{"product_id":"blondie-blondie-180g-black-vinyl-lp","title":"Blondie - Blondie [180g Black Vinyl LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecorded at Plaza Sound Studios above Radio City Music Hall in the summer of 1976, \u003cem\u003eBlondie\u003c\/em\u003e came out that December on Private Stock Records, produced by Richard Gottehrer, a veteran of the Brill Building scene whose instinct for melody left a clear mark on the sessions. Poor sales led the band to part ways with Private Stock and sign with Chrysalis Records, who reissued the album in September 1977. Now back on vinyl as a limited 180-gram repressing mastered at Sterling Sound, \u003cem\u003eBlondie\u003c\/em\u003e captures a band already operating with sharper pop instincts than most of their CBGB contemporaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJimmy Destri's Farfisa organ runs through the record like a connective thread, pairing with Gary Valentine's guitar and bass work and Clem Burke's locked-in drumming beneath Debbie Harry's cool, knowing vocal delivery. \"X Offender,\" renamed from its original title \"Sex Offender\" after radio pushback, opens with a surf-tinged chord structure and Harry's sardonic phrasing intact. \"In the Flesh\" reaches further back, built on a slow '50s-ballad feel with doo-wop background vocals from Ellie Greenwich, Micki Harris, and Hilda Harris. \"Rip Her to Shreads\" is the album's most pointed moment, a choppy, guitar-driven track co-written by Harry and Chris Stein that moves with a hard pop efficiency the rest of the record only occasionally matches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMastered at Sterling Sound, \u003cem\u003eBlondie\u003c\/em\u003e is presented here as a standard single LP with the original eleven-track sequence intact. The recording itself was made on a modest budget at Plaza Sound, a large midtown room previously used as a radio studio for the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The jacket replicates the original album presentation. Rolling Stone placed \u003cem\u003eBlondie\u003c\/em\u003e at number 401 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, recognition that arrived well after the record's initial commercial struggles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180g Black Vinyl LP\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStandout Tracks:\u003c\/strong\u003e \"X Offender,\" \"In the Flesh,\" \"Rip Her to Shreads\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePressing Details:\u003c\/strong\u003e Limited 180g repressing; mastered at Sterling Sound; original label spelling \"Rip Her to Shreads\" retained\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\/Style:\u003c\/strong\u003e genre Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600753550328\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA debut that outpaced its era, \u003cem\u003eBlondie\u003c\/em\u003e on 180-gram vinyl is a clean, well-mastered pressing of one of New York's most distinctive first statements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/0zxivATnpp01Oc5fy05Jm7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eTrack List:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSide A:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eX Offender\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLittle Girl Lies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn The Flesh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLook Good In Blue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn The Sun\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eA Shark In Jets Clothing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSide B:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMan Overboard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRip Her To Shreads\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRifle Range\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKung Fu Girls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Attack Of The Giant Ants\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Blondie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51509525414209,"sku":"0600753550328","price":27.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0877\/7662\/4961\/files\/blondie-blondie-black-vinyl-album-cover-0328.jpg?v=1773956726","url":"https:\/\/www.toucanrecords.com\/products\/blondie-blondie-180g-black-vinyl-lp","provider":"Toucan Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}