Blondie/Scotland,UK 1979

In 1979, BLONDIE boasted immense popularity in the UK, surpassing even their home country, with their major works “PARALLEL LINES” and “EAT TO THE BEAT” reaching number one in the UK in quick succession. A special edition of the classic video that allows you to witness it in its prime is now available. This work features “Glasgow performance on December 31, 1979”. This is a multi-camera professional shot of the countdown live held in the UK at the height of its popularity. Speaking of the “EAT TO THE BEAT” era, he is also familiar with the Dallas performance that was the main part of the official live album “PICTURE THIS LIVE” and the popular standard soundboard “LONDON 1980: Pre-FM VINYLS” at our store. In order to sort out such a situation, let’s look back at the tour schedule at that time and check the show’s position. 1979《May-June “EAT TO THE BEAT” production》・June 27th-August 26th: North America #1 (44 performances) ← *Official PICTURE THIS LIVE《September 28th “EAT TO THE BEAT” ” Release》・October 4th-13th/December 15th: North America #2 (4 performances) ・December 25th-31st: Europe #1a (5 performances)←★Here★ 1980・January 1 Sunday-22nd: Europe #1b (18 performances) ← *LONDON 1980, March 7th-22nd: North America #3 (3 performances), June 25th + September 21st: Europe #2 (2 performances)《 “AUTOAMERICAN” released in November》 This is the progress from the completion of “EAT TO THE BEAT” to “AUTOAMERICAN”. “EAT TO THE BEAT” was released just as the US tour was coming to an end, and at the end of the year, they finally invaded the UK. The Glasgow performance of this work was such a New Year’s Eve live, and it was a concert about two weeks before “LONDON 1980: Pre-FM VINYLS”. Such shows have been broadcast on TV and have been a staple among the classics that convey the golden age since ancient times. This work is the Japanese broadcast version that is the highest version. The source for this work is the famous program “Golden Western Music Live” broadcasted by a certain broadcasting company in 2006. This week, the same program’s ROXY MUSIC special feature “STOCKHOLM 1976: JAPANESE BROADCAST” will be released at the same time, but this work and ROXY MUSIC are actually a coupled broadcast. This work is an edited version of BLONDIE only. And the origin of the highest peak is, after all, quality. As it is the 2006 version, both broadcasting and recording are digital, and everything from the station master to this work has been converted to DVD without any deterioration. The visual beauty and sound board audio are so wonderful that there is no other word than “completely official grade”. What is depicted in the highest quality with that “super” is the concentrated reduction of the blockbuster works “PARALLEL LINES” and “EAT TO THE BEAT”. This video has 11 songs (+α), which is about half of the total 21 songs in the set that day, but it is neatly divided into two parts. Heartbeat of Love (first 6 songs) Dreaming/Slow Motion/Shayla (★) / Union City Blue (★) / Atomic (★) / Eat To The Beat (★) Parallel lines of love (second half 5 songs) ・Picture This/Pretty Baby (★)/Heart Of Glass/Hanging On The Telephone/Sunday Girl *Note: Songs marked with “★” were not available on “PICTURE THIS LIVE.” …and it looks like this. In fact, songs not included in “PICTURE THIS LIVE” can be heard on “LONDON 1980: Pre-FM VINYLS”, so the concentrated feeling of this work is actually more delicious. Also includes the latest hits of the time such as “Dreaming,” “Heart Of Glass,” and “Hanging On The Telephone” (incidentally, these are the only three songs that overlap with the Golden Age’s official video work “LIVE!”), and “With the Eyes”. It’s a show that feels like “a compressed version of the two greatest masterpieces you’ll see.” The highest quality version of such a stage is enough to fill you up, but this work also has unique production that can only be done by Japanese Broadcasting. At our store, we have archived a number of music programs that are mastered by the best recording enthusiasts in Japan, and the “Golden Western Music Live” is a standard. The program’s original production, which takes full advantage of the live performance and music itself, and has a casual and good taste, is wonderful. There are two contents, one is Japanese subtitles. In addition to the Japanese translation of the MC between songs, it also includes each member’s name and song title/composition credit. In addition, each song is accompanied by a short commentary, songs you’ve forgotten come back to life, and hit songs’ unexpected chart performance will keep you entertained. Another unique performance is the solution corner before and after the stage. This program always welcomes a guest named after the band and is in charge of commentary, but since this work was a coupling feature with ROXY MUSIC, the late music critic “Kon-chan” also navigated. Only the comments about BLONDIE have been cut out and edited, so it feels a bit fragmented, but he explains things like the band’s history and the visual concept of the stage in a nostalgic way. This is a video masterpiece that allows you to enjoy the shining stages of the Golden Age in Bikkabika’s completely official quality. It is also complete with a variety of Japanese subtitles and an explanatory corner, and is a quasi-official version that fulfills the fantasy of “If it were made into an official work and a Japanese version was released…”. Apollo Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland 31st December 1979 PRO-SHOT Broadcast Date: 2nd September 2006 1. Intro / MC Talk 2. Dreaming 3. Slow Motion 4. Shayla 5. Union City Blue 6. Atomic 7. Eat To The Beat 8. Picture This 9. Pretty Baby 10. Heart Of Glass 11. Hanging On The Telephone 12. Bug Pipes & Drums 13. Sunday Girl 14. MC Talk Deborah Harry – vocals Chris Stein – guitar Frank Infante – guitar Nigel Harrison – bass Jimmy Destri – keyboards Clem Burke – drums PRO-SHOT COLOR NTSC Approx.41min.