The Ramones’ first live album celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with a new version that’s been updated with remastered sound and expanded with with three unreleased concerts from the same tour. Originally recorded in London on New Year’s Eve 1977 and eventually released as a double album in 1979, It’s Alive delivered a blistering barrage of live takes on classic tracks from the band’s first three albums.
Taking its name from a 1974 horror film, It’s Alive was the last album to feature all four original band members: Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone and Tommy Ramone. All four concerts included in the new Deluxe Edition capture the band in peak form as they storm through dozens of songs from the group’s influential catalog.
Among the numerous highlights are electrifying live versions of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue” and “I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You” from Ramones (1976), “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment,” “California Sun” and “Pinhead” from Leave Home (1977) and “Cretin Hop,” “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker” and “Rockaway Beach” from Rocket to Russia (1977).
Tracklist
A1 Rockaway Beach
A2 Teenage Lobotomy
A3 Blitzkrieg Bop
A4 I Wanna Be Well
A5 Glad To See You Go
A6 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
A7 You’re Gonna Kill That Girl
B1 I Don’t Care
B2 Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
B3 Havana Affair
B4 Commando
B5 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
B6 Surfin’ Bird
B7 Cretin Hop
C1 Listen To My Heart
C2 California Sun
C3 I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You
C4 Pinhead
C5 Do You Wanna Dance?
C6 Chainsaw
C7 Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World
D1 Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy
D2 Judy Is A Punk
D3 Suzy Is A Headbanger
D4 Let’s Dance
D5 Oh Oh I Love Her So
D6 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
D7 We’re A Happy Family
