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Most cumbersome title ever? Their fabulous 40-year career has earned Blondie the right to call this anniversary release anything they darned well please. This inspired package contains two separate albums that celebrate Blondie’s past and present. First, you’ll hear the classics, revisited by Debbie Harry and the boys over the last couple years: Heart of Glass; The Tide Is High; Dreaming; One Way or Another, and more. Next, you’ll hear the new album Ghosts of Download with guests Beth Ditto (The Gossip), Miss Guy and System Solar: Rave; Sugar on the Side; Mile High; Relax, and more. Andy Warhol’s portrait of Debbie graces the greatest-hits cover, and the futuristic artwork on Ghosts of Download was created by DC Comics’ J.H. Williams III. The out-there 28-page-booklet is a mix of "cybernautics and secret code," and the two albums come to you on CDs or 150-gram vinyl LPs (which boast full-color inner sleeves and a 1979 gig poster). The two deluxe packages add a DVD with something intensely exciting for Blondie fans: over 50 minutes of lost 1977 band footage from CBGB (due to the age of the videotapes this footage derives from, the sound and picture are a bit rough, but you’ll feel every bit of the energy the crowd is soaking up as the band tears through most of their first LP and some choice covers: Heart Full of Soul; Rip Her to Shreds; Kung Fu Girls; X-Offender, and more)! Noble ID.