# Blonde and Beyond

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Blonde and Beyond is a compilation album of recordings by Blondie released on Chrysalis Records in 1993.
As of August 9, 2005 it has sold 43,000 copies in United States.

## Overview

Blonde and Beyond is a compilation that gathers some of the band's hit singles like "Heart of Glass", "Denis", "X Offender", "Picture This" and "Island Of Lost Souls" along with album tracks, single b-sides and previously unreleased recordings, which include three demos ("Underground Girl", "Scenery" and "Once I Had A Love") and a live cover of T. Rex's "Bang a Gong (Get It On)".
Most of the single b-sides and previously unreleased songs included on Blonde and Beyond have since been recycled as bonus tracks on 2001 reissues of the band's studio albums or other EMI compilations.

## Track listing

* "Underground Girl" (Frank Infante) - 3:54
** Demo from Parallel Lines sessions, 1978
* "English Boys" (Debbie Harry, Chris Stein) - 3:48
** From the album The Hunter, 1982
* "Sunday Girl" (French Version) (Stein) - 3:02
** From the UK 12" single "Sunday Girl", 1978
* "Susie And Jeffrey" (Harry, Nigel Harrison) - 4:08
** B-side of "The Tide Is High" single, 1980
* "Shayla" (Stein) - 3:56
** From the album Eat to the Beat, 1979
* "Denis" (Neil Levenson) - 2:17
** From the album Plastic Letters, 1978
* "X Offender" (Harry, Gary Valentine) - 3:11
** From the album Blondie, 1977
* "Poets Problem" (Jimmy Destri) - 2:19
** B-side to "(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear" single, 1978
* "Scenery" (Valentine) - 3:08
** Demo from Blondie sessions, 1976
* "Picture This" (Harry, Stein, Destri) - 2:55
** From the album Parallel Lines, 1978
* "Angels on the Balcony" (Laura Davis, Destri) - 3:37
** From the album Autoamerican, 1980
* "Once I Had a Love" (Harry, Stein) - 3:11
** The early version of "Heart of Glass", 1976.
* "I'm Gonna Love You Too" (Joe B. Mauldin, Niki Sullivan, Norman Petty) - 2:08
** From the album Parallel Lines, 1978
* "Island of Lost Souls" (Stein, Harry) - 3:49
** Original version appears on album The Hunter, 1982
* "Call Me" (Spanish Version) (Giorgio Moroder, Harry) - 3:31
** From the 12" single "Call Me", 1980
* "Heart of Glass" (Disco Version) (Harry, Stein) - 5:48
** Original version appears on the album Parallel Lines, 1978
* "Ring of Fire" (Live) (June Carter, Merle Kilgore) - 3:30
** From the soundtrack album "Roadie", 1980
* "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (Live) (Marc Bolan) - 5:22
** Recorded live at The Paradise Club, Boston on November 4, 1978.
* "Heroes" (Live) (David Bowie, Brian Eno) - 6:28
** Recorded live at The Hammersmith Odeon on January 12, 1980. From the UK 12" single "Atomic", 1980
* Tracks 1, 9, 12, 18 were previously unreleased

## Personnel
### Blondie

* Deborah Harry – vocals
* Chris Stein – guitar
* Clem Burke – drums
* Jimmy Destri – keyboards
* Nigel Harrison – bass guitar
* Frank Infante – guitar

### Additional musicians

* Robert Fripp - guitar (track 19)

### Production

* Bruce Harris - executive producer
* Dan Loggins - compilation producer, audio mixer (track 12)
* Larry Walsh - mastering, audio mixer (track 12)
* Vincent M. Vero - project coordinator, discography research
* Ira Robbins - liner notes
* Henry Marquez - artwork/art direction
* Susan Bibeau - artwork/design
* Blondie - producers (tracks 17, 18)
* Mike Chapman - producer (tracks 1 to 5, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16)
* Richard Gottehrer - producer (tracks 6 to 9)
* Giorgio Moroder - producer (track 15)
* Chris Stein - producer (track 19)
* Jimmy Destri - producer (track 19)
* Paddy Maloney - producer (track 19)
* The producer of track 12 is unknown