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behindthegrooves:

On this day in music history: November 29, 1980 – “Autoamerican”, the fifth studio album by Blondie is released. Produced by Mike Chapman, it is recorded at United/Western Studios in Hollywood, CA from Summer – Fall 1980. Following the musically diverse “Eat To The Beat” released thirteen months before, Blondie looks to push their musical and creative boundaries even further beyond its punk and new wave roots. Their fifth release explores various musical genres including rock, funk, jazz, blues and rap. Producer Mike Chapman insists on a change of locale, with the band pulling up stakes from their New York City base and recording in Southern California. The album features a number of guest musicians including Howard Kaylan & Mark Volman (aka “Flo & Eddie”) (backing vocals), Tom Scott (saxophone), Ray Brown (bass), Wah Wah Watson (guitar), Ollie Brown, Alex Acuña (percussion), and Jimmie Haskell (horn and string arranger). It spins off two singles, including a cover of The Paragons reggae classic “The Tide Is High” (#1 Pop) and the Hip Hop influenced “Rapture” (#1 Pop, #33 R&B). On its original release, some Japanese pressings of “Autoamerican” are packaged with a bonus 7" of the Spanish language version of “Call Me”. It is backed with the band’s live cover of David Bowie’s “Heroes” recorded at the Hammersmith Odeon in London on January 12, 1980, and features guitarist Robert Fripp. Both tracks later resurface on “Blondie – The Singles Box” in 2004 (“Call Me” also on “Grandes Exitos & Remezclas” in 1995). The album is remastered and reissued on CD twice. The first reissue in 1994 features the extended mixes of “Rapture” and “Live It Up”, and the 2001 reissue again include the extended mix of “Rapture” along with the full soundtrack album mix of “Call Me” and “Suzy & Jeffrey” (the non-LP B-side of “The Tide Is High”). Out of print on vinyl since the late 80’s, it is remastered and reissued as a 180 gram LP in 2015. “Autoamerican” peaks at number seven on the Billboard Top 200, and is certified Platinum in the US by the RIAA.

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wildlifeaid:

Although we admit a large number of orphaned animals every year, we will always try to return young animals to their parents where we can.

This fledgling barn owl arrived at our reception after being found not moving at the base of a tree. The people who brought it to us wanted to make sure it had not been injured.

Although it was slightly dehydrated, it had no major injuries and easily passed a flight test. We think that this owl would have been ‘branching’ – the time where fledgling birds leave the nest but cannot yet fly. After giving the bird fluids and food it was moved into an incubator for release later that day…

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