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It's a Long Way Back: Rhino Reissues Ramones' "Road to Ruin" In 40th Anniversary Box Set

July 13, 2018 By Joe Marchese 1 Comment

On September 22, 1978, The Ramones unleashed their fourth album on the world: Road to Ruin.  On September 21 of this year, almost forty years to the day, Rhino will reissue Road as part of the label's ongoing series of Ramones box sets.  It will arrive as a 3-CD/1-LP box set and a single-CD remaster of the original album.

For Road to Ruin, Dee Dee, Joey, and Johnny were joined for the first time by drummer Marky Ramone (who replaced founder Tommy Ramone, who'd left the ranks to focus on producing and writing for the band).  The album introduced the now-classic "I Wanna Be Sedated," which is just one of the tracks that will be heard in never-before-released versions on the 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.  Disc One of the box set has the remastered version of the original album mix along with a 2018 stripped-down "Road Revisited" remix crafted by original producer Ed Stasium.  This remix is also included in the set on a 180-gram vinyl LP.  CD 2 boasts period rough mixes of every album track as well as bonus material such as single versions, backing tracks, two outtakes ("I Walk Out" and "S.L.U.G."), the 1988 "I Wanna Be Sedated" Ramones-on-45-Mega-Mix, and more.  The third CD premieres a 1979 concert recording from the band's homebase of New York, captured at the late, lamented Palladium and first broadcast on WNEW-FM.

The limited and numbered edition of 7,500 copies worldwide is packaged in a 12x12 hardcover book-style format.  Author Roy Trakin, album cover artist John Holmstrom, and Stasium have all contributed essays to the booklet.  Photos and rare artwork are also featured, including an alternate cover for the album.

Ready to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a punk classic?  Road to Ruin: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is currently available as a digital pre-order from Amazon U.S., but we will update all pre-order links as soon as they go live!

Ramones, Road to Ruin: 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Sire/Rhino, 2018) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada Links TBD)

CD 1

Original Album Mix (Sire LP SRK-6063, 1978)

  1. "I Just Want To Have Something To Do"
  2. "I Wanted Everything"
  3. "Don't Come Close"
  4. "I Don't Want You"
  5. "Needles And Pins"
  6. "I'm Against It"
  7. "I Wanna Be Sedated"
  8. "Go Mental"
  9. "Questioningly"
  10. "She's The One"
  11. "Bad Brain"
  12. "It's A Long Way Back"

2018 Road Revisited Remix

  1. "I Just Want To Have Something To Do"
  2. "I Wanted Everything"
  3. "Don't Come Close"
  4. "I Don't Want You"
  5. "Needles And Pins"
  6. "I'm Against It"
  7. "I Wanna Be Sedated"
  8. "Go Mental"
  9. "Questioningly"
  10. "She's The One"
  11. "Bad Brain"
  12. "It's A Long Way Back"

CD 2: Rough Mixes & 40th Anniversary Extras

  1. "I Walk Out" (2018 Mix) *
  2. "S.L.U.G." (2018 Mix) *
  3. "Don't Come Close" (Single Mix)
  4. "Needles And Pins" (Single Mix)
  5. "I Just Want To Have Something To Do" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  6. "I Don't Want You" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  7. "I'm Against It" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  8. "It's A Long Way Back" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  9. "I Walk Out" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  10. "Bad Brain" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  11. "Needles And Pins" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  12. "I Wanna Be Sedated" Take 2 (Basic Rough Mix) *
  13. "I Wanted Everything" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  14. "Go Mental" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  15. "She's The One" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  16. "Questioningly" Take 2 (Basic Rough Mix) *
  17. "S.L.U.G." (Basic Rough Mix) *
  18. "Don't Come Close" (Basic Rough Mix) *
  19. "I Wanna Be Sedated" (Backing Track) *
  20. "I Don't Want You" (Brit Pop Mix) *
  21. "Questioningly" (Acoustic Version) *
  22. "Needles And Pins" (Acoustic Version) *
  23. "Don't Come Close" (Acoustic Version) *
  24. "I Wanna Be Sedated" ("Ramones-On-45 Mega-Mix!")

CD 3: Live at the Palladium, New York, NY, December 31, 1979

  1. "Blitzkrieg Bop" *
  2. "Teenage Lobotomy" *
  3. "Rockaway Beach" *
  4. "I Don't Want You" *
  5. "Go Mental" *
  6. "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" *
  7. "I Wanna Be Sedated" *
  8. "I Just Want To Have Something To Do" *
  9. "She's The One" *
  10. "This Ain't Havana" *
  11. "I'm Against It" *
  12. "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" *
  13. "Havana Affair" *
  14. "Commando" *
  15. "Needles And Pins" *
  16. "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" *
  17. "Surfin' Bird" *
  18. "Cretin Hop" *
  19. "All The Way" *
  20. "Judy Is A Punk" *
  21. "California Sun" *
  22. "I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You" *
  23. "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World" *
  24. "Pinhead" *
  25. "Do You Wanna Dance?" *
  26. "Suzy Is A Headbanger" *
  27. "Let's Dance" *
  28. "Chinese Rock" *
  29. "Beat On The Brat" *
  30. "We're A Happy Family" *
  31. "Bad Brain"
  32. "I Wanted Everything" *

(*) denotes previously unreleased track

LP: 40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix

Side One

  1. "I Just Want To Have Something To Do"
  2. "I Wanted Everything"
  3. "Don't Come Close"
  4. "I Don't Want You"
  5. "Needles And Pins"
  6. "I'm Against It"

Side Two

  1. "I Wanna Be Sedated"
  2. "Go Mental"
  3. "Questioningly"
  4. "She's The One"
  5. "Bad Brain"
  6. "It's A Long Way Back"

Categories: News Formats: Box Sets, CD, Digital Download, Digital Streaming, Vinyl Genre: Classic Rock, Rock Tags: Ramones

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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  1. Robert Lett says

    July 16, 2018 at 11:11 am

    I have been buying all these reissues, they are really nice! Looking forward to this as well.

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