News 08 Jun 2022

Blondie / Against The Odds 1974-1982

The box set is finally announced!

By Paul Sinclair

10LP, 4LP, 8CD and 3CD editions • 52 bonus rarities • Lavish packaging

Against The Odds 1974-1982, the long-awaited Blondie box set (originally announced in 2018), will finally be released in August this year across four major physical formats.

The 10LP super deluxe set offers all six studio albums – Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat To The Beat, Autoamerican and The Hunter – and includes four additional LPs of session outtakes, B-sides, and demos. These rarities are titled ‘Plaza Sound’, ‘Parallel Beats’, ‘Coca Cola’, ‘Home Tapes’. This vinyl box comes with a bonus 10-inch of outtakes called ‘Out In The Streets’ and a seven-inch single featuring the band’s cover of The Doors’ ‘Moonlight Drive’ and demo of ‘Mr. Sightseer’. In total, it contains 124 studio tracks.

The vinyl super deluxe comes with two books: a 144-page hardcover book with session commentary from Debbie Harry, Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Jimmy Destri, Frank Infante, Nigel Harrison, and Gary Valentine, and essays from producers Richard Gottehrer and Mike Chapman and a 120-page volume which gives a discographical overview of the period via hundreds of pic sleeves, 45 labels, international sleeve variants, flexis, cassettes, and even 8-tracks.

The 10LP vinyl super deluxe features all the albums, 4LPs of rarities, two books and more (click image to enlarge)

The 8CD version of Against The Odds effectively offers the same audio content – 124 studio tracks – as the big vinyl packge, but with the rarities on two bonus CDs (called ‘Home Tapes’ and ‘Out In The Streets’). If you are wondering how 52 bonus tracks require three CDs in the standalone set, while the 8CD package offers the same 52 bonus tracks with just two bonus CDs, the answer lies in the fact that 35 of the bonus tracks are appended to the albums, leaving 17 tracks across the two final themed CDs (‘Home Tapes’ and ‘Out In The Streets’). The triple-disc package just mixes everything together. The eight CDs come in replica sleeves and are presented within a large-format 128-page hardcover book and slipcase.

8CD edition of *Against The Odds* (click image to enlarge)

If you just want the bonus tracks and don’t require the remastered albums then the good news is that 3CD and 4LP editions which offer just that are available. The 4LP set features all 52 bonus tracks and comes packaged as a 128-page hardcover book tucked inside a foil-wrapped slipcase (all the formats are foil-wrapped). The 3CD edition has the same 52 tracks and comes with a 164-page hardcover mini-book housed in a sturdy slipcase.

The 3CD ‘bonus tracks only’ edition of Against The Odds (click image to enlarge)

All 124 tracks for Against The Odds have been remastered from the original analogue tapes. 36 of these are previously unissued (according to the label). The vinyl was lacquered at Abbey Road and pressed on high quality 180g vinyl.

Against The Odds 1974-1982 will be released on 26 August 2022 via Capitol/UMC/Numero Group.

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Against The Odds - 10LP super deluxe

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Against The Odds - 8CD box set

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Against The Odds - 3CD rarities-only edition

