Description
Tracklist:
1: Cretin Hop
2: Rockaway Beach
3: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
4: Locket Love
5: I Don’t Care
6: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
7: We’re A Happy Family
8: Teenage Lobotomy
9: Do You Wanna Dance?
10: I Wanna Be Well
11: I Can’t Give You Anything
12: Ramona
13: Surfin’ Bird
14: Why Is It Always This Way?
: Bonus Tracks:
15: Needles & Pins (Early Version)
16: Slug (Demo)
17: It’s A Long Way Back To Germany (U.K. B-Side)
18: I Don’t Care (Single Version)
19: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Single Version)
Remastered in Rhinophonic “Authentic Sound”
Tracks 1 to 14:
Originally from the album Rocket To Russia, [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/3887524]Sire #6042[/url] (11/77)
Recorded at Media Sound, New York
Mixed at The Power Station, New York
Originally mastered at Sterling Sound.
Tracks 2 and 4 also issued as [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1484060]Sire single #1008[/url] (12/77)
Tracks 5 and 6 also issued as [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1484007]Sire single #1006[/url] (8/77)
Track 9 also issued as [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1484072]Sire single #1017[/url] (3/78)
Track 15:
Previously unissued
Track 16:
First issued on All That Stuff (And More), Volume Two, [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/389891]Sire #26618[/url] (7/91)
Recorded at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, CA
Track 17:
Originally from [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1484082]Sire [U.K.] single #6078[/url] (8/77)
Tracks 18 and 19:
First issued on [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/1484036]Sire single #746[/url] (7/77)
“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”, “I Wanna Be Well”, “I Can’t Give You Anything”, “Ramona”, “Why Is It Always This Way?” 1977, WB Music Corp (ASCAP), Taco Tunes Inc. (ASCAP), Bleu Disque Music Co. Inc. (ASCAP)
“Surfin’ Bird” 1964, Beechwood Music Corp. (BMI) and Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
“Do You Wanna Dance?” 1958, Bobby Freeman Music/Clockus Music (BMI)
“Slug” 1978, WB Music Corp., Taco Tunes, Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
All rights on behalf of Taco Tunes, Inc. & Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
The song writers are credited two times. Once as ‘All songs written by the Ramnoes, except: “Do You Wanna Dance” by Bobby Freeman, “Surfin’ Bird” by Al Frazier, John Earl Harris, Carl White & Turner Wilson, “Needles & Pins” by Sonny Bono & Jack Nitzsche, “Slug” by Joey Ramone”. The second time, the songs are listed individually with all of the tracks (except “Surfin’ Bird”, “Do You Wanna Dance?”, “Needles & Pins” and “It’s A Long Way Back To Germany”) credited to Jeffrey Hyman/John Cummings/Douglas Colvin/Thomas Erdelyi and “Surfin’ Birde” credited to Al Frazier/Carl White/John Harris/Turner Wilson Jr. and “Do You Wanna Dance?” credited to Robert Freeman
All selections 1977, 1991, & 2001 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
& 1977 & 2001 Warner Bros. Records Inc. & Rhino Entertainment Company
