Blonde and Beyond

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Blonde and Beyond is a compilation album of recordings by Blondie released on Chrysalis Records in 1993. Blonde and Beyond 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 and a few rarities like single B-sides "Susie And Jeffrey" and "Poets Problem", live recordings of David Bowie's "Heroes", T.Rex "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" and Johnny Cash'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 compilations.

Track listing

1. "Underground Girl" (Infante) - 3:54
   • Demo from Parallel Lines sessions, 1978.
2. "English Boys" (Harry, Stein) - 3:48
   • From album The Hunter.
3. "Sunday Girl" (French Version) (Stein) - 3:02
   • From the UK 12" single "Sunday Girl".
4. "Suzy & Jeffrey" (Harrison, Harry) - 4:08
   • From cassette edition of album Autoamerican and 7" "The Tide Is High".
5. "Shayla" (Stein) - 3:56
   • From album Eat to the Beat.
6. "Denis" (Levenson) - 2:17
   • From album Plastic Letters.
7. "X Offender" (Harry, Valentine) - 3:11
   • From album Blondie.
8. "Poets Problem" (Destri) - 2:19
   • From 7" "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear".
9. "Scenery" (Valentine) - 3:08
   • Demo from Blondie sessions, 1976.
10. "Picture This" (Destri, Harry, Stein) - 2:55
    • From album Parallel Lines
11. "Angels on the Balcony" (Davis, Destri) - 3:37
    • From album Autoamerican
12. "Once I Had a Love (aka the Disco Song)" (1978 Version) (Harry, Stein) - 3:11
    • Demo from Blondie sessions, 1976.
13. "I'm Gonna Love You Too" (Mauldin, Petty, Sullivan) - 2:08
    • From album Parallel Lines
14. "Island of Lost Souls" (7" Edit) (Harry, Stein) - 3:49
    • Original version appears on album The Hunter.
15. "Call Me" (Spanish Version a.k.a. "Llamame") (Harry, Moroder) - 3:31
    • From 7" single released in 1980.
16. "Heart of Glass" (Disco Version) (Harry, Stein) - 5:48
    • From 12" single "Heart of Glass" and 1979 editions of album Parallel Lines
17. "Ring of Fire" (Live) (June Carter, Merle Kilgore) - 3:30
    • From the 1980 soundtrack album "Roadie".
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 featuring Robert Fripp. 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 - producer (tracks: 6 to 8)
• "unknown" - producers (tracks 1, 9, and 12).