THE RAMONES - ROCKET TO RUSSIA - US LP - BEAUT AND RARE
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I OFFER FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE THIS
RARE ALBUM OF
THE RAMONES
ROCKET TO RUSSIA
The Ramones are the first punk rock band. Other bands, such as The New York Dolls came before them and set the stage and aesthetic for punk, and bands that immediately followed, such as The Sex Pistols, made the latent violence of the music more explicit, but the Ramones crystallized the musical ideals of the genre. By cutting rock & roll down to its bare essentials - four chords; a simple, catchy melody; and irresistibly inane lyrics - and speeding up the tempo considerably, the Ramones created something that was rooted in early '60s rock & roll and pop but sounded revolutionary. Since their breakthrough was theoretical as well as musical, they comfortably became the leaders of the emerging New York punk rock scene. While their peers such as Talking Heads were more intellectual and self-consciously artistic than the Ramones, they nevertheless appealed to the same mentality because of the way they turned rock conventions inside out and celebrated kitschy pop culture with stylized stupidity. The band's first four albums set the blueprint for punk, especially American punk and hardcore, for the next two decades. And the Ramones themselves were major figures for the next two decades, playing essentially the same music without changing their style much at all. Although some punk diehards - including several of their peers - would have claimed the band's long career wound up undercutting the ideals the band originally stood for, the Ramones always celebrated not just the punk aesthetic, but the music itself.
Based in the Forest Hills section of Queens, NY, the Ramones formed in 1974. Originally, the band was a trio consisting of Jeffrey Hyman, John Cummings, and Douglas Colvin. All of the group's members adopted the last name "Ramone" and dressed in torn blue jeans and leather jackets, in homage to '50s greaser rockers.
A US ISSUE ON SIRE LABEL RELEASED BY WEA IN 1977 - SR 6042
THE UNLAMINATED SLEEVE LOOKS GOOD. THERE IS SOME GENERAL SHELF AND HANDLING WEAR, INCLUDING A LITTLE FEATHERING ON THE OPENING EDGE AND A 20mm SPLIT IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER. SOME WRITING ON THE SPINE CANNOT BE CLEARLY READ. THERE IS A SOME MODERATE RING WEAR WITH A LITTLE COLOUR LOSS.
THE SHINY VINYL IS BEAUT - JUST A FEW LIGHT MARKS
PLAYS LIKE IT LOOKS - BEAUT - LOUD AND CLEAN.
THE LABELS ARE GREAT TOO - A FEW LIGHT SPINDLE MARKS - NO WRITING - NO STICKERS.
THE PAPER INNER SLEEVE HAS A FEW PALE AGE SPOTS AND THE RIGHT SEAM HAS BEEN TAPED UP - IT HAS THE LYRICS OF ALL THE SONGS.
TRACKS ARE:
CRETIN HOP == ROCKAWAY BEACH == HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW == LOCKET LOVE == I DON'T CARE == SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER == WE'RE A HAPPY FAMILY == TEENAGE LOBOTOMY == DO YOU WANNA DANCE? == I WANNA BE WELL == ICAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING == RAMONA == SURFIN BIRD == WHY IS IT ALWAYS THIS WAY?.
EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF THIS
RARE US ALBUM
IN ANY CONDITION
THIS ONE HAS A GOOD SLEEVE AND
THE SHINY VINYL PLAYS BEAUTIFUL.
HAPPY BIDDING RAMONES FANS
ALL RECORDS COME IN NEW DUST COVERS AND ARE SECURLY PACKED IN SPECIAL MAILERS WITH NEW BUBBLE WRAP FOR EXTRA PROTECTION DURING TRANSIT.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR UNINSURED ITEMS THAT ARE LOST OR DAMAGED IN THE POST
INSURANCE IS RECOMMENDED.
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