Ramones – Road To Ruin (40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) (1978/2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

The Ramones released the band’s fourth studio album, Road To Ruin, 40 years ago this September. Dee Dee, Joey, and Johnny were joined for the first time by drummer Marky Ramone, who replaced founding member Tommy Ramone, who’d left to do more producing and writing for the band. It was also the album that introduced a nation of pinheads to the all-time Ramones’ classic “I Wanna Be Sedated.”

To celebrate the milestone, Rhino will release two versions on September 21, a day before the anniversary of the album’s original release on September 22, 1978. The 3CD/1LP boxed set ROAD TO RUIN: 40th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available for $64.98. A newly remastered version of the original album will also be released as a single CD for $7.98. Both titles will also be available digitally and via streaming services. Listen to the previously unreleased “Take 2 (Basic Rough Mix)” of “I Wanna Be Sedated” HERE.

ROAD TO RUIN: 40th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION contains two different mixes of the album, unissued rough mixes for every album track, and an unreleased 1979 concert recording of the Ramones in New York. It will be produced in a limited and numbered edition of 7,500 copies worldwide and comes packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book. Along with the music, the set also features rare photos and artwork, including the unused, alternate cover image, plus essays by former New York Rocker writer Roy Trakin, album cover artist John Holmstrom, and Road To Ruin producer Ed Stasium, who details the making of this classic record.

The first disc of the ROAD TO RUIN: 40th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION features a remastered version of the original stereo mix for Road To Ruin and a new 2018 40th Anniversary Road Revisited mix created by Stasium, who strips off the original record’s commercial gloss and restores the album to its punk rock core. Stasium’s new mix is also featured on the 180-gram LP that accompanies this deluxe edition.

The second disc offers up over twenty unreleased recordings, including rough mixes for every album track, starkly different alternate takes of two songs, and two unreleased outtakes: “I Walk Out” and “S.L.U.G.” – unfinished during the original recording sessions in 1978, and completed by Stasium for this anniversary release. Other highlights include three different versions of “I Wanna Be Sedated,” including the “Ramones-on-45-Mega-Mix!” released in 1988 as part of the campaign for the Ramones Mania compilation, as well as acoustic versions of “Questioningly,” “Needles And Pins,” and “Don’t Come Close.”

The final disc has a previously unreleased recording of the band’s entire 1979 New Year’s Eve concert, which was mixed live by Stasium, and broadcast on WNEW-FM. Recorded in New York City at The Palladium, with audio sourced from Tommy Ramone’s original cassette of the console recording, it features blistering performances of “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Rockaway Beach,” and “Sheena Is A Punk Rocker,” along with several songs from Road To Ruin: “I Don’t Want You,” “I Wanna Be Sedated,” and “I Wanted Everything.”

Tracklist:
CD1
1. I Just Want To Have Something To Do (Remastered) 02:42
2. I Wanted Everything (Remastered) 03:19
3. Don’t Come Close (Remastered) 02:45
4. I Don’t Want You (Remastered) 02:26
5. Needles And Pins (Remastered) 02:21
6. I’m Against It (Remastered) 02:09
7. I Wanna Be Sedated (Remastered) 02:29
8. Go Mental (Remastered) 02:42
9. Questioningly (Remastered) 03:22
10. She’s The One (Remastered) 02:13
11. Bad Brain (Remastered) 02:25
12. It’s A Long Way Back (Remastered) 02:21
13. I Just Want To Have Something To Do (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:45
14. I Wanted Everything (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:47
15. Don’t Come Close (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:50
16. I Don’t Want You (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:29
17. Needles And Pins (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:24
18. I’m Against It (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:10
19. I Wanna Be Sedated (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:34
20. Go Mental (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:46
21. Questioningly (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 03:24
22. She’s The One (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:16
23. Bad Brain (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:14
24. It’s A Long Way Back (40th Anniversary Road Revisited Mix) 02:21

CD2
1. I Walk Out (2018 Mix) 02:26
2. S.L.U.G. (2018 Mix) 02:22
3. Don’t Come Close (Single Mix) 02:44
4. Needles And Pins (Single Mix) 02:22
5. I Just Want To Have Something To Do (Basic Rough Mix) 02:42
6. I Don’t Want You (Basic Rough Mix) 02:27
7. I’m Against It (Basic Rough Mix) 02:07
8. It’s A Long Way Back (Basic Rough Mix) 02:22
9. I Walk Out (Basic Rough Mix) 02:20
10. Bad Brain (Basic Rough Mix) 02:12
11. Needles And Pins (Basic Rough Mix) 02:20
12. I Wanna Be Sedated (Take 2) [Basic Rough Mix] 02:25
13. I Wanted Everything (Basic Rough Mix) 03:25
14. Go Mental (Basic Rough Mix) 02:47
15. She’s The One (Basic Rough Mix) 02:14
16. Questioningly (Take 2) [Basic Rough Mix] 03:12
17. S.L.U.G. (Basic Rough Mix) 02:16
18. Don’t Come Close (Basic Rough Mix) 02:43
19. I Wanna Be Sedated (Backing Track) 02:28
20. I Don’t Want You (Brit Pop Mix) 02:27
21. Questioningly (Acoustic Version) 03:23
22. Needles And Pins (Acoustic Version) 02:20
23. Don’t Come Close (Acoustic Version) 02:45
24. I Wanna Be Sedated (Ramones-On-45 Mega Mix) 05:12

CD3
1. Blitzkrieg Bop (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:33
2. Teenage Lobotomy (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:08
3. Rockaway Beach (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:01
4. I Don’t Want You (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:16
5. Go Mental (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:59
6. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:28
7. I Wanna Be Sedated (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:15
8. I Just Want To Have Something To Do (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:33
9. She’s The One (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:57
10. This Ain’t Havana (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:08
11. I’m Against It (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:59
12. Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:12
13. Havana Affair (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:32
14. Commando (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:34
15. Needles And Pins (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:25
16. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:47
17. Surfin’ Bird (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:33
18. Cretin Hop (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:37
19. All The Way (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:04
20. Judy Is A Punk (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:13
21. California Sun (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:41
22. I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:20
23. Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:42
24. Pinhead (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:16
25. Do You Wanna Dance? (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:35
26. Suzy Is A Headbanger (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:47
27. Let’s Dance (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:40
28. Chinese Rock (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:16
29. Beat On The Brat (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:17
30. We’re A Happy Family (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:01
31. Bad Brain (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 01:48
32. I Wanted Everything (Live at The Palladium, New York, NY 12/31/79) 02:37