Blondie performs with special guests the Damned on Friday, Aug. 26 at the Fox Theatre; 2211 Woodward Ave., Detroit; 313-471-7000; 313presents.com. Tickets start at $29.50. Doors at 7 p.m.
They’re fresh off of a U.K. co-headlining tour with Johnny Marr and a triumphant performance at the Cruel World festival in California, where they joined a who’s who of vintage alternative acts.
Now the B-Side to Blondie’s take on The Doors’ Strange Days track “Moonlight Drive,” “Mr. Sightseer,” another rare track off their upcoming, and first-ever, comprehensive box set collection, Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982, out Aug. 26, is revealed.
Newly mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer Michael Graves at Osiris Studio, “Mr. Sightseer” was originally recorded by Blondie’s Chris Stein and Debbie Harry in 1978 with TEAC TCA-43 four-track reel-to-reel.
Blondie Releases Rare, Never-Released Demo “Mr. Sightseer”Blondie have announced their first ever authorised and in depth archive in their history, ‘Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982’.
Against the Odds features remastered versions of Blondie’s first six albums — Blondie, Plastic Letters, Parallel Lines, Eat to the Beat, Autoamerican, and The Hunter — as well as their first studio session, alternate versions, outtakes, and demos. What’s more, the box set offers track by track commentary by all seven of the original band members in a huge set of liner notes that also includes unpublished photos of the band and a 120-page illustrated discography.
The boxset arrives on August 26 via UMC and The Numero Group (pre-order here) and boasts 124 tracks (36 of which were previously unissued) alongside remasters of original analog tapes that were cut to vinyl at London’s famous Abbey Road Studios.
