Blondie have released a previously-unheard recording of Mr Sightseer.
Dating back to 1978, the track has been newly mastered and appears on the band’s archive box set ‘Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982’.
“At the time of recording in 1978, the addition of the TEAC TCA-43 four track reel-to-reel to [guitarist] Chris Stein and [singer] Debbie Harry’s home allowed the duo to chase every idea to its logistical or inconsequential conclusion,” says a press release.
Debbie Harry jokes: “The lyric is not good at all. The song’s not too bad. It’s just a little simplistic. It didn’t ever get really developed or finished.”
Mr Sightseer serves as the B-side to another rarity from the box set, Blondie’s cover of The Doors’ Moonlight Drive.
‘Blondie: Against The Odds 1974-1982’ – featuring 124 tracks, 36 of which were previously unreleased – is out August 26 and available to pre-order now.