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Tracklisting

- CD 1
  1. Out In The Streets (1974 Session)
  2. The Disco Song (1974 Session)
  3. Sexy Ida (1974 Session)
  4. Platinum Blonde (Betrock Demo)
  5. The Thin Line (Betrock Demo)
  6. Puerto Rico (Betrock Demo)
  7. Once I Had A Love (Betrock Demo)
  8. Out In The Streets (Betrock Demo)
  9. X Offender (Intro)
  10. X Offender (Private Stock Single Version / Remastered)
  11. In The Sun (Private Stock Single Version / Remastered)
  12. Little Girl Lies (Private Stock Mix)
  13. In The Flesh (Extended Intro)
  14. A Shark In Jets Clothing (Take 2)
  15. Kung Fu Girls (Take 8)
  16. Scenery (Plaza Sound Outtake)
- CD 2
  1. Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)
  2. Moonlight Drive
  3. Bermuda Triangle Blues – Flight 45 (Take 1)
  4. I Didn’t Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1)
  5. I’m On E (Take 2)
  6. Kidnapper (Take 2)
  7. Detroit 442 (Take 2)
  8. Poet’s Problem
  9. Once I Had A Love (Mike Chapman Demo)
  10. Sunday Girl (French Version)
  11. I’ll Never Break Away From This Heart Of Mine (Pretty Baby) (Take 1)
  12. Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)
  13. Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)
  14. Call Me
  15. Spaghetti Song (Atomic Pt. 2)
  16. Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
  17. Underground Girl
  18. Union City Blue (Instrumental)
  19. Llámame
- CD 3
  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
  6. Rapture (Disco Version)
  7. Autoamerican Ad
  8. Yuletide Throwdown
  9. War Child (Chris Stein Mix)
  10. Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)
  11. Heart Of Glass (Chris Stein Mix)
  12. Nameless (Home Tape)
  13. Sightseer
  14. Sunday Girl (Home Tape)
  15. Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape)
  16. The Hardest Part (Home Tape)
  17. Ring Of Fire (Home Tape)
- CD 1: Blondie
  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
  7. Man Overboard
  8. Rip Her To Shreads
  9. Rifle Range
  10. Kung Fu Girls
  11. The Attack Of The Giant Ants
  Bonus tracks
  1. X Offender (Intro)
  2. X Offender (Private Stock Single Version / Remastered)
  3. In The Sun (Private Stock Single Version / Remastered)
  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)
- CD 2: Plastic Letters
  1. Fan Mail
  2. Denis
    Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
  3. Youth Nabbed As Sniper
  4. Contact In Red Square
  5. (I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
  6. I’m On E
  7. I Didn’t Have The Nerve To Say No
  8. Love At The Pier
  9. No Imagination
  10. Kidnapper
  11. Detroit 442
  12. Cautious Lip
  Bonus tracks
  1. Denis (Terry Ellis Mix)
  2. Moonlight Drive
  3. Bermuda Triangle Blues – Flight 45 (Take 1)
  4. I Didn’t Have The Nerve To Say No (Take 1)
  5. I’m On E (Take 2)
  6. Kidnapper (Take 2)
  7. Detroit 442 (Take 2)
  8. Poet’s Problem
- CD 3: Parallel Lines
  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
  7. 11:59
  8. Will Anything Happen
  9. Sunday Girl
  10. Heart Of Glass
  11. I’m Gonna Love You Too
  12. Just Go Away
  Bonus tracks
  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)
- CD 4: Eat to the Beat
  1. Dreaming
  2. The Hardest Part
  3. Union City Blue
  4. Shayla
  5. Eat To The Beat
  6. Accidents Never Happen
  7. Die Young Stay Pretty
  8. Slow Motion
  9. Atomic
  10. Sound-A-Sleep
  11. Victor
  12. Living In The Real World
  Bonus tracks
  1. Call Me
  2. Spaghetti Song (Atomic Pt. 2)
  3. Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
  4. Underground Girl
  5. Union City Blue (Instrumental)
  6. Llámame
- CD 5: Autoamerican
  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
  7. Do The Dark
  8. Rapture
  9. Faces
  10. T-Birds
  11. Walk Like Me
  12. Follow Me
  Bonus tracks
  1. Autoamerican Ad
  2. I Love You Honey, Give Me A Beer (Go Through It)
  3. Live It Up (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
  4. Angels On The Balcony (Giorgio Moroder Demo)
  5. The Tide Is High (Demo)
  6. Suzy & Jeffrey
  7. Rapture (Disco Version)
- CD 6: The Hunter
  1. Orchid Club
  2. Island Of Lost Souls
  3. Dragonfly
  4. For Your Eyes Only
  5. The Beast
  6. War Child
  7. Little Caesar
  8. Danceway
  9. (Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say)
  10. English Boys
  11. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
  Bonus tracks
  1. Yuletide Throwdown
- CD 7: Out in the Streets
  1. Out In The Streets (1974 Session)
  2. The Disco Song (1974 Session)
  3. Sexy Ida (1974 Session)
  4. Platinum Blonde (Betrock Demo)
  5. The Thin Line (Betrock Demo)
  6. Puerto Rico (Betrock Demo)
  7. Once I Had A Love (Betrock Demo)
  8. Out In The Streets (Betrock Demo)
- CD8: Home Tapes
  1. Nameless (Home Tape)
  2. Mr Sightseer
  3. Sunday Girl (Home Tape)
  4. Theme From Topkapi (Home Tape)
  5. The Hardest Part (Home Tape)
  6. Ring Of Fire (Home Tape)
  7. Heart Of Glass (Chris Stein Mix)
  8. Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)
  9. War Child (Chris Stein Mix)
- LP 1: 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
  Side B
  1. Man Overboard
  2. Rip Her To Shreds
  3. Rifle Range
  4. Kung Fu Girl
  5. The Attack Of The Giant Ants
- LP 2: Plastic Letters
  Side A
  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
  Side B
  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
- LP 3: Parallel Lines
  Side A
  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
  Side B
  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
- LP 4: Eat To The Beat
  Side A
  1. Dreaming
  2. The Hardest Part
  3. Union City Blue
  4. Shayla
  5. Eat To The Beat
  6. Accidents Never Happen
  Side B
  1. Die Young Stay Pretty
  2. Slow Motion
  3. Atomic
  4. Sound-A-Sleep
  5. Victor
  6. Living In The Real World
- LP 5: Autoamerican
  Side A
  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
  Side B
  1. Do The Dark
  2. Rapture
  3. Faces
  4. T-Birds
  5. Walk Like Me
  6. Follow Me
- LP 6: The Hunter
  Side A
  1. Orchid Club
  2. Island Of Lost Souls
  3. Dragonfly
  4. For Your Eyes Only
  5. The Beast
  Side B
  1. War Child
  2. Little Caesar
  3. Danceway
  4. (Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say)
  5. English Boys
  6. The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game
- LP 7: Out-takes & rarities (‘Plaza Sound’)
  
