BLONDIE – AUTOAMERICAN LP – Nr MINT PUNK NEW WAVE DEBBIE HARRY

Blondie – Autoamerican
(Chrysalis Records  1980  CDL1290)
Matrix No’s: 1Y3/2Y5

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Blondie is an American rock band founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Further members were Clem Burke on drums, Jimmy Destri on keyboards, Frank Infanti on guitar and Nigel Harrison on bass.

Autoamerican is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Blondie. It was released in November 1980 and reached #3 in the UK charts, #8 in Australia and #7 in the US.

Track listing

Personnel

• Deborah Harry – vocals
• Chris Stein – guitar, vibraphone
• Jimmy Destri – piano, organ, synthesizer, background vocals
• Frank Infante – guitar, background vocals
• Nigel Harrison – bass, background vocals
• Clem Burke – drums, background vocals

Additional personnel

• Howard Kaylan – vocals on “T-Birds”
• Mark Volman – vocals on “T-Birds”
• Jimmie Haskell – string and horn arrangements on “Here’s Looking at You”, “The Tide Is High”, “Europa” and “Go Through It”
• Wa Wa Watson – guitar on “Live It Up”
• Tom Scott – saxophone on “Rapture” and “Faces”, lyricon on “Do the Dark”
• Steve Goldstein – piano on “Faces”, synthesizer on “Follow Me”
• Ray Brown – bass on “Faces”
• Scott Lesser – percussion on “Live It Up”
• Ollie Brown – percussion on “The Tide Is High”
• Emil Richards – percussion on “The Tide Is High”
• Alex Acuña – percussion on “The Tide Is High”
• B-Girls – background vocals on “Live It Up”

Production

• Mike Chapman – record producer
• Recorded at United Western Studio, Hollywood, California in 1980. Originally released on Chrysalis Records on November 14, 1980 (CHE-1290).
• Kevin Flaherty – 2001 reissue producer