It wasn't until they made a brief tour of England that they began to see the fruits of their labor a performance at The Roundhouse in London on J(second-billed to the Flamin' Groovies), organized by Linda Stein, was a resounding success. At the band's first major performance outside of New York, a June date in Youngstown, Ohio, approximately ten people showed up. The two singles released from the album, "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", failed to chart at all. Ramones was not a commercial success, reaching only number 111 on the Billboard album chart. The now iconic front cover photograph of the band was taken by Roberta Bayley, a photographer for Punk magazine. Ramones was produced by Sire's Craig Leon, with Tommy as associate producer, on an extremely low budget of about $6,400 and released in April. While the songwriting credits were shared by the entire band, Dee Dee was the primary writer. Of the fourteen songs on the album, the longest, "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement", barely surpassed two-and-a-half minutes. ![]() The Ramones recorded their debut album, Ramones, in February 1976. Spearheading punk: 1976–1977 Johnny (left), Joey (center), and Dee Dee Ramone (right) in concert, 1977 In 2011 the group was awarded a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. On March 18, 2002, the Ramones-including the three founders and drummers Marky and Tommy Ramone-were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2002, the Ramones were ranked the second-greatest band of all time by Spin magazine, trailing only The Beatles. sales to be certified gold was the compilation album Ramones Mania.However, recognition of the band's importance built over the years, and they are now cited in many assessments of all-time great rock music, such as the Rolling Stone list of the 50 Greatest Artists of All Time and VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. By a little more than eight years after the breakup, the band's three founding members-lead singer Joey Ramone, guitarist Johnny Ramone, and bassist Dee Dee Ramone-had died. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played a farewell concert and disbanded. ![]() They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually nonstop for 22 years. Despite achieving only limited commercial success, the band was a major influence on the punk rock movement both in the United States and the United Kingdom.Īll of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", though none of them were related. The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, often cited as the first punk rock group. HERE'S A LITTLE MORE INFO ON THE BAND AND THE SONGS ON THE 45. WE WILL PROVIDE DELIVERY CONFIRMATION IF SOLD IN THE U.S., AND IF SOLD TO AN INTERNATIONAL BIDDER, WE WILL WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE IT IS PACKED SAFELY AND CAN BE TRACKED. WE ARE SETTING A FAIR RESERVE ON THIS, IF YOU ARE A RAMONES COLLECTOR YOU KNOW IT'S VALUE, OTHERS INTERESTED PLEASE DO SOME RESEARCH ON POSIKE/GEMM OR OTHER SITES THAT SHOW WHAT RECORDS LIKE THIS HAVE GONE FOR IN THE PAST. THIS BELONGS TO IT'S ORIGINAL OWNER WHO HATES TO PART WITH IT, AND I AM SELLING IT ON THEIR BEHALF, THE ECONOMY BEING WHAT IT IS. THE PICTURE SLEEVE IS IN VG+ CONDITION, NO TEARS, RIPS, WRITING, OR MARKS, THERE IS MILD WEAR ALONG THE TOP/OPENING AND MILD RING WEAR THAT IS HARDLY VISIBLE. ![]() THE VINYL ON BOTH SIDES LOOKS UNPLAYED, DEEP SHINEY BLACK, NO SCUFFS, DINGS, SCRATCHES OR MARKS OF ANY KIND. BOTH LABLES HAVE A SMALL "SPOT" ABOUT 1/4" WHERE IS LOOKS LIKE A SMALL STICKER, MAYBE A PRICE STICKER WITH AN ADHESIVE BACKING WAS REMOVED LEAVING A VERY SMALL BLEM ON THE PAPER OF THE LABLE, THIS CAN BE SEEN IN BOTH PICTURES ABOVE,OTHER THAN THAT THE RECORD IS NM. THE DATE 1976 IS ALSO ETCHED IN THE MATRIX NUMBERS INSIDE THE DEAD WAX. "BLITZKREIG BOP" (2:12) b/w "CALIFORNIA SUN"(2:00) & "I DON'T WANNA WALK AROUND WITH YOU" (1:50) RECORDED LIVE AT THE ROXY IN HOLLYWOOD,CA. THIS IS A SUPER RARE RAMONES SINGLE FROM 1976 ON THE PHILIPS LABEL, LISCENCED FROM SIRE RECORDS OF THEIR SEMINAL "HIT".
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