  Side A
  1. X Offender (Intro)
  2. X Offender (Private Stock Single)
  3. In The Sun (Private Stock Single)
  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
  Side B
  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. Poets Problem
- LP 8: Out-takes & rarities (‘Parallel Beats’)
  
  Side A
  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)
  4. Hanging On The Telephone (Mike Chapman Demo)
  5. Will Anything Happen (Instrumental)
  6. Underground Girl
  Side B
  1. Call Me
  2. Spaghetti Song (Atomic Part 2)
  3. Die Young Stay Pretty (Take 1)
  4. Union City Blue (Instrumental)
  5. Llámame
- LP 9: Out-takes & rarities (‘Coca Cola’)
  
  Side A
  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. Tide Is High (Demo)
  5. Susie & Jeffrey
  Side B
  1. Rapture (Disco Version)
  2. Autoamerican Ad
  3. Yuletide Throwdown
- LP 10: Out-takes & rarities (‘Home Tapes’)
  
  Side A
  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)
  Side B
  1. War Child (Chris Stein Mix)
  2. Call Me (Chris Stein Mix)
  3. Heart of Glass (Chris Stein Mix)
- seven-inch
  1. Moonlight Drive
  2. Mr. Sightseer
- Out-takes & rarities (‘Out In The Streets’)
  
  Side A (1974 Session)
  1. Out In The Streets (1974)
  2. The Disco Song
  3. Sexy Ida
  Side B (Betrock Demo)
  1. Platinum Blonde
  2. The Thin Line
  3. Puerto Rico
  4. Once I Had A Love (1975)
  5. Out In The Streets (1975)

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