At Home With Debbie Harry and Chris Stein

Special Radio Interview kit made by Chrysalis and given to radio stations across the USA to promote the release of Autoamerican. All the answers have been recorded on this record by Debbie and Chris and the questions are on the A4 sheets provided with the record.

USA 12″ Promo

Producer: Roxy Myzal
Released on: Chrysalis
Date of release: 1981
Cat No: CHS 24 PDJ

PRODUCTION MANUAL
PRODUCT:
RADIO INTERVIEW KIT
MODEL:
“AT HOME WITH DEBBIE HARRY & CHRIS STEIN
YEAR:
1981
STANDARD FEATURES:
PRINTED QUESTION CUE SHEET
INTERVIEW DISC – RECORDED ANSWERS BY DEBBIE HARRY & CHRIS STEIN OF BLONDIE
AUDIO REFERENCE – AUTOAMERICAN, CHE 1290
DATA SUPPLEMENT – BLONDIE BIOGRAPHY
GENERAL DATA:
THE ENCLOSED MATERIALS ARE THE COMPONENT PARTS FOR YOUR STATION’S PERSONALLY CUSTOMIZED INTERVIEW, “AT HOME WITH DEBBIE HARRY & CHRIS STEIN”.
THIS PACKAGE IS DESIGNED TO INCORPORATE YOUR INDIVIDUAL STATION’S REQUIREMENTS. IT INCLUDES THE QUESTIONS/CUE SHEET, SEPARATELY BANDED
RESPONSES BY DEBBIE AND CHRIS, AND A COPY OF AUTOAMERICAN. POSSIBLE FABRICATIONS RANGE FROM A STRAIGHT QUESTION-ANSWER INTERVIEW TO A MORE MUSIC-ORIENTED PROGRAM. WE MUST INSIST, HOWEVER, THAT THE ENCLOSED CUE SCRIPT BE ADHERED TO, AS CHRYSALIS RECORDS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS INCURRED BY DEVIATION FROM THE SCRIPT.
CALCULATED DATA:
TIMES AND SEQUENCE OF ANSWERS
SIDE 1.
1. STATION PROMO……………….:04
2. INTERVIEW PROMO……………..:07
3. ANSWER #1…………………..:44
4. ANSWER #2…………………:1:36
5. ANSWER #3…………………:5:31
6. ANSWER #4…………………..:50
7. ANSWER #5…………………:1:11
8. ANSWER #6…………………:2:16
9. ANSWER #7…………………:1:54
10. ANSWER #8…………………..:45
11. ANSWER #9…………………:2:15
SIDE 2.
1. ANSWER #10………………..:2:18
2. ANSWER #11………………..:1:53
3. ANSWER #12………………..:1:28
4. ANSWER #13………………..:1:36
5. ANSWER #14………………..:3:25
6. ANSWER #15………………..:6:09
STATION PROMO:
“HI, THIS IS DEBBIE HARRY OF BLONDIE, DON’T TOUCH THAT DIAL.”
INTERVIEW PROMO:
“HI, THIS IS DEBBIE HARRY OF BLONDIE, STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION RIGHT HERE, AND YOU’RE GONNA GET THE INSIDE STORY.”
CALCULATED DATA:
QUESTION CUE SHEET.
QUESTION 1 . . . . THE PRODUCTION OF YOUR NEW ALBUM, “AUTOAMERICAN”, WAS TRANSFERRED FROM GIORGIO MORODER (WHO HAD PRODUCED THE “CALL ME” SINGLE) BACK TO MICHAEL CHAPMAN. WHAT NECESSITATED THIS SWITCH, AND WHAT EFFECTS OR CHANGES DID IT MAKE IN THE ALBUM’S TOTAL SOUND
QUESTION 2 . . . . THE NEW ALBUM, “AUTOAMERICAN”, HAS OTHER MUSICIANS AUGMENTING THE REGULAR MEMBERS OF BLONDIE. TO WHAT EXTENT WILL THAT AFFECT YOUR LIVE PERFORMANCES? WILL WE SEE ADDITIONAL PLAYERS ON STAGE WITH BLONDIE?
QUESTION 3 . . . . HOW DOES “AUTOAMERICAN” FIT INTO BLONDIE’S ALBUM HISTORY? IS IT A NEW FRONTIER, NEW DIRECTION, OR A CONSOLIDATION OF PREVIOUS IDEAS PRESENTED BEFORE?
QUESTION 4 . . . . THERE HAS BEEN A BIT OF CONTROVERSY OVER THE LESTER BANGS PENNED “BLONDIE BIO”. COULD YOU SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT CONCERNING YOUR FEELINGS TOWARDS THE BOOK AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES INVOLVED?
