BLONDIE/PLASTIC LETTERS (VINILO)

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LIMITED 180 GRAM VINYL LP REPRESSING OF THIS CLASSIC ALBUM FROM THE NEW WAVE ICONS. PLASTIC LETTERS IS THE SECOND STUDIO ALBUM BY BLONDIE RELEASED IN FEBRUARY 1978 ON CHRYSALIS RECORDS. IT WAS THE SECOND AND FINAL BLONDIE ALBUM TO BE PRODUCED BY RICHARD GOTTEHRER. DENIS A COVER OF RANDY THE RAINBOWS 1963 HIT DENISE WAS A HIT ALL OVER EUROPE REACHING #2 IN MARCH 1978 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WAS ALSO A HIT IN AUSTRALIA REACHING #19. (IM ALWAYS TOUCHED BY YOUR) PRESENCE DEAR WAS THE SECOND SINGLE FROM THE ALBUM REACHING #10 IN THE UK IN MAY 1978. THE SONG WAS WRITTEN BY THE BANDS ORIGINAL BASS GUITAR PLAYER GARY VALENTINE SHORTLY BEFORE HE LEFT FOR A SOLO CAREER PRIOR TO THE ALBUM BEING RECORDED (WHICH NECESSITATED CHRIS STEIN PLAYING BASS AS WELL AS GUITAR). IN FACT DURING RECORDING BLONDIE WERE STILL AT THEIR OLD LABEL PRIVATE STOCK RECORDS. THE ALBUM PEAKED AT #10 IN THE UK AND HAS BEEN CERTIFIED PLATINUM BY THE BPI. THE PINK DRESS DEBBIE HARRY WEARS IN THE COVER ART WAS DESIGNED BY ANYA PHILLIPS.