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The Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass, background vocals); Tommy Ramone (drums). Producers: Tony Bongiovi, T. Erdelyi. Reissue producers: Bill Inglot, Gary Stewart. Recorded at Sundragon, New York, New York and live at The Roxy, Hollywood, California on August 12, 1976. Includes liner notes by Donna Gaines and Arturo Vega. Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Dan Hersch (Digiprep).
Released only months after their first album, "Leave Home" is still an essential document of the New York punk scene. Rhino's remastered 2001 reissue restores the original running order of the album, including "Carbona Not Glue", which was hastily removed from the 1977. More importantly, this reissue contains 16 bonus tracks, the entirety of the Ramones' August 1976 Hollywood live recording. Half the tracks don't even hit the two minute mark and the whole thing is over in under half an hour. Years of hardcore punk and the ever increasing BPMs of underground dance music mean that this stuff doesn't sound as shockingly speedy now as it did at the time. What's surprising is how cheerful and poppy this allegedly transgressive music comes across, and how unexpectedly tight and well rehearsed the supposedly sloppy band is.
1. Glad To See You Go
2. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
3. I Remember You
4. Oh Oh I Love Her So
5. Carbona Not Glue
6. Susy Is A Headbanger
7. Pinhead
8. Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy
9. Swallow My Pride
10. What's Your Game
11. California Sun
12. Commando
13. You're Gonna Kill That Girl
14. You Should Never Have Opened That Door
15. Babysitter
Live at the Roxy, Hollywood (bonus material)
16. Loudmouth
17. Beat On The Brat
18. Blitzkrieg Bop
19. I Remember You
20. Glad To See You Go
21. Chain Saw
22. 53rd And 3rd
23. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
24. Havana Affair
25. Listen To My Heart
26. California Sun
27. Judy Is A Punk
28. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
29. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
30. Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
31. Let's Dance