Hammersmith Odeon on January 12, 1980 featuring Robert Fripp
      Robert Fripp
      Robert Fripp is an English guitarist, composer and record producer. He was ranked 42nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #47 on Gibson.com’s "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time". Among rock guitarists, Fripp is a master of crosspicking, a technique...
      
      . From the UK 12" single "Atomic".

Production

• Henry Marquez - artwork/art direction
• Susan Bibeau - artwork/design
• Dan Loggins - compilation producer
• Bruce Harris - executive producer
• Dan Loggins - audio mixer (tracks: 12, 18)
• Larry Walsh - audio mixer (tracks: 12, 18)
• Ira Robbins - liner notes
• Vincent M. Vero - project coordinator, discography research
• Blondie - producers (tracks: 17, 18)
• Craig Leon - producer (tracks: 8)
• Mike Chapman - producer (tracks: 2 to 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16)
• Richard Gottehrer
  Richard Gottehrer
  Richard Gottehrer is an American songwriter, record producer and record label executive.-Career:Gottehrer came to prominence as a songwriter in the 1960s with his most notable songs being "My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy". As Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer , he wrote various songs including...
  
  - producer (tracks: 6 to 8)
• "unknown" - producers (tracks 1, 9, and 12).