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It's Alive [Live]

Ramones Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (15 Jan 1996)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Live
  • Label: Sire
  • ASIN: B000002N2N
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  DVD  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,452 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Rockaway Beach
2. Teenage Lobotomy
3. Blitzkrieg Bop
4. I Wanna Be Well
5. Glad To See You Go
6. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
7. You're Gonna Kill That Girl
8. I Don't Care
9. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker
10. Havana Affair
11. Commando
12. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
13. Surfin' Bird
14. Cretin Hop
15. Listen To My Heart
16. California Sun
17. I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
18. Pinhead
19. Do You Wanna Dance?
20. Chainsaw
See all 28 tracks on this disc

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When the Ramones left the confines of CBGB's in 1976--where they had developed their earmark three-chord speed delivery--and took the show on the road to England, they set the punk-rock juggernaut rolling. It can't be stressed enough how influential these boys from Forest Hills, Queens, were on Britain's emerging punk-rock scene, but a few seconds into It's Alive and it's easy to tell why. It's Alive captures the phenomenon of the Ramones at their peak and in their element: live and sweaty.

The first half-dozen songs race by in the blink of an eye. "Rockaway Beach", "Teenage Lobotomy", "Blitzkrieg Bop" and "I Wanna Be Well" practically melt together in a three-chord melange, Tommy never letting up on the frantic beat and Joey pausing barely long enough to breathlessly shout, "One two three four!" before launching into the next set. Twenty-eight songs clock in under 48 minutes--talk about a land-speed record. No subtleties of production or tweaking are needed here to capture the Ramones' live sound. Plug them in, turn everything up to 10 and let it rip It's Alive is not just the best Ramones album, it is easily the best live punk-rock album of all time and perhaps one of the best live albums ever recorded. --Tod Nelson


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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Here's the track listing for the DVD...

Admittedly there's a large chunk of the New Years Eve Rainbow show (It's Alive) omitted but that is because when the master tapes were found, after being presumed lost for nearly 30 years, some of the show was missing. Also, the soundtrack of this film footage was missing so Tommy Ramone has spent the last two years matching up the original audio recordings to the film... And apparently that's not as easy as it might sound. I think that the album recording has overdubs and some of the songs on the album are taken from other shows during the same tour, so it didn't match up with the film footage!

TRACKLISTING:

DISC 1:
1) Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, September 15, 1974)
2) I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, September 15, 1974)
3) Judy Is A Punk (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, September 15, 1974)
4) I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Live at Max's Kansas City, NYC, USA, April 18, 1976)
5) 53rd & 3rd (Live at Max's Kansas City, NYC, USA, April 18, 1976)
6) Chain Saw (Live at The Club, Cambridge, MA, USA, 12, 1976)
7) Havana Affair (Live at Max's Kansas City, NYC, USA, October 8, 1976)
8) Listen To My Heart (Live at Max's Kansas City, NYC, USA, October 8, 1976)
9) I Remember You (Live at My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY, USA, May 13, 1977)
10) Carbona Not Glue (Live at My Father's Place, Roslyn, NY, USA, May 13, 1977)
11) Blitzkrieg Bop (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, June 11, 1977)
12) Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, June 11, 1977)
13) Beat On The Brat (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, June 11, 1977)
14) Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, June 11, 1977)
15) Rockaway Beach (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, June 11, 1977)
16) Cretin Hop (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, June 11, 1977)
17) Oh Oh I Love Her So (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, June 11, 1977)
18) Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Live at CBGB, NYC, USA, June 11, 1977)
19) Rockaway Beach (Live at the Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, June 26, 1977)
20) Carbona Not Glue (Live at The Second Chance, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, June 26, 1977)
21) Pinhead (Live at Ivanhoe Theater, Chicago, IL, USA, July 6, 1977)
22) Suzy Is A Headbanger (Live at The Ivanhoe Theater, Chicago, IL, USA, July 6, 1977)
23) Commando (Live at The Armadillo, Austin, TX, USA, July 14, 1977 - earlier show of the day)
24) I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Live at The Armadillo, Austin, TX, USA, July 14, 1977 - earlier show of the day)
25) Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy (Live at The Armadillo, Austin, TX, USA, July 14, 1977 - later show of the day)
26) 53rd & 3rd (Live at The Armadillo, Austin, TX, USA, July 14, 1977 - later show of the day)
27) Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Live at The Armadillo, Austin, TX, USA, July 14, 1977 - later show of the day)
28) Loudmouth (Live at Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA, July 15, 1977)
29) I Remember You (Live at Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA, July 15, 1977)
30) Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment (Live at Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA, July 15, 1977)
31) Oh Oh I Love Her So (Live at Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA, July 16, 1977)
32) Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Live at Liberty Hall, Houston, TX, USA, July 16, 1977)
33) Loudmouth (Live at Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, USA, August 9, 1977)
34) Judy Is A Punk (Live at Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, USA, August 9, 1977)
35) Glad To See You Go (Live at Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, USA, August 9, 1977)
36) Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment (Live at Don Kirshner's Rock Concert, USA, August 9, 1977)
37) Swallow My Pride (Live at Camera Mart Stages, NYC, USA, September 3, 1977)
38) Pinhead (Live at Camera Mart Stages, NYC, USA, September 3, 1977)
39) Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Live at Camera Mart Stages, NYC, USA, September 3, 1977)
40) Blitzkrieg Bop (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
41) I Wanna Be Well (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
42) Glad To See You Go (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
43) You're Gonna Kill That Girl (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
44) Commando (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
45) Havana Affair (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
46) Cretin Hop (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
47) Listen To My Heart (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
48) I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
49) Pinhead (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
50) Do You Wanna Dance? (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
51) Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
52) Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)
53) We're A Happy Family (Live at The Rainbow, London, England, December 31, 1977)

