Blondie Ring in an Old New Year for the BBC
Another nice surprise for reissue fans from EMI (who, for all their faults, have been putting out a heck of a lot of reissues this year): the label has released a CD/DVD set chronicling the great early performances of Blondie for the BBC, entitled – you probably guessed it – Blondie at the BBC.
The set is bolstered by a CD featuring the Manhattan band’s complete New Year’s Eve show from Glasgow’s Apollo Theatre at the end of 1979 and beginning of 1980. Part of this set was recorded for television by The Old Grey Whistle Test, but this is the show from start to finish, covering all the hits and some rarer tracks that the band are not known to do as often today.
The DVD includes the portion of the show recorded for Whistle Test on the BBC, as well as the band’s performances on Whistle Test and Top of the Pops from 1978 and 1979. All in all, it looks to be a great set that no fan of dance-rock is going to want to miss.
Blondie at the BBC is actually available now; order it here and hit the jump to see the track info.
Blondie, Blondie at the BBC (EMI/Chrysalis 50999 642158 2 2, 2010)
Disc 1: CD – Live at the Apollo, Glasgow – 12/31/1979-1/1/1980
- Introduction/Denis
- The Hardest Part
- Die Young, Stay Pretty
- Accidents Never Happen
- Victor
- Living in the Real World
- Seven Rooms of Gloom
- Eat to the Beat
- X Offender
- Dreaming
- Slow Motion
- Shayla
- Union City Blue
- Atomic
- Picture This
- Pretty Baby
- Heart of Glass
- Hanging on the Telephone
- Sunday Girl (Bagpipes)
- Sunday Girl
- I Feel Good
- One Way or Another
Disc 2: DVD – Top of the Pops and The Old Grey Whistle Test performances
- Denis
- Fan Mail
- (I’m Always Touched By Your) Presence Dear
- Detroit 442
- Picture This
- Sunday Girl
- Dreaming
- Dreaming (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Slow Motion (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Shayla (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Union City Blue (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Atomic (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Eat to the Beat) (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Picture This (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Pretty Baby (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Heart of Glass (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Hanging on the Telephone (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
- Sunday Girl (With Credits Rolling) (Live at The Apollo, Glasgow)
Disc 2, Track 1 from Top of the Pops – 2/23/1978
Disc 2, Tracks 2-4 from The Old Grey Whistle Test – 3/27/1978
Disc 2, Track 5 from Top of the Pops – 8/24/1978
Disc 2, Tracks 6-7 from Top of the Pops – 12/25/1979
Disc 2, Tracks 8-18 from The Old Grey Whistle Test – 12/31/1979 (same as versions on CD)
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I’m a s*cker for those ‘At the BBC’ things + this sounds like another good investment to me – definetely looking forward to the release!