February 12th 1977: Blondie, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers and the Ramones

   On this day in 1977 Blondie, Tom Petty & theHeartbreakers and the Ramones all appeared at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, California.

Joe Cornelisse-SMM

Blondie - In The Flesh

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - American Girl

The Ramones - Rockaway Beach

What's On My Turntable? Blondie's Parallel Lines

          So What’s On My Turntable Today?  Today it’s 1978’s Parallel Lines by Blondie. The album artwork of Parallel Lines pretty much says it all, Debbie Harry takes control of this record from the beginning right to the end. This was Blondie’s third record, and you can feel the maturity in the lyrics and the music. This was still a pretty much a straight ahead “New Wave” record, even though with the track “Heart of Glass” they were blurring the lines of what was “disco” and what was New Wave. They got a lot of slack for “Heart of Glass” from fellow musicians and critics alike for “selling out”…but at the time there really wasn’t a big distinction between the two styles. 

     I hate to sound like a “broken record” (I know lame), but this is one of those records that you can put on and just listen to from beginning to end and not have a thought of skipping through it.

Joe Cornelisse-SSGS