release date: Nov. 16, 1993
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5]
producer: various
label: Chrysalis Records - nationality: USA
Track highlights: 3. "Sunday Girl (French Version)" (UK 12" single "Sunday Girl", 1978) - 12. "Once I Had a Love" (Early Version of 'Heart of Glass', 1976) - 15. "Call Me (Spanish Version)" (org. version appears on 'The Hunter', 1982) - 16. "Heart of Glass (Disco Version)" (org. version appears on 'Parallel Lines', 1978) - 17. "Ring of Fire" (Live) (from the soundtrack 'Roadie', 1980) - 18. "Bang a Gong (Get It On)" (Live) (rec. at The Paradise Club, Boston, Nov. 4, 1978) - 19. "Heroes" (Live) (rec. at The Hammersmith Odeon, Jan. 12, 1980. Taken from the UK 12" single 'Atomic', 1980)
19 track compilation by Blondie. In some ways this is justified by putting together rarities, B-sides, alternate tracks and live versions, but that is all scattered as it also contains several ordinary album versions of familiar songs, just to fill out the album, or what? Anyway, among the good things are a French version of "Sunday Girl", a Spanish version of "Call Me", two demo tracks, "Once I Had a Love" (an early version of "Heart of Glass"), "Heart of Glass (Disco version)", and three live covers, which makes it nine tracks worth the lot.
