MOJO The Collectors’ Series: Blondie Essentials
September 2024
MOJO The Collectors’ Series: Blondie Essentials presents the definitive guide to Blondie’s albums, songs and books.
Fifty years after Blondie made their first appearance at legendary New York punk venue CBGB, MOJO is delighted to present Blondie Essentials, our indispensable guide to the iconic new wave group’s albums, songs and books.
Written by a team of experts, this deluxe 132-page bookazine steers readers through every Blondie release – album by album, song by song –beginning with the group’s self-titled debut LP in 1977 and concluding with 2017’s Pollinator, which featured remaining founder members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Clem Burke. Blondie reached their peak with peerless global hits such as Hanging On The Telephone, Heart Of Glass, Dreaming, Atomic and Rapture, before splitting in 1982, but we also unearth hidden gems among their five reunion albums since 1999, as well as profiling concert albums, archive releases, solo projects and the best in Blondie literature – including Chris Stein’s revelatory new memoir, Under A Rock.
Together with fresh appraisals of their entire recorded work, MOJO delved deep into their archives to bring you in-depth features on Debbie Harry and the band down the years, plus there are new interviews with Stein and the group’s current touring bassist, Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols.
Beautifully illustrated with sleeve artwork and rare and famous photographs – many from Chris Stein’s own collection – Blondie Essentials is a must-have for all Blondie fans and music connoisseurs.
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