Blondie – Parallel Lines (Half-speed Mastering)
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Vocals – Deborah Harry
Bass – Nigel Harrison
Drums [Premier Drums] – Clem Burke
Guitar – Frank Infante
Guitar – Robert Fripp (A4)
Guitar, Twelve-String Guitar [12 String], E-Bow – Chris Stein
Keyboards [Electronic Keyboards] – Jimmy Destri
Written by Jack Lee (A1, B2), Deborah Harry (A2-3, A5, B4, B6), Nigel Harrison (A2), Chris Stein (A3-5, B3-4), Jimmy Destri (A3, B1), Frank Infante (A6), Joe B. Mauldin (B5), Niki Sullivan (B5), Norman Petty (B5)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Limited edition
Original analog Master tape : YES
Half Speed Mastering
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Victor Company of Japan
Label : MOFI
Original Label : Chrysalis
Recorded June–July 1978 at Record Plant, New York City)
Engineered by Peter Coleman
Mixed at Forum Studio
Produced by Mike Chapman
Mastered by Steve Hall at MCA Whitney Recording Studios and Original Masteringworks
Lacquer cut by Joe Gastwirt at JVC Cutting Center
Originally released in September 1978
Reissued in April 1981
Tracks:
Side A:
- Hanging On The Telephone
- One Way Or Another
- Picture This
- Fade Away And Radiate
- Pretty Baby
- I Know But I Don't Know
Side B:
- 11:59
- Will Anything Happen
- Sunday Girl
- Heart Of Glass (Disco Version)
- I'm Gonna Love You Too
- Just Go Away
Awards:
Rolling Stone Magazine 500 greatest albums of all time - Ranked 146 / 500
Reviews :
“Blondie turned to British pop producer Mike Chapman for their third album, on which they abandoned any pretensions to new wave legitimacy (just in time, given the decline of the new wave) and emerged as a pure pop band. But it wasn't just Chapman that made Parallel Lines Blondie's best album; it was the band's own songwriting, including Deborah Harry, Chris Stein, and James Destri's "Picture This," and Harry and Stein's "Heart of Glass," and Harry and new bass player Nigel Harrison's "One Way or Another," plus two contributions from nonbandmember Jack Lee, "Will Anything Happen?" and "Hanging on the Telephone." That was enough to give Blondie a number one on both sides of the Atlantic with "Heart of Glass" and three more U.K. hits, but what impresses is the album's depth and consistency -- album tracks like "Fade Away and Radiate" and "Just Go Away" are as impressive as the songs pulled for singles. The result is state-of-the-art pop/rock circa 1978, with Harry's tough-girl glamour setting the pattern that would be exploited over the next decade by a host of successors led by Madonna.” AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Half-speed mastering. In half-speed mastering, the whole process is slowed down to half of the original speed. A typical 33 1/3 rpm record is cut at 16 2/3 rpm. The source material is also slowed down (reducing the pitch in the process) meaning the final record will still sound normal when played back. Slowing the whole process down allows more time, which means the end result sounds better and is more efficient — allowing engineering to minimize the effects of inherent limitations within the vinyl format. The result is a more accurate and more open high-frequency response in the half speed vinyl when compared with a normal speed recording.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 , Discogs : 4.47 / 5