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THE RAMONES VERY RARE ORIGINAL, TRUE FIRST PRESSING OF THE FIRST, SELF-TITLED ALBUM RAMONES - ORIGINAL SIRE RECORDS 1976 STEREO LP SASD-7520
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ONE OF THE VERY FEW COPIES OF THIS ALBUM WE HAVE FOUND IN THE PAST 40 YEARS THAT ARE ACTUALLY NOT REISSUES - THIS IS THE VERY FIRST, ORIGINAL PRESSING ALL REISSUES HAVE AN INSCRIPTION ON THE BACK COVER THAT READS: This album was previously released as Sire Records LP SASD-7520 AND HAVE A DIFFERENT CATALOG NUMBER.
INSANELY RARE STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL TRUE FIRST PRESSING
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL RED-FADES-TO-YELLOW SIRE LABEL , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION
WE GUARANTEE THAT THE RECORD LABEL YOU WILL FIND INSIDE WILL HAVE A RARE MISPRINT FOUND ONLY ON TRUE FIRST PRESSINGS OF THIS ALBUM: THE SONG BEAT ON THE BRAT WAS MISTITLED AS BEAT IS ON THE BRAT
GUARANTEED TO INCLUDE RARE ORIGINAL, CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE, UNIQUE TO THIS PRESSING REISSUES DELETE THE CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE AND REPLACE IT WITH A PLAIN, WHITE, GENERIC SLEEVE .
THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.
TWO BREATHE AIR HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE
FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 6.
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
Note: this is a REAL image of the ACTUAL item you are bidding on. This is NOT a recycled image from our previous auction. What you see is what you ll get. GUARANTEED
With the three-chord assault of Blitzkrieg Bop, The Ramones begins at a blinding speed and never once over the course of its 14 songs does it let up. The Ramones is all about speed, hooks, stupidity, and simplicity. The songs are imaginative reductions of early rock roll, girl group pop, and surf rock. Not only is the music boiled down to its essentials, but the Ramones offer a twisted, comical take on pop culture with their lyrics, whether it s the horror schlock of I Don t Wanna Go Down to the Basement, the drug deals of 53rd and 3rd, the gleeful violence of Beat on the Brat, or the maniacal stupidity of Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue. And the cover of Chris Montez s Let s Dance isn t a throwaway -- with its single-minded beat and lyrics, it encapsulates everything the group loves about pre-Beatles rock roll. They don t alter the structure, or the intent, of the song, they simply make it louder and faster. And that s the key to all of the Ramones music -- it s simple rock roll, played simply, loud, and very, very fast. None of the songs clock in at any longer than two and half minutes, and most are considerably shorter. In comparison to some of the music the album inspired, The Ramones sounds a little tame -- it s a little too clean, and compared to their insanely fast live albums, it even sounds a little slow -- but there s no denying that it still sounds brilliantly fresh and intoxicatingly fun.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
For its extraordinary contribution to the modern music, superb production, craftsmanship, fine musicianship, revolutionary significance and influence it exerted on numerous generations of musicians, writers and general public, or for some other innate quality, this album was voted one of top-200 albums of all time in one of the largest poll of critics, music reviewers, professionals and producers ever organized: the poll, which was conducted by Paul Gambaccini, legendary BBC Radio AR man, surveyed more than 50 top music professionals including Roy Carr, Jonathan Cott, Robert Christgau, Cameron Crowe, Chet Flippo, Ben Fong-Torres, Charlie Gillett, Greil Marcus, Murray the K., Lenny Kaye , Bruce Morrow a/k/a Cousin Brucie , Tim Rice of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita fame , Lisa Robinson, Robert Shelton who wrote liner notes for Bob Dylan s first album , Ed Ward, Joel Whitburn, Pete Wingfield, etc. . For more details, see: Critics Choice: Top-200 albums compiled by Paul Gambaccini, Omnibus Press, Library of Congress Catalog No.7855565 or click here for the complete album listing
Finding a still sealed original PROMO copy of this Punk Milestone which literally got the Punk avalanche going? ? Forget it not even a HOPE This may be the last one you will ever see.
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CONDITION:
RECORD
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a THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID .
b The record is guaranteed to come in its original, custom, inner sleeve, which is UNIQUE to this album.
c The record is apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy dynaflex type , vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.
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