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Blondie '4(0)-Ever' Album Review

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The iconic ’80s band is back with an intriguing double album of greatest hits and new tunes.

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It’s one thing to release a “best of” album to celebrate a mile-marker, but it’s a graduated level of impress to release a yin-yang double disc that pairs a rerecorded album of greatest hits with a studio album of new material. For that alone, Blondie’s commemoration of the group’s 40th anniversary raises a bar.

Deluxe Redux: Greatest Hits—the remake half of the package—sounds and feels like a Technicolor blast from the past. Right out of the gate with “Heart of Glass” and through 11 iconic rompers like “Call Me,” this is an extremely rocking collection of hit pop tunes that, to be honest, pleasantly surprise in how catchy and listenable they still are.

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Artist Interview - Andy Johns & Frank Infante

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PG's Joe Coffey is On Location at the 2010 LA Amp Show where he catches up with producer/engineer Andy Johns and guitarist Frank Infante. You may not know Andy Johns by name, but you probably have some of his work in your music collection. He's a prolific producer/engineer/mixer who has worked with such legendary acts like Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin's II, III, and IV), the Rolling Stones (Exile on Main St, Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll), Van Halen (For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge), and even produced Eric Johnson's new disc Up Close. Johns talks about working with guitarists, earning co-production credits for his 21st birthday from sir Eric Clapton, and what it takes to get good guitar tone. Guitarist Frank Infante has worked with Blondie and has just finished recording on the newest New York Dolls effort due out later in 2011. Infante talks about finding your tone, his favorite amps, and some of his signature signal chains from this days in Blondie.



PG's Joe Coffey is On Location at the 2010 LA Amp Show where he catches up with producer/engineer Andy Johns and guitarist Frank Infante.

You may not know Andy Johns by name, but you probably have some of his work in your music collection. He's a prolific producer/engineer/mixer who has worked with such legendary acts like Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin's II, III, and IV), the Rolling Stones (Exile on Main St, Goats Head Soup, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll), Van Halen (For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge), and even produced Eric Johnson's new disc Up Close. Johns talks about working with guitarists, earning co-production credits for his 21st birthday from sir Eric Clapton, and what it takes to get good guitar tone.

Guitarist Frank Infante has worked with Blondie and has just finished recording on the newest New York Dolls effort due out later in 2011. Infante talks about finding your tone, his favorite amps, and some of his signature signal chains from this days in Blondie.
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