BlondiePlastic Letters

Label:

Toshiba EMI – WWS-80963

Series:

Highest Energy & Eternal Beauty

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

Japan

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Rock & Roll

Tracklist

A1 Fan Mail
Written-ByJimmy Destri
2:36
A2 Denis 2:16
A3 Detroit 442
Written-ByJ. Destri*
2:25
A4 Kidnapper
Backing VocalsDale Powers
Written-ByJimmy Destri
2:34
A5 (I Am Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
Written-ByGary Valentine
2:41
A6 I'm On E
Written-ByD. Harry*
2:13
B1 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
Written-ByD. Harry*
2:50
B2 Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45) 2:47
B3 Love At The Pier
Written-ByD. Harry*
2:24
B4 In Red Square
Written-ByJimmy Destri
1:57
B5 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
E-Bow [Guitar]Chris Stein
Written-ByC. Stein*
2:58
B6 Cautious Lip
Written-ByR. Toast*
4:21

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ByToshiba EMI Ltd
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Chrysalis Records
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Chrysalis Records Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Chrysalis Records
  • Recorded AtPlaza Sound Studios

Credits

  • Art Direction, DesignRamey Communications
  • Bass, Rhythm GuitarFrank "The Freak" Infante*
  • Drums, Backing VocalsClement Burke*
  • EngineerRob Freeman
  • Grand Piano, Organ [Farfisa organ], Synthesizer [Polymoog], Strings, Synthesizer [Roland], Backing VocalsJames Destri*
  • Lead Guitar, Bass, VibraphoneChris Stein
  • Liner NotesMicky Moriwaki*
  • Liner Notes [Lyrics Translation]落流鳥
  • Photography ByPhillip Dixon
  • ProducerRichard Gottehrer
  • VocalsDeborah Harry

Notes

℗&©1977 Chrysalis Records Ltd.
Manufactured by Toshiba EMI, Ltd., Japan

Note the rearranged track order and deletion of "No Imagination" from US/Euro editions.
Includes wide obi ("Highest Energy & Eternal Beauty") and 4-page history/lyric insert.
Some with additional thinner red/white striped tour obi.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): CHR-1166-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): CHR-1166-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): CHR-1166-A 2S 1 〄 97-Z78 9X Y
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): CHR-1166-B 1S 13 〄
  • Rights Society: JASRAC
  • Other (Price): ¥2,500

Other Versions (5 of 132)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
New Submission
Plastic Letters (LP, Album, Promo) Toshiba EMI WWS-80963 Japan 1977
New Submission
Plastic Letters (8-Track Cartridge, Album) Chrysalis 8CH 1166 US 1977
New Submission
Plastic Letters (Cassette, Album, Black Shell) Chrysalis 7296 Portugal 1977
Plastic Letters (LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing) Chrysalis CHR 1166 US 1978
Plastic Letters (LP, Album, Stereo) Chrysalis 511166, 51-1166 Europe 1978

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  • Biliken's avatar
    Biliken
    Why not include No Imagination? Outrageous interference on the part of the Japanese record company.

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