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The Ramones - NYC 1978 Audio CD

A fair review of the The Ramones "NYC 1978" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all The Ramones reviews here, or go back to the The Ramones tabs.

The Ramones Band: The Ramones
Title: NYC 1978
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Release Date: 2003-08-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 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 Want to Dance 20: Chainsaw 21: Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World 22: Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy 23: Suzy Is a Headbanger 24: Let's Dance 25: Oh, Oh, I Love Her So 26: Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 27: We're a Happy Family

The Big City Belongs to the Ramones


These 27 tracks of sizzling punk rock aired on the syndicated program and were recorded at the Palladium om January 7, 1978. Back in the day, the King Biscuit Flower Hour was an incredible FM radio mainstay which featured concert performances from many artists who represented a number of musical genres. Keeping the beat on drums is Tommy Ramone, who soon left the band.

This is as outstanding means to hear the Ramones as they ripped through a set before an appreciative audience. The group paved the punk rock trail and this gig demonstrates the power and energy that made them a "must-see" act when their tour rolled into the city.

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It's great to be back in New York City!
This marks are reversal of the opinion voiced in my review of It's Alive written shortly after I first heard NYC 1978. After several months of listening the decision is in: NYC 1978 is better than It's Alive. It's Alive had long been an album of which I was very fond. My love for that album blinded me to the truth, and I was unwilling to accept the possibility that there existed a better Ramones album.

Nevertheless, NYC'78 occasionally made its way into my car stereo. And I, of course, would proceed to rock out to its glorious noise.

Several days ago I dusted off It's Alive and decided to take it for a ride. I am sad to say that it just wasn't the same. The New Year's Eve performance felt dull, uninspired, bland. It felt less honest, less potent, less vibrant---less Alive.

Only time will tell, but I am inclined to think that It's Alive may become obsolete. NYC 1978 contains the same set of songs recorded just a week after the London performance. The fundamental difference between the two records is found in the sound quality of each recordings. Ultimately, it is difficult to fathom how anyone could deny that the later performance is in this respect superior.


Ramones at their peak
I don't think they were ever quite the same after Tommy left. What can I say, this is the Ramones at their best. The sound is more raw than on the more engineered "It's Alive" album and better for it. This is the perfect complement if you have the first three Ramones studio albums (and if you don't, then go buy them right now). And one more thing, if your neighbours don't listen to the Ramones, then turn it up REAL LOUD so they can!.


It's great to be back in New York City
How does this concert differ from that one? Not by much, really. This Ramones concert took place seven days after the concert that was released as the It's Alive album. The set list is identical and even in the same order, with the exception of "Judy is a Punk" not being played during the second encore this time. Despite having one less song, this CD actually runs a bit longer than the other one, because on It's Alive some of the breaks between songs were cut down, most notably the breaks between the three encores. Joey's stage patter is, of course, different at the two shows. Other than that, there are no real differences between the concerts. Ramones NYC 1978 is a good, solid Ramones concert, and so is It's Alive. I would recommend getting either one, but only the Ramones biggest fans will need to get both of them.


Better than It's Alive
This is a true representation of what the band sounded like on this era, and regardless of that, it simply rocks more than It's Alive. This record made It's Alive obsolete, no joke, simply because It's Alive has fake crowd noise and the vocals overdubbed in a studio, this one doesn't.


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