Bonus features:
- Dee Dee and Joey - The Beginning (Interview)
- Tommy - Forest Hills High School (Interview)
- Danny Fields - Revelations (Interview)
- Joey & Dee Dee - Influences (Interview)
- Joey & Danny - Artistic Growth (Interview)
- Violence? (Interview)
- What is Punk? (Interview)
- Tommy - How I learned to play drums and we got a record deal (Interview)
- Dee Dee - Coffee And Cigarettes (Interview)
- Johnny - Hard To Stop (Interview)
- Argentina - The First Time (Interview)
- Mandagsborgen (Interview)
- Sha Na Na Shenanigans (Interview)
- It's Not My Place (In The 9 To 5 World) (Video)
- Somebody Put Something In My Drink (Rare Video) (Rough Cut)
- Photo Galleries (Also Ramones fans got chance to send photos taken by them to the DVD).

DISC 2:
1) Rockaway Beach (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
2) Teenage Lobotomy (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
3) Blitzkrieg Bop (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
4) Don't Come Close (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
5) I Don't Care (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
6) She's The One (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
7) Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
8) Cretin Hop (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
9) Listen To My Heart (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
10) I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
11) Pinhead (Live at Musikladen, Bremen, Germany, September 13, 1978)
12) Don't Come Close (Live at The Old Grey Whistle Test, London, England, September 19, 1978)
13) She's The One (Live at The Old Grey Whistle Test, London, England, September 19, 1978)
14) Go Mental (Live at The Old Grey Whistle Test, London, England, September 19, 1978)
15) Don't Come Close (Live at The Top Of The Pops, London, England, September 28, 1978)
16) I'm Against It (Live in Oakland (Jari-Pekka's notice: correct might be Winterland, San Francisco?), CA, USA, December 28, 1978)
17) Needles And Pins (Live in Oakland (Jari-Pekka's notice: correct might be Winterland, San Francisco?), CA, USA, December 28, 1978)
18) I Want You Around (Live at The San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 9, 1979)
19) I'm Affected (Live at The San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 9, 1979)
20) California Sun (Live at The San Francisco Civic Center, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 9, 1979)
21) Rock'N'Roll High School (Live at The Old Grey Whistle Test, London, England, January 15, 1980)
22) Do You Remember Rock'N'Roll Radio? (Live at The Old Grey Whistle Test, London, England, January 15, 1980)
23) Baby I Love You (Live at The Top Of The Pops, England, January 31, 1980)
24) Rock'N'Roll High School (Live at The Sha Na Na Show, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 19, 1980)
25) We Want The Airwaves (Live at Mandagsborgsen, Stockholm, Sweden, October 26, 1981)
26) This Business Is Killing Me (Live at TV Musical Express, Madrid, Spain, November 17, 1981)
27) All's Quiet On The Eastern Front (Live at TVE Musical Express, Madrid, Spain, November 17, 1981)
28) Do You Remember Rock'N'Roll Radio? Read more ›
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
1000 stars 29 July 2003
Format:Audio CD
I dare anyone out there to find a better live album than this. Without question this is pure 100% quality.
You don't get any of that idle crowd chat on this album as soon as you have soaked in one track, boom!!, your into another.
No time for a quick beer or something to eat or the loo when this is on.
I suggest you set the cd player to repeat, sit in your favourite chair, crank up the volume and let the music blow you away.

Don't think about buying it just buy it.

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QUALITY AND QUANTITY 10 Jan 2002
Format:Audio CD
As an old school punk,one of the albums that still stands out to this day is this one.28 songs of such high quality that suck you in from the opening chords of "rockaway beach" and spits you out three quarters of an hour later with "we're a happy family".Along the way, we are treated to possibly the finest Ramones album to date, comprising all the classics, such as "Sheena", "pinhead", "commando","today your love,tomorrow the world" and "oh oh i love her so".Quality wise,quantity wise and content wise, it doesnt come any better than this. A must buy for anyone thinking of getting into the Ramones.Joey will be looking down on us all, proud to have left something so good. R.I.P.
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