Ramones - Ramones 1976 US First Edition ABC Records SASD-7520 Rare

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Rare first edition pressing of this iconic debut. These first editions have the two misspelled songs on the label ("Blitzkreig" and "Beat Is On The Brat").  First editions were marketed by ABC Records, indicated on the back cover, while subsequent pressings were marketed by Warner Brothers Records.   Bought second-hand and stored upright in a 5 mil heavyweight polypro sleeve in a smoke-free environment.  More cover wear than I usually feature, and a bit more sleeve scuffing than usual, but still a nice copy of this hard-to-find first edition.   

• VG+ cover has no markings and no seam splits.  There is a bottom left corner crease (photo) and an upper left corner ding (photo).  There is wear along the spine, but it is still strong.  Shelf wear along the top and bottom edges, with more wear at top left edge close to the corner (photo), but no seam splits.  Mild wear at the two corners at the opening.  Beginnings of ring wear front cover top back cover top.  Close to EX but just a little too much edge and left corner wear.  

• VG+ inner sleeve has a 1" seam split along the bottom and the beginnings of a 1" seam split along one side.  Corners have mild wear and there is creasing in upper left corner (photo).  No markings. 

• EX Side 1 has sleeve scuffing in some areas as well as 3-4 longer light hairline scuffs.  These are surface scuffs and will not effect play quality, but it still drops the visual grading.
• EX Side 2 has sleeve scuffing in some areas and 2 longer hairline scuffs.  These are light surface scuffs that will not effect the sound quality, but it drops the visual grading.  

                       **Close to NM, but a little more sleeve scuffing than I usually feature.

• From Discogs:

TracklistHide Credits

A1 Blitzkrieg Bop 2:12 A2 Beat On The Brat 2:30 A3 Judy Is A Punk 1:30 A4 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 2:24 A5 Chain Saw 1:55 A6 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 1:34 A7 I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement 2:35 B1 Loudmouth 2:14 B2 Havana Affair 2:00 B3 Listen To My Heart 1:56 B4 53rd & 3rd 2:19 B5 Let's Dance Written-By – Jim Lee 1:51 B6 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You 1:43 B7 Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World 2:09

Credits

• Bass – DeeDee Ramone*
• Drums – Tommy Ramone
• Engineer – Rob Freeman
• Engineer [Assistant] – Don Hunerburg*
• Guitar – Johnny Ramone
• Lead Vocals – Joey Ramone
• Management – Danny Fields
• Mastered By – Greg Calbi
• Photography By [Back Cover] – Arturo Vega
• Photography By [Front Cover] – Roberta Bayley
• Producer – Craig Leon
• Producer [Associate] – T. Erdelyi*
• Written-By – Ramones, The* (tracks: A1 to B4, B6, B7)

Notes

Marketed by ABC Records, Inc. 
Published by Taco Tunes/Bleu Disque Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP), 
except B5 published by Warner Tamberlane Publishing (BMI). 
Recorded at Plaza Sound, Radio City Music Hall, New York. 
Mastered at Sterling Sound. 

Misspellings on label: 
A1: Blitzkreig 
A2: Beat Is On The Brat 

Re-released on 180 gram vinyl under same cat#.: SASD-7520 

Printed inner sleeve with lyrics.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A): T1 SASD 7520 A RE-1 2 STERLING D 7
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): T1 SASD 7520 -B-RE-1-2 STERLING B6
• Matrix / Runout (Side B (variation)): T1 SASD 7520 -B-RE-1-1 STERLING

I am a lifelong vinyl collector (49 years old) and just starting to sell off my very large collection.  Much tender loving care has gone into this collection.  I have digitally archived all my albums.  These are what I listen to, so most of my LPs bought new have had very few spins.  All have been stored upright in 5 mil heavyweight polypro sleeves in a smoke-free environment.  Many more rare and hard to find collectibles to be listed.  Stay tuned!

Grading is visual only and conservative (using Ebay categories):
Mint (I almost never use this grade unless it's sealed) means perfect Near Mint means just shy of perfect Excellent means light wear, or a couple light marks Very Good Plus means more significant wear but nothing serious, or more than a couple light marks and/or a few hairlines Very Good has more serious wear but it's definitely not garbage, has marks and hairlines

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