This was officially released in 2010 with the title "At the BBC." But I'm posting it anyway since it's part of my extensive BBC concerts series. It's the only full concert release by the band from their prime era in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
In terms of music, if I had to pick the prime time to listen to a Blondie concert, it probably would be about a year later. The band still had to release some classic songs over the next year or so, like "Call Me," "The Tide Is High," and "Rapture." However, the concert is still chock-a-block with hits and great songs, including a couple of covers like "Seven Rooms of Gloom" by the Four Tops and "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown.
Surprisingly, there's almost no banter between songs. I don't know if the concert was really like that or if some of that was cut down for space reasons. (BBC concert recordings are often edited down to fit limited time slots.)
This concert is an hour and 20 minutes long.
01 talk (Blondie)
02 Denis (Blondie)
03 The Hardest Part (Blondie)
04 Die Young, Stay Pretty (Blondie)
05 Accidents Never Happen (Blondie)
06 Victor (Blondie)
07 Living in the Real World (Blondie)
08 Seven Rooms of Gloom (Blondie)
09 Eat to the Beat (Blondie)
10 X Offender (Blondie)
11 Dreaming (Blondie)
12 Slow Motion (Blondie)
13 Shayla (Blondie)
14 Union City Blue (Blondie)
15 Atomic - Eat to the Beat (Blondie)
16 Picture This (Blondie)
17 Pretty Baby (Blondie)
18 Heart of Glass (Blondie)
19 Hanging on the Telephone (Blondie)
20 [Sunday Girl Bagpipes] (Blondie)
21 Sunday Girl (Blondie)
22 I Got You [I Feel Good] (Blondie)
23 One Way or Another (Blondie)
The cover photo of lead singer Debbie Harry doesn't come from this exact concert, but it's pretty close in both time and place. It comes from a concert in Manchester, Britain, three days earlier. The text of the band name is a font used on one of the band's albums, but I changed the color to pink.
Wonderful!
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