Blondie Self-Titled Debut LP - Rare 1977 Original Private Stock Records PS 2023

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Blondie is the eponymous debut studio album by American rock band Blondie

The first single "X Offender" was originally titled "Sex Offender", but since radio stations would not play a song with such a provocative title, the band renamed the song. After disappointing sales and poor publicity, the band ended their contract with Private Stock and signed with Chrysalis Records in mid 1977. Chrysalis re-released the album in September 1977, when they issued Blondie's 2nd album "Plastic Letters", along with the single "In the Flesh". The album reached No. 14 in Australia, where the band had already had a Top 3 hit with "In the Flesh". The album also charted at No. 75 in the UK in early 1979, where the band had become immensely popular.

Through the production of Richard Gottehrer, who had worked with the Angels and other artists of the 1950s and 1960s, much of the music is suffused with the girl group sound of that era. Harry told an interviewer in 1978 that the band never intended to be retro and when some journalists described them that way, it was "quite a shock". Likewise she rejected any attempt to brand the music as pop, insisting that Blondie played new wave music.

Track listing

Personnel

Blondie

• Debbie Harry – vocals
• Chris Stein – guitar, bass on "X Offender"
• Gary Valentine – bass guitar, guitar on "X Offender"
• Jimmy Destri – Farfisa organ, grand piano, RMI piano, Roland synthesizer
• Clem Burke – drums

Additional personnel

• Ellie Greenwich – backing vocals on "In the Flesh" and "Man Overboard"
• Micki Harris – backing vocals on "In the Flesh" and "Man Overboard"
• Hilda Harris – backing vocals on "In the Flesh" and "Man Overboard"

Production

• Richard Gottehrer – producer
• Craig Leon – producer ("X Offender", "In the Sun"), remix engineer
• Rob Freeman  – engineer
• Don Hunerberg – assistant engineer
• Greg Calbi  – mastering
• David Perl  – art direction, design
• Shig Ikeda – photography
• Originally recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York, August  – September 1976 and released on Private Stock (2023) in December 1976, reissued on Chrysalis (1165) in October 1977.
• Kevin Flaherty  – 2001 re-issue producer
• Alan Betrock  – original producer of "Out in the Streets", "The Thin Line" and "Platinum Blonde" Blondie Studio album by  Blondie Released December 1976 Recorded August–September 1976 Studio Plaza Sound Studios, New York City Genre
  • New Wave, P
  • unk, Rock
  Length 33:25 Label Private Stock Producer Richard Gottehrer