RAMONES LP 1977 UK 1ST PRESS ROCKET TO RUSSIA FULLY SIGNED EX PUNK DEE DEE ETC
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RAMONES - ROCKET TO RUSSIA
UK SIRE 1977 FIRST PRESSING FULLY SIGNED
BETWEEN ABOUT 1977 AND 1979 I WORKED FOR A CONCERT PROMOTER IN EDINBURGH. IT WAS AN AFTER SCHOOL JOB! HEAD TO THE VENUE AND HELP UNLOAD THE GEAR AND THEN THE REVERSE AFTER THE GIG. THE MAIN PUNK VENUES WERE CLOUDS, TIFFANYS AND THE ASTORIA - BUT MAINLY CLOUDS.
THE RAMONES FIRST PLAYED EDINBURGH LATE 77 OR MAYBE EARLY 78 - SOON AFTER THE RELEASE OF ROCKET TO RUSSIA. A LOCAL BAND LIKE SCARS, SKIDS OR REZILLOS WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED.
IN ADDITION TO HUMPING THE GEAR I WAS GIVEN A RATHER UNUSUAL JOB ON THE NIGHT. I WAS ASKED TO GET ON TOP OF THE PA STACK AND TRY TO HOLD THEM TOGETHER. IT WAS A DOUBLE PA STACK THAT WAS A BIT WOBBLY.
IF ANYONE WAS AT THE GIG - I WAS THE LAD ON TOP OF THE PA STACK - AN INTERESTING BIRDS EYE VIEW.
ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE GIG THE BAND HEADED TO ROSE STREET AND THE 'IN' RECORD SHOP AT THE TIME, A PLACE CALLED BRUCE'S RECORDS. THE OWNER WAS A BRUCE FINDLAY WHO LATER WENT ONTO MANAGE SIMPLE MINDS. A QUICK VISIT HOME TO GET MY VINYL AND THEN OFF TO THE SHOP TO GET IT SIGNED
MANY OF THE ITEMS HAVE VANISHED OVER THE YEARS BUT I STILL HAVE A COUPLE LEFT. RAMONES WERE MY NUMBER ONE BAND AND I HAD ALL THEIR RELEASES
THE WHOLE LP IS EXCELLENT THROUGHOUT
