It's Alive (Ramones album)
Occupation
- Joey Ramone - vocals
- Johnny Ramone - guitar
- Dee Dee Ramone - bass guitar
- Tommy Ramone - drums, producer
- Arturo Vega - lighting director
- Monte Melnick - Tour Manager
It's Alive is the title of a recorded on 31 December 1977 and 1 January 1978 at London's Rainbow Theatre concert hall live album by the American punk band the Ramones. After the four previous studio albums It's Alive was the first release of live recordings of the band.
Genesis
It's Alive documents the third tour visiting the Ramones in London - after previous appearances in July 1976 and in June 1977 the undercard of this New Year's Eve and New Year's performances the punk band The Rezillos and Generation X. played at this time had also stimulated by the first local. Ramones tour in England already been able to establish a punk scene.
The recordings of the Ramones were first published in 1979 as a double LP only outside the United States; the U.S. release took place only in the 1990s. The album contains 28 tracks, which can also be found on the first three studio albums of the band. Played in typical punk speed, has the whole plate a playing time of less than an hour. In part, it is hardly pauses between tracks, only the typical Ramones concerts "one- two-three -four! " Announces a new title.
This is It's Alive also the first official documentation of the essential difference between Ramones - studio and live recordings: Tempo. The Ramones played their repertoire during live performances always substantially faster than in the studio. They had the ambition to accommodate as many songs in half an hour. Drummer and producer Tommy Ramone about this:
A document among many is the time of the piece Judy Is A Punk: during the playing time of the tracks on the debut album still with 1 minute, 32 seconds was specified, it is on this recorded nearly two years later live album already at 1 min. , dropped 14 sec. In the 1991 released live album Loco Live the length of the piece was only 1 min, 7 sec ( all comparisons refer to the respective CD editions ).
The title of the album is a throwback to the 1974 by Larry Cohen twisted horror film The Cradle of evil, in the original English title " It's Alive ".
In fall 2007, nearly thirty years after the concert, shots were published fourteen songs from the It's -Alive New Year's Eve appearance of the Ramones on DVD for the first time. These images prove that the vocals of Joey Ramone was improved on the album by overdubbing subsequently or newly added.
Title list
( All songs were composed by the Ramones and texted, unless otherwise indicated. )
Total running time 54:38 minutes ( CD)
Trivia
- The end of each live performance of the song Pinhead tilted by Joey Ramone banner with the battle cry of the band, " Gabba Gabba Hey " contributed this New Year's Eve concert on the back once the words " Happy New Year".
- When the taken for the album Concert miniature versions of the " Gabba Gabba Hey " Transparents were distributed to the audience. Some of them are against it in the photo on the back of the LP sleeve or the CD booklets of fans Joey.