QUESTION 5 . . . . THIS ONE FOR DEBORAH: DEBBIE, THERE HAS BEEN MUCH HUB BUB ABOUT YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH GLORIA VANDERBILT/MURJANIJEANS. HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THAT PERSONALLY, AS FAR AS YOUR OWN CREDIBILITY FACTOR IS CONCERNED?
QUESTION 6 . . . . COULD YOU TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR RECENT PROJECTS, SUCH AS CHRIS’S PHOTOGRAPHY AND YOUR OWN INVOLVEMENT WITH FILMS AND VIDEO?
QUESTION 7 . . . . COULD YOU CITE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE INFLUENCED YOU BOTH MUSICALLY AND CONCEPTUALLY? DO YOU HAVE ANY FAVORITES?
QUESTION 8 . . . . HAS THERE BEEN ANY RECENT CONTACT WITH ROBERT FRIPP? TO WHAT EXTENT HAS HE INFLUENCED THE BAND’S DIRECTION, BOTH PAST AND PRESENT?
QUESTION 9 . . . . DO YOU REGARD TOURING AS A POSITIVE IMPETUS OR CATALYST IN WRITING, GATHERING IDEAS, ETC., OR IS IT JUST A NECESSARY EVIL?
QUESTION 10 . . . HAS FAME AND/OR SUCCESS INSULATED YOU FROM THE “STREET SCENE”? DO YOU CHECK THINGS OUT IN REGARD TO TRENDS, IDEAS, ETC., OR DO YOU REGARD YOURSELVES AS TRENDSETTERS, AND USE THIS INSULATION TO YOUR ADVANTAGE? IF SO, IN WHAT SENSE?
QUESTION 11 . . . FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE AWARE OF BLONDIE AND LISTENED TO YOU IN THE BEGINNING, YOU WERE SOMETIMES A ROLE MODEL FOR THE NEW WAVE, PUNK ROCK SCENE; AND YOU GRACED THE PAGES OF THE NEW YORK ROCKER, “PUNK TABLOIDS”, TROUSER PRESS, ETC. NOW YOU’VE BECOME A “ROLE MODEL” FOR AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CROWD OF THE FASHIONABLY CHIC, YET YOU SEEM TO INTERGRATE BOTH WORLDS EASILY. HOW DO YOU DO IT?
QUESTION 12 . . . WHEN YOU STEP INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD, ARE MOST OF THE SONGS AND ARRANGEMENTS FINISHED? DO YOU WRITE AT ALL WHILE IN THE STUDIO?
QUESTION 13 . . . HOW DO YOU SEE THE OVERALL FUNCTION OF THE STUDIO WITH REGARD TO CAPTURING OR SHAPING BLONDIE’S SOUND? WHAT ARE THE LIMITATIONS OF A STUDIO TO YOU?
QUESTION 14 . . . THE TERM, “DANCE MUSIC”, IS DUEL-SIDED AS IT CAN REPRESENT A LIGHT POP APPROACH, OR THE IDEA OF EXPERIMENTAL NEW FRONTIERS (THIRD WORLD MUSIC, A LA ENO, TALKING HEADS). WHAT PROMPTED THE DANCE RHYTHM EMPHASIS ON THE NEW ALBUM?
QUESTION 15 . . . COULD YOU ACQUAINT US WITH THE PLUSES AND MINUSES INVOLVED WITH THE SUCCESS OF A GROUP LIKE BLONDIE? WHAT’S BETTER THAN IT WAS BEFORE, AND WHAT DO YOU WISH YOU COULD HAVE HELD ONTO THAT’S NOW GONE?
CREDITS:
CONCEPTS AND QUESTIONS . . . . . FRANK ANDRICK, ANN OLSSON AND THE STAFF AT KSJO, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.
ANSWERS: . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRIS STEIN AND DEBORAH HARRY OF BLONDIE.
SPECIAL THANKS . . . . . . . . . KID LEO.
PRODUCED BY . . . . . . . . . . ROXY MYZAL, IN COOPERATION WITH CHRYSALIS RECORDS.