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RAMONES

Seminal punk rockers who lit up the mid-'70s New York City scene by stripping rock & roll to the basics. The Ramones were the first punk rock band. Other bands, such as the Stooges and the New York Dolls, came before them and set the stage and aesthetic for punk, and bands that immediately followed, such as the Sex Pistols, made the latent violence of the music more explicit, but the Ramones crystallized the musical ideals of the genre. By cutting rock & roll down to its bare essentials -- four chords; a simple, catchy melody; and irresistibly inane lyrics -- and speeding up the tempo considerably, the Ramones created something that was rooted in early '60s, pre-Beatles rock & roll and pop but sounded revolutionary.

"IT'S ALIVE"

<reissue, originally published 1979>

Recorded live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, UK, New Year's Eve 1977.

2LP     SIRE RECORDS      SIR K 66 087  (2SRK 6074)

MADE IN GERMANY for UK & EUROPEAN MARKET    EARLY/MID-80s REPRESSING

       GATEFOLD COVER

NOTES: Originally not issued in the US for reasons unknown.

GEMA/Biem variation without barcode, but has SRK 2 6074 on both labels. Embossed WB logo on the back.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: SIRE – YELLOW LABEL  w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT

Label Code: LC 3228

Other (Price Code, rear): Germany: Ⓩ

Other (Price Code, rear): France: WE 322

Catalog on cover: (spine, rear) SIR K 66 087 (2SRK 6074)

Catalog on labels: SRK 2 6704

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped/Etched): R/S Alsdorf 66087 A  STRAWBERRY (G) 75

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped/Etched): R/S Alsdorf 66087 B3 X *UK*  RME  2

Matrix / Runout (Side C, Stamped/Etched): R/S Alsdorf 66087 Cx  STRAWBERRY (G)

Matrix / Runout (Side D, Stamped/Etched): R/S Alsdorf 66087-D2  UK  4

On labels: 

2 lines rim text reads "Alle Urheber..........Made in Germany by WEA Musik GMBH Ⓦ A Warner Communications Company"

"All Rights...........Of This Record Prohibited"

STEREO    GEMA/BIEM (boxed)

All songs written by...........

Produced by.........

Publisher credits.......

℗ 1979 Sire Records

On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits

℗ 1989 Sire Records Company.........

Manufactured in Germany by Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf......... Ⓦ a Warner Communications Company

W(embossed)    LC 3228(circled)    SIRE(logo)

Druckhaus Maack KG, Lüdenscheid

tracklisting

Side A: ROCKAWAY BEACH - TEENAGE LOBOTOMY - BLITZKRIEG BOP - I WANNA BE WELL

GLAD TO SEE YOU GO - GIMME GIMME SHOCK TREATMENT - YOU'RE GONNA KILL THAT GIRL

Side B: I DON'T CARE - SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER - HAVANA AFFAIR - COMMANDO

HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW - SURFIN' BIRD - CRETIN HOP

Side C: LISTEN TO MY HEART - CALIFORNIA SUN - I DON'T WANNA WALK AROUND WITH YOU - PINHEAD

DO YOU WANNA DANCE - CHAINSAW - TODAY YOUR LOVE,TOMORROW THE WORLD

Side D: I WANNA BE A GOOD BOY - JUDY IS A PUNK - SUZY IS A HEADBANGER - LET'S DANCE

OH OH I LOVE HER SO - NOW I WANNA SNIFF SOME GLUE - WE'RE A HAPPY FAMILY

   grading

RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

No band so richly deserved the adjective "unrelenting" as the Ramones, especially on-stage. On their studio albums, the Ramones occasionally threw in some overdubs and production niceties to mix things up, but in concert, they were like a big-block hot rod thrown into fifth gear -- your best bet was to hold on tight, because they weren't slowing down any time soon. There is no better recorded document of the Pride of Forest Hills showing an audience what's what than 1979's It's Alive, recorded at London's Rainbow Theatre on the last day of 1977 as they wrapped up a U.K. tour. If you're looking for nuance or variety, you're going to be let down, but that was never what the Ramones were about. Their purpose in life was to provide high-energy fun fueled by downstroked guitar, a loud snare on the two and four, and lyrics that could have been lifted from Mad Magazine, and It's Alive has those goods in plentiful supply. The set list collects the highlights from the group's first three albums, with the arrangements stripped to the essentials and played with the taut authority and sweat of a seasoned band hitting their marks. The performances on It's Alive are tight enough to harness the full power of the Ramones and their songs, but with just enough flexibility to make this stuff swing hard. This was the last Ramones album to feature the original lineup of Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, and Tommy, with Marky Ramone taking over on drums in 1978. With It's Alive, they went out in style -- it's not only the best Ramones live album, it's one of the best and most effective live albums in the rock canon, and every bit as essential as Ramones, Leave Home, or Rocket to Russia...(AllMusic)