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Long-time drummer Clem Burke talks about the bands new retrospective box set spanning from 1974 to 1982.

For decades, a New Wave treasure trove sat in a converted barn. For fans of the band Blondie, it was the equivalent of the Ark of the Covenant tucked away in a rickety storage space. Inside the building just outside Woodstock, New York, were 100 reel-to-reel tapes, half a dozen cassettes, a few storage tubs…

Documents at Mar-a-Lago.

The collection is the red-hot center of a band that during the late 1970s and early '80s had eight Top 40 hits.

The collection is the red-hot center of a band that during the late 1970s and early '80s had eight Top 40 hits.

NEW YORK (AP) -- For decades, a New Wave treasure trove sat in a converted barn. For fans of the band Blondie, it was the equivalent of the Ark of the

No group combined the rebellious, enterprising ambition of the punk movement with the grand and performative nature of major pop superstardom like Blondie did.

Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and their bandmates built a career rooted in wit, excitement, pastiche and sex. A new boxed set, “Against the Odds: 1974-1982,” traces their journey.

Talking with Clem Burke ahead of the punk heroes’ stop at the Grand Ole Opry House and a new box set

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