It's Alive 1974-1996
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It's Alive 1974-1996 is a live DVD
by the Ramones
. It was released on October 2, 2007 by Rhino Records. It's a two-disc set and includes 118 tracks from 33 performances in eight countries, which span the groups career, from 1974 and 1996. Most of the performances were at concert
s, but some were from TV shows like The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops
. Bonus features include interviews, photos submitted by fans, and music videos.
DVD
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by the Ramones
Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...
. It was released on October 2, 2007 by Rhino Records. It's a two-disc set and includes 118 tracks from 33 performances in eight countries, which span the groups career, from 1974 and 1996. Most of the performances were at concert
Concert
A concert is a live performance before an audience. The performance may be by a single musician, sometimes then called a recital, or by a musical ensemble, such as an orchestra, a choir, or a musical band...
s, but some were from TV shows like The Old Grey Whistle Test and Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
. Bonus features include interviews, photos submitted by fans, and music videos.
Disc one
- Tracks 1 – 3 recorded at CBGBCBGBCBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands like Ramones, Misfits, Television, the...
in New York, New YorkNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, USAUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on September 15, 1974 - Tracks 4 and 5 recorded at Max's Kansas City in New York, New York, USA on April 18, 1976
- Track 6 recorded at The Club in Cambridge, MassachusettsCambridge, MassachusettsCambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, USAUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
on May 12, 1976 - Tracks 7 and 8 recorded at Max's Kansas City in New York, New York, USA on October 8, 1976
- Tracks 9 and 10 recorded at My Father's Place in Roslyn, New YorkRoslyn, New YorkRoslyn is a village in Nassau County, New York, on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the village population was 2,770...
, USA on April 13, 1977. - Tracks 11 – 18 recorded at CBGB in New York, New York, USA on June 11, 1977
- Tracks 19 and 20 recorded at The Second Chance in Ann Arbor, MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganAnn Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
, USA on June 26, 1977 - Tracks 21 and 22 recorded at The Ivanhoe Theater in Chicago, Illinois, USA on July 6, 1977
- Tracks 23 and 24 recorded at the early show at The Armadillo in Austin, TexasAustin, TexasAustin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
, USA on July 14, 1977 - Tracks 25 – 27 recorded at the late show at The Armadillo in Austin, Texas, USA on July 14, 1977
- Tracks 28 – 30 recorded at Liberty Hall in Houston, TexasHouston, TexasHouston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
, USA on July 15, 1977 - Tracks 31 and 32 recorded at Liberty Hall in Houston, Texas, USA on July 16, 1977
- Tracks 33 – 36 recorded at Don Kirshner's Rock ConcertDon Kirshner's Rock ConcertDon Kirshner's Rock Concert is a television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations...
in Los Angeles, CA, USA on August 9, 1977 - Tracks 37 – 39 recorded at The Camera Mart Stages in New York, New York, USA on September 3, 1977
- Tracks 40 – 53 recorded at The Rainbow Theatre in LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on December 31, 1977
Disc two
- Tracks 1 – 11 recorded at MusikladenMusikladenDer Musikladen was a West German music television programme that ran from December 13, 1972 to November 29, 1984. The show continued the 1960s Beat-Club under a new name, and in turn was replaced by Extratour.-History:...
in BremenBremenThe City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
on September 13, 1978 - Tracks 12 – 14 recorded at The Old Grey Whistle Test in London, England on September 19, 1978
- Track 15 recorded at Top of the PopsTop of the PopsTop of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
in London, England on September 28, 1978 - Tracks 16 and 17 recorded in Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, CaliforniaOakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, USA on December 28, 1978 - Tracks 18 – 20 recorded at Civic CenterCivic Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaThe Civic Center in San Francisco, California, is an area of a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue that contains many of the city's largest government and cultural institutions. It has two large plazas and a number of buildings in classical architectural style...
