''Picture This Live'' is a first live album by the band Blondie released by

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subsidiary Chrysalis Records as a limited edition full-price album in 1997 in the United States. It was later released in the United Kingdom and Europe as a mid-price release with alternate artwork under the title ''Blondie Live: Philadelphia 1978 / Dallas 1980'' in 1999. As of August 9 2005 it has sold 22,000 copies in United States.

Overview

''Picture This Live'' was released as part of a series of limited edition albums celebrating EMI's 100th anniversary in 1997. The album contains two performances originally recorded for the

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radio show. The song "A Shark in Jets Clothing" which is joined with "I Know but I Don't Know" on track 11 is omitted from the track listing of all editions of the album. Live versions of "I Know but I Don't Know" and "

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" from this album were later added as

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s to the 2001

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edition of Blondie's 1978 album ''

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''. The song "Detroit 442" from the

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performance is not present on this album, however it was issued as a bonus track on the 2001 remastered edition of Blondie's other 1978 album, ''

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''.

Track listing

* Tracks 1-6 and 13-15 recorded live August 5, 1979 in

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(incorrectly listed on the album as 1980, the original radio broadcast date) * Tracks 7-12 recorded live November 6, 1978 at the

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Personnel

Blondie

Deborah Harry Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981. Born in ...

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* Chris Stein –

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Clem Burke Clement Burke (born Clement Anthony Bozewski; November 24, 1954) is an American musician who is best known as the drummer for the band Blondie from 1975, shortly after the band formed, throughout the band's entire career. He also played drums f ...

– drums *

Jimmy Destri Jimmy Destri (born James Mollica, April 13, 1954, Brooklyn, New York City, United States) is an American musician. Background Destri is of Italian descent. His father was a novelist who also wrote screenplays and eventually advertising copy to ...

– keyboards *

Nigel Harrison Nigel Harrison (born 24 April 1951) is an English musician. Harrison spent several years as the bassist of the American rock band Blondie during the 1970s and 1980s. Life & career Harrison grew up in Princes Risborough, a small town in the ...

–

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* Frank Infante – guitar

Additional Personnel

Cheryl Pawelski Cheryl Pawelski (born April 11, 1966 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American record producer and record-company executive. Since 2010, she has been one of the founder/owners of Omnivore Recordings, a Los Angeles-based record label specializing in ...

– Compilation Producer, Producer * Bernadette Fauver – Producer * Kevin Flaherty – Associate Producer,

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* Marc Rashba – Executive Producer * Lisa Reddick – Producer * Adam Varon – Producer * Ann King Speer – Production Coordination * Johnny Lee – Art Direction * Ricky Mintz – Art Direction * John O'Brien –

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References

{{Blondie Blondie (band) albums 1998 live albums 1998 compilation albums