BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1980
“Atomic” is a song by American rock band Blondie from their fourth studio album, Eat to the Beat (1979). Written by Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri and produced by Mike Chapman, the song was released as the album’s third single.
The 1980 single version of “Atomic” was a remix. The original 4:35 version as featured on the albums Eat to the Beat and 1981’s The Best of Blondie opens with an intro inspired by the nursery rhyme “Three Blind Mice” and includes an instrumental break with a bass guitar solo. The 7″ version mixed by Mike Chapman omits the “Three Blind Mice” intro and replaces the instrumental break with a repeat of the verse.
SIDE A:
Atomic (Remix) 3:46
Producer, Mixed By – Mike Chapman
Written-By – D. Harry*, J. Destri*
SIDE B:
Die Young Stay Pretty 3:28
Producer – ike Chapman
Written-By – D. Harry*, J. Destri*
Heroes (Live) 6:28
Performer – Robert Fripp
Producer, Mixed By – Chris Stein, Jimmy Destri, Pat Maloney
Written-By – D. Bowie*
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near mint
U.S. CHART HISTORY:
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Atomic | U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | #39 |
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Chrysalis – CHS 12 2410
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, Single, Limited Edition
Country: UK
Released: 1980
Genre: Rock
Style: New Wave, Pop Rock
CREDITS:
Lacquer Cut By – tone*
Performer – Chris Stein, Clem Burke, Deborah Harry, Frank Infante, Jimmy Destri, Nigel Harrison
NOTES:
Track B2 “Heroes” is actually written by David Bowie and Brian Eno, but Eno is not credited on this release.
B2: Recorded live at the Hammersmith Odeon, Jan 12 1980.
Robert Fripp appears courtesy of E.G. Records.
Taken from the album “Eat To The Beat”
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
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All the links are broken since page 130. Any possibility of reup. Tank you in advance!
Awesome track – thank you Paul.
Wait, whaa – a b-side of Robert Fripp doing “Heroes” live? And the A-side itself, and bonus cut? Amazing – thanks a lot for this, DJPaul!
Loved Blondie’s earlier albums from Blondie (1976) to The Curse of Blondie (2003), all featuring original keyboardist Jimmy Destri.
I was looking forward to the 2019 remasters, so far nothing, hopefully next year, might be a Duran Duran 40th boxset as well.
Another great post Paul, All The Best.
Bonjour Paul, super ton site,
Je te suis depuis plusieurs mois,
Dommage que tu ne proposes plus de version MP3…
Thank you Paul!!!
Bravo tio Paul!, es un bonito single ♫♪
Paul, I love Blondie and Deborah Harry too, and they’re still going on even now. Blondie of course ruled the world with Heart of Glass, but branched out into several other genres. The early rock, and punk sound was definitely what got them started, but the dance elements is what set them apart. I like atomic for what it is. But in the late 90’s, is when they really started cranking up the remixes, into their best shape. They were much more house, electronica oriented by then. The early versions have their own appeal though. With true disco classics for… Read more »
You’re welcome -1. I wish this one had gotten a proper extended version in 1980. I did not care for the housed up 90’s mixes they all sort of started to sound the same just my thoughts though.
There is an extended version. A 7min 40sec “new disco mix”. It was released in 1994 with the many Diddy remix singles on vinyl and CD.
Extraordinario tema. muchas gracias
De Nada 🙂
This is so excellent of you Paul. I so enjoy Blondie and am really excited to hear their cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes.” As usual, it’s been a fantastic week of posts.
Have a tremendous weekend!
Jeff
Have a nice weekend, Jeff 🙂
What a treat !! Thank you Paul 🙂 x
You’re welcome, Jay 🙂
Fabulous Friday!. Thanks Paul. I wish there a proper ext. mix of this. A New Disco Mix was created in 1994 of the album version. But they should’ve released a proper 12″ version with the 7′ intro.
You’re welcome, Omar 🙂