|
4CD/2 Vinyl LP Version Of The Band’s Classic Live Album Features Newly Remastered Sound, Plus Three Complete Unreleased Concerts From 1977 U.K. Tour
Previously Unreleased Live Version Of “Blitzkrieg Bop”
The Ramones’ first live album celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a new version that’s been updated with remastered sound and expanded with with three unreleased concerts from the same tour. Originally recorded in London on New Year’s Eve 1977 and eventually released as a double album in 1979, It’s Alive delivered a blistering barrage of live takes on classic tracks from the band’s first three albums.
Produced in a limited and numbered edition of 8,000 copies, the 4CD/2LP 180-gram vinyl set comes packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book. It’s accompanied by new liner notes written by legendary record producer and musician Steve Albini and Ed Stasium, who produced and engineered It’s Alive and remastered all of the music included in this collection. This will be the first time that It’s Alive has been released
IT’S ALIVE: 40th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION features all four concerts that were professionally recorded during the Ramones’ U.K. tour in December 1977, three making their debut release: Top Rank, Birmingham (December 28, 1977); Victoria Hall, Stoke-On-Trent (December 29, 1977); Friars, Aylesbury (December 30, 1977); and The Rainbow Theatre, London (December 31, 1977). A previously unreleased version of “Blitzkrieg Bop” from the Top Rank show is available now digitally.
Taking its name from a 1974 horror film, It’s Alive was the last album to feature all four original band members: Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone and Tommy Ramone. All four concerts included in the new Deluxe Edition capture the band in peak form as they storm through dozens of songs from the group’s influential catalog.
Among the numerous highlights are electrifying live versions of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” and “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You” from Ramones (1976), “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment,” “California Sun” and “Pinhead” from Leave Home (1977) and “Cretin Hop,” “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” and “Rockaway Beach” from Rocket to Russia (1977).
CONDITION: NEW
TRACK LISTING
- Disc 1 -
1 Disc One: The Rainbow Theatre, London, December 31, 1977
2 Rockaway Beach
3 Teenage Lobotomy
4 Blitzkrieg Bop
5 I Wanna Be Well
6 Glad to See You Go
7 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
8 You're Gonna Kill That Girl
9 I Don't Care
10 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
11 Havana Affair
12 Commando
13 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
14 Surfin' Bird
15 Cretin Hop
16 Listen to My Heart
17 California Sun
18 I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You
19 Pinhead
20 Do You Wanna Dance
21 Chainsaw
22 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
23 I Wanna Be a Good Boy
24 Judy Is a Punk
25 Suzy Is a Headbanger
26 Let's Dance
27 Oh Oh I Love Her So
28 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
29 We're a Happy Family
- Disc 2 -
1 Disc Two: Top Rank, Birmingham, Warwickshire, December 28, 1977
2 (Previously Unreleased)
3 Rockaway Beach
4 Teenage Lobotomy
5 Blitzkrieg Bop
6 I Wanna Be Well
7 Glad to See You Go
8 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
9 You're Gonna Kill That Girl
10 I Don't Care
11 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
12 I Can't Give You Anything
13 Commando
14 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
15 Surfin' Bird
16 Cretin Hop
17 Listen to My Heart
18 California Sun
19 I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You
20 Pinhead
21 Do You Wanna Dance
22 Chainsaw
23 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
24 I Wanna Be a Good Boy
25 Suzy Is a Headbanger
26 Let's Dance
27 Oh Oh I Love Her So
28 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
29 We're a Happy Family
- Disc 3 -
1 Disc Three: Victoria Hall, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, December 29, 1977 (Previously Unreleased)
2 Rockaway Beach
3 Teenage Lobotomy
4 Blitzkrieg Bop
5 I Wanna Be Well
6 Glad to See You Go
7 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
8 You're Gonna Kill That Girl
9 I Don't Care
10 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
11 I Can't Give You Anything
12 Commando
13 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
14 Surfin' Bird
15 Cretin Hop
16 Listen to My Heart
17 California Sun
18 I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You
19 Pinhead
20 Do You Wanna Dance
21 Chainsaw
22 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
23 I Wanna Be a Good Boy
24 Suzy Is a Headbanger
25 Let's Dance
26 Oh Oh I Love Her So
27 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
28 We're a Happy Family
- Disc 4 -
1 Disc Four: Friars, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, December 30, 1977
2 (Previously Unreleased)
3 Rockaway Beach
4 Teenage Lobotomy
5 Blitzkrieg Bop
6 I Wanna Be Well
7 Glad to See You Go
8 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
9 You're Gonna Kill That Girl
10 I Don't Care
11 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
12 Havana Affair
13 Commando
14 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
15 Surfin' Bird
16 Cretin Hop
17 Listen to My Heart
18 California Sun
19 I Don't Wanna Walk Around with You
20 Pinhead
21 Do You Wanna Dance
22 Chainsaw
23 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World
24 I Wanna Be a Good Boy
25 Suzy Is a Headbanger
26 Let's Dance
27 Oh Oh I Love Her So
28 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
29 We're a Happy Family
|