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The Ramones Come Alive on New DVD Anthology


Rhino's all riled up and ready to let go of It's Alive 1974-1996, a live DVD anthology that collects more than 100 of the best-loved shout-alongs from punk icons the Ramones, cranked out at a breakneck clip over the band's twenty-two year history on many of the world's great stages.

The collection-- which follows the band from their CBGB infancy all the way to Argentina in the spring preceding their 1996 farewell tour-- is sure to keep the Jackies and Judies in your life anything but sedate for over four hours. It's Alive hits shelves October 2; a very inelegant-looking but painstakingly detailed tracklist for the thing follows the jump.

It's Alive:

Disc one:

CBGB - New York, NY (9/15/74):
01 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
02 I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement
03 Judy Is a Punk

Max's Kansas City - New York, NY (4/18/76):
04 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
05 53rd & 3rd

The Club - Cambridge, MA (5/12/76):
06 Chain Saw

Max's Kansas City - New York, NY (10/8/76):
07 Havana Affair
08 Listen to My Heart

My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY (4/13/77):
09 I Remember You
10 Carbona Not Glue

CBGB - New York, NY (6/11/77):
11 Blitzkrieg Bop
12 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
13 Beat on the Brat
14 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
15 Rockaway Beach
16 Cretin Hop
17 Oh Oh I Love Her So
18 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World

The Second Chance - Ann Arbor, MI (6/26/77):
19 Rockaway Beach
20 Carbona Not Glue

The Ivanhoe Theater - Chicago, IL (7/6/77):
21 Pinhead
22 Suzy Is a Headbanger

The Armadillo - Austin, TX (7/14/77) Early Show:
23 Commando
24 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend

The Armadillo - Austin, TX (7/14/77) Late Show:
25 Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy
26 53rd & 3rd
27 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World

Liberty Hall - Houston, TX (7/15/77):
28 Loudmouth
29 I Remember You
30 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

Liberty Hall - Houston, TX (7/16/77):
31 Oh Oh I Love Her So
32 Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - L.A., CA (8/9/77):
33 Loudmouth
34 Judy Is a Punk
35 Glad To See You Go
36 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment

The Camera Mart Stages - New York, NY (9/3/77):
37 Swallow My Pride
38 Pinhead
39 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker

It's Alive, The Rainbow Theatre - London (12/31/77):
40 Blitzkrieg Bop
41 I Wanna Be Well
42 Glad to See You Go
43 You're Gonna Kill That Girl
44 Commando
45 Havana Affair
46 Cretin Hop
47 Listen to My Heart
48 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
49 Pinhead
50 Do You Wanna Dance?
51 Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy
52 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
53 We're a Happy Family

Disc two:

Musikladen - Bremen, Germany (9/13/78):
01 Rockaway Beach
02 Teenage Lobotomy
03 Blitzkrieg Bop
04 Don't Come Close
05 I Don't Care
06 She's the One
07 Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
08 Cretin Hop
09 Listen to My Heart
10 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
11 Pinhead

"The Old Grey Whistle Test" - London (9/19/78):
12 Don't Come Close
13 She's The One
14 Go Mental

"Top of the Pops" - London (9/28/78):
15 Don't Come Close

Oakland, CA (12/28/78):
16 I'm Against It
17 Needles and Pins

San Francisco Civic Center, S.F., CA (6/9/79):
18 I Want You Around
19 I'm Affected
20 California Sun

"The Old Grey Whistle Test" - London (1/15/78):
21 Rock 'N' Roll High School
22 Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?