in San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, USA on June 9, 1979 - Tracks 21 and 22 recorded at The Old Grey Whistle Test in London, England on January 15, 1980
- Track 23 recorded at Top of the Pops in London, England on January 31, 1980
- Track 24 recorded at Sha Na NaSha Na Na (TV series)Sha Na Na is a syndicated television variety series that ran from 1977 to 1981 for a total of 97 episodes, hosted by the popular rock & roll/comedy group of the same name. The show was produced by Pierre Cossette and originally distributed by LBS Communications. Sony Pictures Television currently...
in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
, USA on May 19, 1980 - Track 25 recorded at Mandagsborsen in StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
on October 26, 1981 - Tracks 26 and 27 recorded at TVE Musical Express in MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, SpainSpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
on November 17, 1981 - Tracks 28 – 36 recorded at US FestivalUS FestivalThe US Festivals were two early 1980s music and culture festivals sponsored by Steve Wozniak, formerly of Apple Computer. The first was held Labor Day weekend in September 1982 and the second was Memorial Day weekend in May 1983...
in San Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino, CaliforniaSan Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside-San Bernardino metropolitan area , and serves as the county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States...
, USA on September 3, 1982 - Tracks 37 and 38 recorded at The Old Grey Whistle Test in London, England on February 26, 1985
- Tracks 39 – 45 recorded at Obras SanitariasObras SanitariasClub Atlético Obras Sanitarias de la Nación is a sports club located in Buenos Aires, Argentina....
in Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
on February 3, 1987 - Tracks 46 – 53 recorded at Provinssirock Festival in SeinäjokiSeinäjokiSeinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...
, FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
on June 4, 1988 - Tracks 54 and 55 recorded at Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester Institute of TechnologyThe Rochester Institute of Technology is a private university, located within the town of Henrietta in metropolitan Rochester, New York, United States...
in Rochester, New YorkRochester, New YorkRochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
, USA on October 8, 1988 - Tracks 56 – 62 recorded at Rolling Stone Club in MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, ItalyItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
on March 16, 1992 - Track 63 recorded at Top of the Pops in London, England on June 29, 1995
- Tracks 64 and 66 recorded at River Plate Stadium – Estadio Antonio V. LivertiEstadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio LibertiEstadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti, is a stadium in the Belgrano district of Buenos Aires, Argentina at the intersection of Figueroa Alcorta and Udaondo. It is the home venue of Club Atlético River Plate and is named after former club president Antonio Vespucio Liberti...
in Buenos Aires, Argentina on March 16, 1996
Disc one
- "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue"
- "I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement"
- "Judy Is a Punk"
- "I Wanna Be Your BoyfriendI Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released in the US in 1976. It is the fourth track on their debut album, Ramones....
" - "53rd & 3rd53rd & 3rd"53rd & 3rd" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It was released as the band's second single and the final released from their debut album, Ramones.-Lyrics:...
" - "Chain Saw"
- "Havana Affair"
- "Listen to My Heart"
- "I Remember You"
- "Carbona Not Glue"
- "Blitzkrieg BopBlitzkrieg Bop"Blitzkrieg Bop" is a song by the American punk rock band Ramones. It was released as the band's debut single in April of 1976 in the United States...
" - "Sheena Is a Punk RockerSheena is a Punk Rocker"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" is a song by the punk rock group The Ramones. It first appeared on their third LP, Rocket to Russia, in 1977, and was also included on later pressings of the group's second album, Leave Home...
" - "Beat on the Brat"
- "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue"
- "Rockaway BeachRockaway Beach (song)"Rockaway Beach" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones from their 1977 album Rocket to Russia. The song was written by bassist Dee Dee Ramone in the style of the Beach Boys and other early surf rock bands. The song is about Rockaway Beach, Queens, where Dee Dee liked to spend time....
