BLONDIE My Girlfriend's Back LP '78 live radio RARE Debbie Harry punk new wave

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Record: Excellent (EX) Cover: Very Good (VG)   Labels: Clean! Blondie My Girlfriend's Back 1979 United States Raven Records 12" Stereo LP SB-15809
Blondie

My Girlfriend's Back
 1979 United States Raven Records LP

Excellent quality live radio show, highly recormmended. Clean labels, GREEN insert in fair condition in generic sleeve as issued. RARE!

Condition
Vinyl: Excellent (EX)
Sleeve: Very Good (VG)

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BLONDIE My Girlfriend's Back LP '78 live radio RARE! Debbie Harry punk new wave Blondie is an American rock band founded by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein.[1] The band was a pioneer in the early American new wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s. Its first two albums contained strong elements of these genres, and although successful in the United Kingdom and Australia, Blondie was regarded as an underground band in the United States until the release of Parallel Lines in 1978. Over the next three years, the band achieved several hit singles[2] including "Call Me", "Atomic" and "Heart of Glass" and became noted for its eclectic mix of musical styles incorporating elements of disco,[3][4] pop,[3][4][5] rap,[4][6] and reggae,[4] while retaining a basic style as a new wave band.[7] Blondie broke up after the release of its sixth studio album The Hunter in 1982. Debbie Harry continued to pursue a solo career with varied results after taking a few years off to care for partner Chris Stein, who was diagnosed with pemphigus, a rare autoimmune disease of the skin.[8] The band re-formed in 1997, achieving renewed success and a number one single in the United Kingdom with "Maria" in 1999, exactly 20 years after their first UK No.1 single ("Heart of Glass"). The group toured and performed throughout the world[9] during the following years, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006.[10] Blondie has sold 40 million records worldwide[11][12] and is still active today. The band's ninth studio album, Panic of Girls, was released in 2011,[13] and their tenth, Ghosts of Download, was released in 2014. Contents History Early career (1974–78) Inspired by the burgeoning new music scene at the Mercer Arts Center, Chris Stein sought to join a similar band. He joined the Stillettoes in 1973 as their guitarist and formed a romantic relationship with one of the band's vocalists, Debbie Harry, a former waitress and Playboy Bunny.[14] Harry had been a member of a folk-rock band, the Wind in the Willows, in the late 1960s. In July 1974, Stein and Harry parted ways with the Stillettoes and Elda Gentile, the band's originator, forming a new band with ex-Stillettoes bandmates Billy O'Connor (drums) and Fred Smith (bass). Originally billed as Angel and the Snake,[15] for two shows in August 1974, they renamed themselves "Blondie" by October 1974. The name derived from comments made by truck drivers who catcalled "Hey, Blondie" to Harry as they drove by.[16][17] By the spring of 1975, after some personnel turnover (including Ivan Kral on guitar and sisters Tish and Snooky Bellomo on backing vocals), Stein and Harry were joined by drummer Clem Burke, and bass player Gary Valentine. Blondie became regular performers at Max's Kansas City and CBGB.[18] To fill out their sound, they recruited keyboard player Jimmy Destri in November 1975. The band signed with Private Stock Records and their debut album, Blondie, was issued in December 1976 but was initially not a commercial success. In September 1977, the band bought back its contract with Private Stock and then signed with Chrysalis Records.[19] The first album was re-released on the new label in October 1977. Rolling Stone's review of the debut album observed the eclectic nature of the group's music, comparing it to Phil Spector and the Who, and commented that the album's two strengths were Richard Gottehrer's production and the persona of Debbie Harry, saying she performed with "utter aplomb and involvement throughout: even when she's portraying a character consummately obnoxious and spaced-out, there is a wink of awareness that is comforting and amusing yet never condescending." It also noted that Harry was the "possessor of a bombshell zombie's voice that can sound dreamily seductive and woodenly Mansonite within the same song".[20] The band's first commercial success occurred in Australia in 1977, when the music television program Countdown mistakenly played their video "In the Flesh", which was the B-side of their then current single "X-Offender".[10] Jimmy Destri later credited the show's Molly Meldrum for their initial succe Rock Punk/New Wave Limited Edition,Live Recording 33 RPM   Blondie My Girlfriend's Back 1979 United States Raven Records 12" LP Cover: Very Good (VG) Record: Excellent (EX) Labels: Clean!  SB-15809

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