RAMONES - End of the Century LP (5th Album in NEARMINT )(Super Saver Series)

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      Up for auction is this RAMONES - End of the Century LP.  This is the Ramones fifth album & was originally released
on  February 4th, 1980.  This  was the first  Ramones  album  produced by the legendary Phil Spector. He had used more
advanced  standards  of  engineering such as  high quality overdubbing  & echo chambers. This  caused conflict  between
Spector & the band due  to the fact that these newer methods  were not used  on previously released  albums  &  the band
mainly dissapproved of them. The songs on this album were primarily written to expand the band's fan base, which strayed
from  the band's original  Punk Genre of the previous albums, & steered towards a more Pop orientated sound. Now here's
an  ironic  twist  on this album:  It received generally positive reviews by  the  critics, but along with that came many reviews
deeming it less favorable than the band's previous releases. And why was that? Well, the critics who "unfavored" the album
said  that  the  band  was  clearly  trying  too  hard   attempting  to achieve  mainstream success which  was not the band's
intention  at  all!  They wanted  to  make  another  signiture, Punk-style  Ramones album, but succumbed to Phil Spector's
ideas & reccommendations for producing a more "widely accepted" album. So for that, we can easily say it was Spector's
fault,  not the band's.  But ironically,  despite all of this, this Ramones album is the highest ranking Ramones album of all
time!! WTF? I know...the world is a strange place sometimes.
      So with working with Phil Spector, the band had not achieved what they had wanted and more times than not, were
in conflict with the producer.  Dee Dee claimed on numerous occasions that he was extremely controlling & wouldn't let
some of the  band's contributions to the album be considered. But Dee Dee had put in some effort with writing the lyrics
to  "Do You Remember Rock 'n Roll Radio?"  which recalled his childhood days  growing  up in Germany when he used
to  stay up  late listening to  all of  the radio stations. He also wrote "Chinese Rock" in 1976, & it was later re-worded by
the popular  group  Johnny Thunders.  Johnny disapproved  of  the  entire  album  &  was  not  happy  about Spector's
production efforts  or  the  lack  of. He stated that this album was not true Ramones, but instead was a watered-down
version.  Phil Spector  along with  other  big  name  production  advisors  were  trying  to  mainstream  the  album by
attempting  to  make  every  song  a  hit.  Johnny went on  to further say that  you just can't do that. We're better off
making our signature  Ramones  album  that  has  two  hits  &  make  the  rest  of  the album  as  raunchy as hell!!
Because when it come to  airplay  on  the Radio,  the  stations  are  only  gonna  play  those  two hits  anyways & 
not  the  10  others.  Joey  was  in  agreement  with  Johnny  &  said  that  he  failed to contribute his  best efforts 
towards  this album. And furthermore Joey was quoted to saying this:  "I think that some of the worst crap I ever
wrote went on that album. That was me at my worst." He also went on to say that he couldn't believe how bad it
sounded & that it was just horrible & he even felt embarrassed a little  bit by  the  poor quality of the sound on  a
couple songs.  And  even  though  some  critics  were  quoted  describing  the album as "Sad",  "controversial" & 
a  "failed effort" &  that  Phil Spector's  production  efforts  pretty  much  ruined  the  album,  this  album  currently
remains  the  highest  charting Ramones album of all time even to this day.
      This  copy you are bidding on is the last Ramones album I will be listing from the  "Super Saver Series". This is
a 1983 Reissue  &  has only been played  ONE TIME & is in NEARMINT/MINT(-) condition.  The inner sleeve this
time is glossy paper with the  band's  picture on one side  & the lyrics on the other. It is in  EXCELLENT shape.  The
outer cardboard sleeve is in NEARMINT too & still has the original plastic shrinkwrap on it!!

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