" - "Cretin Hop"
- "Oh Oh I Love Her So"
- "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World"
- "Rockaway Beach"
- "Carbona Not Glue"
- "Pinhead"
- "Suzy Is a Headbanger"
- "Commando"
- "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend"
- "Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy"
- "53rd & 3rd"
- "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World"
- "Loudmouth"
- "I Remember You"
- "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"
- "Oh Oh I Love Her So"
- "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World"
- "Loudmouth"
- "Judy Is a Punk"
- "Glad to See You Go"
- "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"
- "Swallow My Pride"
- "Pinhead"
- "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker"
- "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?Do You Wanna Dance?"Do You Wanna Dance?" is a song written by Bobby Freeman , and recorded by him in 1958. It is also popular in a version performed by the Beach Boys, which was released in 1965, and in a version recorded by Bette Midler in 1972...
" - "Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy"
- "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue"
- "We’re a Happy Family"
Disc two
- "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"
- "Don’t Come Close"
- "She’s the One"
- "Go Mental"
- "Don’t Come Close"
- "I’m Against It"
- "Needles and Pins"
- "I Want You Around"
- "I’m Affected"
- "California SunCalifornia Sun"California Sun", is a song credited to Henry Glover and Morris Levy. Originally recorded by 35-year-old New Orleans-born singer-songwriter Joe Jones, and released by EMI in the winter of 1961, it peaked at #89 on the charts.-Cover versions:...
" - "Rock ‘n’ Roll High SchoolRock 'n' Roll High School (song)"Rock 'n' Roll High School" is a song by the punk rock group the Ramones from the soundtrack album Rock 'n' Roll High School. The single did not chart in the U.S. but peaked at number 67 on the UK Singles Chart....
" - "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?"Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" was the second single by American punk rock band the Ramones from their fifth studio album, End of the Century. It was released on May 16, 1980. This song and the album itself marked a complete change in the Ramones' sound...
" - "Baby I Love YouBaby, I Love You"Baby, I Love You" is a pop song written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector, produced by Spector, and originally recorded in 1963 by The Ronettes...
" - "Rock ‘n’ Roll High School"
- "We Want the Airwaves"
- "This Business Is Killing Me"
- "All Quiet on the Eastern Front"
- "Do You Remember Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio?"
- "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment"
- "Rock ‘n’ Roll High School"
- "I Wanna Be SedatedI Wanna Be Sedated"I Wanna Be Sedated" is a song by the American punk rock band the Ramones. It is one of the band's best known songs. It was originally released on their fourth album, Road to Ruin, in September 1978 and was the b-side of the UK single "She's the One" released on January 10, 1979. The song was later...
" - "Beat on the Brat"
- "The KKK Took My Baby AwayThe KKK Took My Baby Away"The KKK Took My Baby Away" is a song written by Joey Ramone. It appears on the Ramones' 1981 album Pleasant Dreams.It has been speculated that Joey wrote the song as a reference to Johnny Ramone "stealing" away his girlfriend Linda, though Joey's brother Mickey Leigh has said that the song was...
" - "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow"
- "Chinese Rocks"
- "Teenage Lobotomy"
- "Wart Hog"
- "Chasing the Night"
- "Blitzkrieg Bop"
- "Freak Of Nature"
- "Crummy Stuff"
- "Love Kills"
- "I Don’t Care"
- "Too Tough to Die"
- "Mama’s Boy"
- "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 DrinkSomebody Put Something In My Drink"Somebody Put Something in My Drink" is a song by the Ramones from their 1986 album Animal Boy. The song also appears on the Ramones compilation album Ramones Mania, the only Ramones album to go gold...
" - "We’re a Happy Family"
- "Do You Remember Rock ’n’ Roll Radio?"
- "Wart Hog"
- "Psycho Therapy"
- "I Believe in Miracles"
- "I Wanna Live"
- "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)"
- "Pet Sematary"
- "Animal Boy"
- "Pinhead"
- "I Don’t Wanna Grow Up"
- "I Wanna Be Sedated"
- "R.A.M.O.N.E.S.R.A.M.O.N.E.S."R.A.M.O.N.E.S." is a song first recorded by the British rock band Motörhead on their 1991 album 1916 as a tribute to their friends and contemporaries, the Ramones. The bands were long standing admirers of each others' work...
" - "Blitzkrieg Bop"