Reissue specialists Rhino Records later this month will re-release the Ramones‘ first four albums — “Ramones” (1976), “Leave Home” (1977), “Rocket To Russia” (1977) and “Road to Ruin” (1978) — on 180-gram audiophile vinyl and in special limited-edition sets packaged with bonus 7-inch singles on blue vinyl.
Due out July 19, the reissues “come in accurate representations of the original packaging,” according to Rhino’s announcement, and “were made using lacquers cut from the original analog masters by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering.”
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The standard editions will be sold at retail with a suggested list price of $17.98. But Rhino.com will sell limited-edition versions of the albums, each packaged with a bonus reproduction 7-inch featuring a single and B-side from each album, pressed on blue vinyl. Those sets, priced at $24.98 each, are limited to 500 copies per album.
The new reissues also will include the restoration of the original tracklist for Leave Home, with “Carbona Not Glue” returning to its original slot at Track 5 of Side A. After the initial pressing, the song was removed to avoid a legal action by the Carbona company, and replaced by the B-side “Babysitter” and later with the single “Sheena is a Punk Rocker.”
Tracklist: Ramones, Ramones
SIDE A
1. “Blitzkreig Bop”
2. “Beat On The Brat”
3. “Judy Is A Punk”
4. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
5. “Chain Saw”
6. “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue”
7. “I Don’t Wanna Go Down To The Basement”
SIDE B
1. “Loudmouth”
2. “Havana Affair”
3. “Listen To My Heart”
4. “53rd & 3rd”
5. “Let’s Dance”
6. “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”
7. “Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World”
BONUS 7-INCH
A. “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend”
B. “California Sun/I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You”
Tracklist: Ramones, Leave Home
SIDE A
1. “Glad To See You Go”
2. “Gimmie Gimmie Shock Treatment”
3. “I Remember You”
4. “Oh Oh I Love Her So”
5. “Carbona Not Glue”
6. “Suzy Is A Headbanger”
7. “Pinhead”
SIDE B
1. “Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy”
2. “Swallow My Pride”
3. “What’s Your Game”
4. “California Sun”
5. “Commando”
6. “You’re Gonna Kill That Girl”
7. “You Should Have Never Opened That Door”
BONUS 7-INCH
A. “Swallow My Pride”
B. “Pinhead” and Recorded Live at the Roxy “Let’s Dance”
Tracklist: Ramones, Rocket to Russia
SIDE A
1. “Cretin Hop”
2. “Rockaway Beach”
3. “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow”
4. “Locket Love”
5. “I Don’t Care”
6. “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”
7. “We’re A Happy Family”
SIDE B
1. “Teenage Lobotomy”
2. “Do You Wanna Dance”
3. “I Wanna Be Well”
4. “I Can’t Give You Anything”
5. “Ramona”
6. “Surfin’ Bird”
7. “Why Is It Always This Way ”
BONUS 7-INCH
A. “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker”
B. “I Don’t Care”
Tracklist: Ramones, Road to Ruin
SIDE A
1. “I Just Want To Have Something To Do”
2. “I Wanted Everything”
3. “Don’t Come Close”
4. “I Don’t Want You”
5. “Needles And Pins”
6. “I’m Against It”
SIDE B
1. “I Wanna Be Sedated”
2. “Go Mental”
3. “Questioningly”
4. “She’s The One”
5. “Bad Brain”
6. “It’s A Long Way Back ”
BONUS 7-INCH
A. “She’s The One”
B. “I Wanna Be Sedated”