Via Big O Zine: This week's ROIO is Blondie before they became a pop band, big in England. Here they are as part of the nowave scene in New York. Just check out Debbie Harry's rendition of The Doors' Moonlight Mile. She's never returned to do this cover. Back then it wasn't about being a celebrity, it was about carrying the responsibility of an artist, the power to create and transform.
The Old Waldorf in San Francisco might be close and intimate but it had a great sound so much so that KSAN-FM felt encouraged to broadcast the shows. This is what cream-puff-war, who now resides on the internet, posted: "On many nights I went there to see excellent artists perform such as Blondie (1977), U2, X, XTC, John Cale, John Cipolllina... a soundboard tape would be played over the PA - the tapes sounded superb, recorded from concurrent shows by artists who played at the Old Waldorf (say the week before), such as Elvis Costello, Squeeze, so forth and so on."
Rest of article & download of show available here.
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