It's Alive

great album, so good to listen to a great band, well worth the price.

This is what Ramones fans have waited so long to see - the NYE Rainbow concert - you can actually feel the hairs standing up on the back of your neck as your eyes and ears feast on this DVD masterpiece. Just buy this DVD for this classic performance alone. As all die-hard Ramones fans know the 'Its Alive' Album is the best live recording of a band- ever. It's like plugging yourself into the mains for an hour - high energy, unrelenting,'take no prisoners' punk rock.Totally draining and totally satisfying at the same time. My son asked me today what it was like to go to a Ramones concert.'It was like a religious experience', I told him! The original tapes of the album should now be digitally re-mastered and re-issued. This DVD is what the 1996 'We're Outta Here' should have been like - instead of the mess that director Kevin Kerslake made of it. How Gary Kurfirst and Ira Lippy could have allowed the final Ramones concert to have been so poorly recorded for posterity I will never know. The Its Alive DVD meanwhile is outstanding and a fitting tribute to da brudders. The Ramones were heaven sent and it's from there that Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee now look down on us enjoying this live performance - as we enjoyed them live at the The Electric Ballroom, the Town and Country Club,Hammersmith Palais, Brixton Academy, Brighton, Friars Aylesbury etc etc.Buy it now!

The Brothers Ramone at their absolute peak, a stunning package, vinyl is faultless and the complete gigs on CD are fabby. I loved this band before I'd heard a note. Bought the 1st album in the late lamented Phoenix Records on release day, I got this at an excellent price which makes it all the better. YOU NEED THIS ALBUM.

Here is the track listing as listed by ramones.shop.musictoday.com DVD One: CBGB - New York, NY (9/15/74) Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement Judy Is A Punk Max's Kansas City - New York, NY (4/18/76) I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend 53RD & 3RD The Club - Cambridge, MA (5/12/76) Chain Saw Max's Kansas City - New York, NY (10/08/76) Havana Affair Listen To My Heart My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY (4/13/77) I Remember You Carbona Not Glue CBGB - New York, NY (6/11/77) Blitzkrieg Bop Sheena Is A Punk Rocker Beat On The Brat Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue Rockaway Beach Cretin Hop Oh Oh I Love Her So Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World The Second Chance - Ann Arbor, MI (6/26/77) Rockaway Beach Carbona Not Glue The Ivanhoe Theater - Chicago, IL (7/6/77) Pinhead Suzy Is A Headbanger The Armadillo - Austin, TX (7/14/77) Early Show Commando I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend The Armadillo - Austin, TX (7/14/77) Late Show Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy 53RD & 3RD Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World Liberty Hall - Houston, TX (7/15/77) Loudmouth I Remember You Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment Liberty Hall - Houston, TX (7/16/77) Oh Oh I Love Her So Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World Don Kirshner's Rock Concert - Los Angeles, CA (8/9/77) Loudmouth Judy Is A Punk Glad To See You Go Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment The Camera Mart Stages - New York, NY (9/3/77) Swallow My Pride Pinhead Sheena Is A Punk Rocker It's Alive, The Rainbow Theatre - London, England (12/31/77) Blitzkrieg Bop I Wanna Be Well Glad To See You Go You're Gonna Kill That Girl Commando Havana Affair Cretin Hop Listen To My Heart I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You Pinhead Do You Wanna Dance? Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue We're A Happy Family DVD Two: Musikladen - Bremen, Germany (9/13/78) Rockaway Beach Teenage Lobotomy Blitzkrieg Bop Don't Come Close I Don't Care She's The One Sheena Is A Punk Rocker Cretin Hop Listen To My Heart I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You Pinhead The Old Grey Whistle Test - London, England (9/19/78) Don't Come Close She's The One Go Mental Top Of The Pops -London, England (9/28/78) Don't Come Close Oakland, CA (12/28/78) I'm Against It Needles and Pins San Francisco Civic Center - San Francisco, CA (6/9/79) I Want You Around I'm Affected California Sun The Old Grey Whistle Test - London, England (1/15/80) Rock 'N' Roll High School Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? Top Of The Pops -London, England (1/31/80) Baby I Love You Sha Na Na -Los Angeles, CA (5/19/80) Rock 'N' Roll High School Mandagsborsen - Stockholm, Sweden (10/26/81) We Want The Airwaves TVE Musical Express - Madrid, Spain (11/17/81) This Business Is Killing Me All Quiet On The Eastern Front US Festival - San Bernardino, CA (9/3/82) Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio? Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment Rock 'N' Roll High School Wanna Be Sedated Beat On The Brat The KKK Took My Baby Away Here Today, Gone Tomorrow Chinese Rocks Teenage Lobotomy The Old Grey Whistle Test - London, England (2/26/85) Wart Hog Chasing The Night Obras Sanitarias - Buenos Aires, Argentina (2/3/87) Blitzkrieg Bop Freak Of Nature Crummy Stuff Love Kills I Don't Care Too Tough To Die Mama's Boy Provinssirock Festival - Seinajoki, Finland (6/4/88) I Don't Want You Anymore Weasel Face Garden Of Serenity I Just Want To Have Something To Do Surfin' Bird Cretin Hop Somebody Put Something In My Drink We're A Happy Family Rochester Institute Of Technology - Rochester, NY (10/8/88) Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio Wart Hog Rolling Stone Club - Milan, Italy (3/16/92) Psycho Therapy I Believe In Miracles I Wanna Live My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg) Pet Sematary Animal Boy Pinhead Top Of The Pops -London, England (6/29/95) I Don't Wanna Grow Up River Plate Stadium - Estadio Antonio V. Liverti - Buenos Aires, Argentina (3/16/96) I Wanna Be Sedated R.A.M.O.N.E.S. Blitzkrieg Bop

Without doubt a great collection. I went straight to the IT'S ALIVE show (who wouldnt). There are a few loops and edits but nothing really to take away from this incredible release. Listening to it's alive then, after all these years to watch a good chunk of the show is awesome. the fact that a few songs arent there (yet!) sheena, rockaway and lobotomy, does not diminish the viewing. The US festival 82 has been given the Ed stasium production treatment and is very solid work. The early footage is fantastic taking into account the age and the technology available at the time, you also get the famous musikladen 78 show, bar a few songs originally aired and 4 songs from the legendary Don Kirscher show, just to name a few. quality of picture is mostly excellent! There are demo videos for KKK, drink, and 9-5 world. some lip synchs here and there regarding other shows. the user interface allows just one song to be chosen if required. i could go on but there is no point, there is a lot of footage to get through for the viewer. only a pernickety sourpuss would find fault. buy it and enjoy.

great live album, only problem is it a bit quieter than the loco live album, maybe because its a lot older recording, its also not played as quick as loco live, but its far better in terms of vocals

If you're any kind of Ramones fan, then you have to buy this. It's worth it for the three extra full shows from the end of that amazing tour. And the sound quality is superb. 'It's Alive' was always one of the best live albums ever made, now it's effectively 4 times that. The package is superb with a great booklet. I'll probably never play the vinyl records (I don't even have a turntable anymore) but it's worth having for the whole epic masterpiece. BUY IT!!

I love the Ramones. They probably know one less chord than the mighty Status Quo (who were in search of the fourth chord!) but to me that's not necessarily a bad thing. I like the humour as well in their songs - We're a Happy Family, Teenage Lobotomy, Cretin Hop, Pinhead to name some. Other are just pure rock 'n' roll like Rockaway beach, Blitzkreig Bop, Sheena is a Punk Rocker and more. Great driving songs, turned up loud on a sunny day, brilliant.