"Top of the Pops" - London (1/31/80):
23 Baby I Love You

Sha Na Na - Los Angeles, CA (5/19/80):
24 Rock 'N' Roll High School

Mandagsborsen - Stockholm, Sweden (10/26/81):
25 We Want the Airwaves

TVE "Musical Express" - Madrid, Spain (11/17/81):
26 This Business is Killing Me"
27 All Quiet on the Eastern Front

US Festival - San Bernardino, CA (9/3/82):
28 Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?
29 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
30 Rock 'N' Roll High School
31 I Wanna Be Sedated
32 Beat on the Brat
33 The KKK Took My Baby Away
34 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
35 Chinese Rocks
36 Teenage Lobotomy

"The Old Grey Whistle Test" - London (2/26/85):
37 Wart Hog
38 Chasing the Night

Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2/3/87):
39 Blitzkrieg Bop
40 Freak of Nature
41 Crummy Stuff
42 Love Kills
43 I Don't Care
44 Too Tough To Die
45 Mama's Boy

Provinssirock Festival, Seinäjoki, Finland (6/4/88):
46 I Don't Want You Anymore
47 Weasel Face
48 Garden of Serenity
49 I Just Want To Have Something To Do
50 Surfin' Bird
51 Cretin Hop
52 Somebody Put Something in My Drink
53 We're a Happy Family

R.I.T., Rochester, NY (10/8/88):
54 Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio
55 Wart Hog

Rolling Stone Club - Milan, Italy (3/16/92):
56 Psycho Therapy
57 I Believe in Miracles
58 I Wanna Live
59 My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)
60 Pet Sematary
61 Animal Boy
62 Pinhead

"Top of the Pops" - London (6/29/95):
63 I Don't Wanna Grow Up

River Plate Stadium - Estadio Antonio V. Liverti - Buenos Aires, Argentina (3/16/96):
64 I Wanna Be Sedated
65 R.A.M.O.N.E.S.



A lot of repetition, but I made a rough count and there are 118 songs on this and 71 unique songs. Kinda overkill but Amazon is listing it for $13.99 so you can't really go wrong with that.

Hiro11

That's a lot of live Ramones. However, the vintage material on End of the Century makes me think that this will definitely be worth cecking out. I guess we'll see how the quality is...

cdollaz

I wish there was more material from the Too Tough Too Die, Mondo Bizarro, and Adios Amigos eras as those were all really good albums.

zombeaner

I am so there. I read about this last week and it sounds awesome. There are a LOT of Ramones TV performances out there and I can't wait to have a lot of them in one place.

fryinpan1

Thanks for the info. I have added the title to my wishlist.

Flashback

I agree, a bit on the overkill side but at 13.99 it's a no brainer for me.

nodeerforamonth

insert?

scarredgod

absolutely NO overkill as far as im concerned, no such thing.

I would love the Ramones doing sets like the Kissology ones. I would track down all the bonus discs and everything. im sorry but i want EVERYTHING.

zombiezilla

Me too. I've known about this set for about a year (even had some input on it - thanks Dave!), and I can hardly wait for it. And it's cheap, too!!!

zombiezilla

Picked this up yesterday for $11.99 at BB (not bad for a 2 DVD set with nice packaging). If you're a hardcore fan, you will love every minute (I did). If you're a casual fan, this might be the only DVD by them you'd ever want.

I cannot recommend this one highly enough!!!

cdollaz

The quality of the first disc is really bad for about 80% of it. Probably will not watch it much. Second disc is great.

zombiezilla

No offense, cdollaz, but I've got to respectfully disagree. very little of the footage on the first DVD was recorded with any intention of anyone ever seeing it; most of it was recorded in bars with single-camera-set-ups for the bar's/band's use, Just the fact that any of it still exists to be seen is incredible, and quite cool, IMNSHO.

The opening footage of them at CBGBs is priceless; they're so primitive in it, it makes every crappy band I was in in the late 70's look like Rush by comparison. But they had/have a vibe unlike anything Rush could ever wish for on their pillows at night, LOL.

Cool stuff, all of it.

Josh-da-man

Yeah, I can forgive a lot of poor a/v quality when it comes to thirty year old concert footage.

The simple fact is, at the time there was no way of releasing a lot of that stuff. Unless a band was as big as Led Zeppelin, who released TSRTS, or KISS doing concerts for television broadcast, there really wasn't any kind of market for selling a small-time punk band playing in a club. We're lucky to have recorded concerts in any quality.

zombeaner

I can't wait, I should get this in the mail tomorrow!