Blitzkrieg through almost 4_ of live Ramones on Rhino's new 2-DVD set that unleashes a marathon line-up of rare, historic and previously unreleased concert footage with featured selections in 5.1 Surround Sound. Spanning over two decades of shows and more than four years in the making, IT'S ALIVE 1974-1996 was produced with music supervision from Ramone's drummer Tommy Ramone. From the band's earliest club gigs in lower Manhattan to international festivals in front of hundreds of thousands of fans, this is your VIP ticket to the loudest show on earth.
The DVD compilation rockets through performances from around the world, opening Disc One with seminal early shows from legendary clubs CBGB and Max's Kansas City in the band's hometown, New York City. The disc closes with a 5.1 Surround Sound mix of the concert the collection was named for, IT'S ALIVE, filmed in the U.K. at London's Rainbow Theatre on December 31, 1977 - what more festive way to bop into the new year than with Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy, Marky, Richie, and C-Jay Ramone?
In between is '70s-era footage from an assortment of Ramones dates in Ann Arbor, MI, Austin TX, Chicago, IL, Cambridge, MA and other locales. Also featured is a 1977 performance for Don Kirshner's Rock Concert filmed in Los Angeles.
Disc Two kicks off with a 1978 full set from Musikladen - Bremen, Germany and spotlights other international dates in Argentina, Finland, Italy Spain and Sweden. Also featured are U.K. television performances including several tapings for the BBC2's acclaimed live music show The Old Grey Whistle Test as well as Top Of The Pops appearances from 1980 and 1995.
Disc Two's Stateside dates include shows in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as a 5.1 Surround Sound mix of their previously unreleased set at the US Festival in San Bernardino, CA in 1982. The set closes out IT'S ALIVE 1974-1996 with the Ramones' last-ever international performance, captured in Buenos Aires, Argentina as they bid Adiós with “I Wanna Be Sedated,” “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.” and “Blitzkrieg Bop.”
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002, the Ramones rank #26 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list “The Immortals: The Fifty Greatest Artists Of All Time” (right in between Fats Domino and Nirvana). The world's first punk rock band, they formed in NYC in 1974 and were already on their third LP when the Sex Pistols spit out their first. Outlasting all who followed, The Ramones relentlessly delivered their signature (and catchy) chainsaw-level sound for over twenty years via a string of now-classic punk LPs and a phenomenal 2,263 concerts.
The Ramones are no more - Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee all passed away within eight years of the group's '96 breakup - but their sound and influence and indestructible. Don't wanna grow up yet? - put it off for 262 minutes with IT'S ALIVE 1974 - 1996! [Color +- 262 minutes]
DVD ONE CBGB - New York, NY (9/15/74)
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement
Judy Is A Punk Max's Kansas City - New York, NY (4/18/76)
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
53RD & 3RD The Club - Cambridge, MA (5/12/76)
Chain Saw Max's Kansas City - New York, NY (10/08/76)
Havana Affair
Listen To My Heart My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY (4/13/77)
I Remember You
Carbona Not Glue CBGB - New York, NY (6/11/77)
Blitzkrieg Bop
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Beat On The Brat
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
Rockaway Beach
Cretin Hop
Oh Oh I Love Her So
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World The Second Chance - Ann Arbor, MI (6/26/77)
Rockaway Beach
Carbona Not Glue The Ivanhoe Theater - Chicago, IL (7/6/77)
Pinhead
Suzy Is A Headbanger The Armadillo - Austin, TX (7/14/77) Early Show
Commando
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend The Armadillo - Austin, TX (7/14/77) Late Show
Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy
53RD & 3RD
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World Liberty Hall - Houston, TX (7/15/77)
Loudmouth
I Remember You
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment Liberty Hall - Houston, TX, (7/16/77)
Oh Oh I Love Her So
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - Los Angeles, CA (8/9/77)
Loudmouth
Judy Is A Punk
Glad To See You Go
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment The Camera Mart Stages - New York, NY (9/3/77)
Swallow My Pride
Pinhead
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker It's Alive, The Rainbow Theatre -London, England (12/31/77)
Blitzkrieg Bop
I Wanna Be Well
Glad To See You Go
You're Gonna Kill That Girl
Commando
Havana Affair
Cretin Hop
Listen To My Heart
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
Pinhead
Do You Wanna Dance?
Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
We're A Happy Family
DVD TWO Musikladen - Bremen, Germany (9/13/78)
Rockaway Beach
Teenage Lobotomy
Blitzkrieg Bop
Don't Come Close
I Don't Care
She's The One
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
Cretin Hop
Listen To My Heart
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
Pinhead The Old Grey Whistle Test - London, England (9/19/78)
Don't Come Close
She's The One
Go Mental Top Of The Pops - London, England (9/28/78)
Don't Come Close Oakland, CA (12/28/78)
I'm Against It
Needles And Pins San Francisco Civic Center - San Francisco, CA (6/9/79)
I Want You Around
I'm Affected
California Sun The Old Grey Whistle Test - London, England (1/15/80)
Rock 'N' Roll High School
Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? Top Of The Pops - London, England (1/31/80)
Baby I Love You Sha Na Na - Los Angeles, CA (5/19/80)
Rock 'N' Roll High School Mandagsborsen - Stockholm, Sweden (10/26/81)
We Want The Airwaves TVE Musical Express - Madrid, Spain (11/17/81)
This Business Is Killing Me
All Quiet On The Eastern Front US Festival - San Bernardino, CA (9/3/82)
Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Rock 'N' Roll High School
Wanna Be Sedated
Beat On The Brat
The KKK Took My Baby Away
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
Chinese Rocks
Teenage Lobotomy The Old Grey Whistle Test - London, England (2/26/85)
Wart Hog
Chasing The Night Obras Sanitarias - Buenos Aires, Argentina (2/3/87)
Blitzkrieg Bop
Freak Of Nature
Crummy Stuff
Love Kills
I Don't Care
Too Tough To Die
Mama's Boy Provinssirock Festival - Sein_joki, Finland (6/4/88)
I Don't Want You Anymore
Weasel Face
Garden Of Serenity
I Just Want To Have Something To Do
Surfin' Bird
Cretin Hop
Somebody Put Something In My Drink
We're A Happy Family Rochester Institute Of Technology - Rochester, NY (10/8/88)
Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio
Wart Hog Rolling Stone Club - Milan, Italy (3/16/92)
Psycho Therapy
I Believe In Miracles
I Wanna Live
My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)
Pet Sematary
Animal Boy
Pinhead Top Of The Pops - London, England (6/29/95)
I Don't Wanna Grow Up River Plate Stadium - Estadio Antonio V. Liverti - Buenos Aires,
Argentina (3/16/96)
I Wanna Be Sedated
R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
Blitzkrieg Bop
I Wanna Be Sedated
R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
Blitzkrieg Bop
3 comments:
Holy CRAP, that's a lot of Ramones.
I think that the moment Joey died, the rest of the band should've been put down like stray dogs at the pound.
Well, most of them are gone now anyway...
Thank goodness- I mean, oh, that's terrible.
Kidding!
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