BLONDIE 1st ALBUM NM RARE ORIG 1976 PRIVATE STOCK LP STERLING MASTER IN SHRINK
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BLONDIE~1st ALBUM~NM RARE ORIG 1976 PRIVATE STOCK LP~STERLING MASTER~IN SHRINK!
Product Description
Blondie ?– BlondiePrivate Stock ?– PS 2023
VERY RARE ORIGINAL PRESSING FROM 1976 - 40 YEARS AGO!!
COVER IS EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT WITH LIGHT WEAR IN THE TOP AND BOTTOM RIGHT-HAND CORNERS.
VINYL IS NEAR MINT - OUR HIGHEST RATING!
"STERLING" IMPRINT IN THE DEAD WAX!
If new wave was about reconfiguring and recontextualizing simple pop/rock forms of the '50s and '60s in new, ironic, and aggressive ways, then Blondie, which took the girl group style of the early and mid-'60s and added a '70s archness, fit right in. True punksters may have deplored the group early on (they never had the hip cachet of Talking Heads or even the Ramones), but Blondie's secret weapon, which was deployed increasingly over their career, was a canny pop straddle -- they sent the music up and celebrated it at the same time. So, for instance, songs like "X Offender" (their first single) and "In the Flesh" (their first hit, in Australia) had the tough-girl-with-a-tender-heart tone of the Shangri-Las (the disc was produced by Richard Gottehrer, who had handled the Angels ["My Boyfriend's Back"] among others, and Brill Building songwriter Ellie Greenwich even sang backup on "In the Flesh"), while going one step too far into hard-edged decadence -- that is, if you chose to see that. (The tag line of "Look Good in Blue," for example, went, "I could give you some head and shoulders to lie on.") The whole point was that you could take Blondie either way, and lead singer Deborah Harry's vocals, which combined rock fervor with a kiss-off quality, reinforced that, as did the band's energetic, trashy sound. This album, released on independent label Private Stock, was not a major hit, but it provided a template for the future.
Tracklist
A1 X Offender
A2 In The Flesh
A3 In The Sun
A4 Little Girl Lies
A5 Look Good In Blue
A6 Man Overboard
B1 A Shark In Jets Clothing
B2 Kung Fu Girls
B3 Rifle Range
B4 Rip Her To Shreds
B5 The Attack Of The Giant Ants
Companies etc
Recorded At – Plaza Sound Studios
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Credits
Art Direction, Design – David Perl
Bass – Gary Valentine (tracks: A2 to B5)
Drums – Clem Burke
Engineer – Rob Freeman
Featuring [Cocktail Music] – Marty Thau
Guitar – Chris Stein (tracks: A2 to B5)
Liner Notes, Supervised By [For His Unfailing Inspiration] – Ronnie Toast
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Organ [Farfisa], Piano [Rmi], Grand Piano, Synthesizer [Roland] – James Destri*
Photography By – Shig Ikeida
Producer – Craig Leon (tracks: A1, A5), Richard Gottehrer
Remix, Engineer – Craig Leon
Technician [Ass't Engineer] – Don Hunerberg*
Vocals – Deborah Harry
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