Talk:Plastic Letters

July 2005

This article may result in the creation of the following articles: Fan Mail, Denis (Denee), Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45), Youth Nabbed As Sniper, Contact In Red Square, (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear, I'm On E, I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No, Love At The Pier, No Imagination, Kidnapper, Detroit 442, Cautious Lip.

I'm noting this because most of the individual songs are not notable enough for an individual article, especially if the content is like that on Youth Nabbed As Sniper. "Song is the number track on the album album by group. --Blu Aardvark | ^{(talk) | (contribs)} 09:55, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

December 2009

Question : how can this album have been in the charts in 1977 if it has been released in 1978 ? DeepPurple46 (talk) 13:02, 20 December 2009 (UTC)

This album was released in 1977, not 1978. I will update the content accordingly. Xblkx (talk) 03:40, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Note: I am having a cite error on my sources. I don't know why. cite web: http://books.google.com/books?id=lRgtYCC6OUwC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=plastic+letters+chrysalis+rolling+stone&source=bl&ots=QA9XOd2r1y&sig=GNxXRtJEX6NJCE0qSHECYPyh3vU&hl=en&ei=FqK-S7WQNsT_lgfgobisBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CCAQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q&f=false

I was hoping to find a citation with the *exact* date. Anyone? It will probably be something in print, but on the web it is essentially common knowledge that it's October 1977. Sorry I can't cite it. I spent more than an hour and I don't know what is wrong with my ref tag. Xblkx (talk) 04:42, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Release date

I'm afraid allmusic's information on the release date is incorrect. One needs to look no further than the liner notes in the Plastic Letters 2001 remaster to see the correct release date of February 1978. A quick search of the google news archive will reveal several newspaper articles documenting the album's release in February 1978 (and nothing at all from 1977), see [1]. There's also the book Making Tracks: The Rise of Blondie [2] or Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970-1982 [3] or the Spin magazine article [4]. This is also consistent with the album's chart history - Plastic Letters entered the Billboard album chart the week ending February 25, 1978 and the UK chart the week of March 4, 1978. Piriczki (talk) 22:30, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

The album was initially released on the Private Stock label in Oct 1977, and then reissued on the Chrysalis label (who had bought out Private Stock) in Feb 1978. SilkTork ^{✔Tea time} 16:23, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

That is flat out wrong. Plastic Letters was never released by Private Stock. Blondie bought out their contract with Private Stock before Plastic Letters was released and signed with Chrysalis in October 1977. The album was not released in the U.S. until February 1978. Unfortunately allmusic.com has incorrectly attached the October 1977 date to the album and that error has been repeated elsewhere. Perhaps the confusion stems from the ©1977 date on the LP. This is because the first publication was December 20, 1977 in Japan (Chrysalis WWS-80963) according to the copyright registration.

Instead of blindly googling the internet looking for something, anything, to back up assumptions, why not read some contemporary sources to get the facts. An industry magazine like Billboard is a good place to start. For instance, you will find this in the November 19, 1977 issue under "Signings" (page 59):

"New Wave group Blondie to Jonny Podell for exclusive bookings in the U.S. and Canada. The Chrysalis act's second LP, due in January is yet untitled."

Or in the December 24, 1977 article on Chrysalis Records ("Ellis To Develop ID Push" page 10):

"During the first portion of 1978 the label will be releasing product from such recently signed artists as Mary Travers, Blondie and jazz group Auracle."

Also, the February 11, 1978 issue features a review of Plastic Letters in "Top Album Picks", a feature containing reviews of that week's new releases.

The infobox could be changed to show the earliest release date, December 1977, but it should indicate that is for Japan and add the US release date of February 1978 to avoid any confusion. Piriczki (talk) 16:13, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

I think we have the same problem with the debut album : Making Tracks suggests a release by Private Stock in January 1977, but Blondie (album) says it's December '76. --Martin de la Iglesia (talk) 14:53, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

"Kidnapper(song)" listed at Redirects for discussion

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