Ramones
This 3-CD/1-LP box set marking the 40th anniversary of the New York punk classic features:
- The original remastered album
- A new mono mix, recreated by producer Leon and available on both CD and 180-gram LP. ("All the original monitor mixes and early mixes we did in the studio were mono," he told Observerearlier this year, "so I recreated the mono mix out of my original notes, which luckily were quite meticulous.")
- A disc of 18 single mixes, outtakes and demos, eight of which are previously unreleased
- Two fast-paced sets at The Roxy in Los Angeles on August 12, 1976. One was included as bonus material for a reissue of the band's sophomore album Leave Home in 2001, while the second set is previously unreleased
- Deluxe packaging includes Leon's production notes from the recording of Ramones, an essay by Mitchell Cohen and photos by Roberta Bayley, a photographer for Punk magazine who shot the album's iconic cover