Despite inter-band tensions, their second album saw them roll with the punches
Blondie should have returned to Plaza Sound in June and July ’77 basking in the glow of a warmly received debut. But Plastic Letters was conceived in a state of flux: Valentine had quit, and they switched labels during the recording. Producer Richard Gottehrer was back from Blondie (Craig Leon was gone), but the bonhomie of those sessions, less than a year ago, seemed a world away.