Thursday, January 20, 2011

Ramones 12" E.P.'s

I've got eight Ramones 12" Picture cover E.P.'s. Some of them look to be part of a series, and therefore I feel I'm missing pieces, but for what it's worth, here's what I've found so far...

The first is 3 songs from the first L.P. "Rockaway Beach", Teenage Lobotomy", and "Beat On The Brat". It's got the Sire catalog # 6078 611, and it's from Belgium marketed by Phonogram of London. I've also got a Dead Boys 12" e.p. that matches this very closely. I'm guessing it's one part of a Sire Punk series promoting new punk bands of the time.
Side One:
"Rockaway Beach"
Side Two:
"Teenage Labotomy"
"Beat On The Brat"
(45 RPM)

The next three were issued by Sire in '78, '79, and '81 respectively, were made in the U.S.A., and are obviously part of a trend of "Radio Samplers" of the time. All of them clearly state "For Promotional Use Only-Not For Sale" on the back of the cover.

The first is from "Road To Ruin" (Sire PRO-A-756)
Side One:
Questioningly
Don't Come Close
Side Two:
Needles And Pins
I Just Want To Have Something To Do
I Wanna Be Sedated

The second one, and probably the coolest, is a sampler from the "Rock 'N' Roll High School" soundtrack. It comes with 6 b/w 8X10 glossies of photos of the band, and various promo shots for the movie.
Side One:
Rock 'N' Roll High School -Ramones
I Want You Around -Ramones
Side Two:
Come On Let's Go -The Paley Brothers/Ramones
(Sire # PRO-A-805) 33 1/3 RPM


The third is from "Pleasant Dreams"
(Sire #PRO-A-966) 33 1/3 RPM
Side One:
"We Want The Airwaves"
"It's Not My Place"
(In The 9 to 5 World)
Side Two:
She's A Sensation

The next one seems to be a sampler from "Too Tough To Die" and is released by Beggars Banquet and printed in the U.K. (#BEG 128 TP) 45 RPM.
The cool part of this one is the two unreleased tracks on side two.
Side One contains:


"Chasing The Night" and
"Howling At The Moon" (Sha-La-La), both from "Too Tough To Die".
Side Two however, contain:
"Smash You" (Richie Beau a.k.a Richie Ramone)
and The Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man"(Jagger/Richards)
two non-L.P. tracks.
It's copyright 1984 Sire, but 1985 Beggars Banquet.

The next is a two song promo from the"Animal Boy" L.P.
with the catalog # PRO-A-2510  33 1/3 RPM
Side One:
"Something to Believe In"
Side Two:
"My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down" (Bonzo Goes To Bitburg)
It's got a pretty generic cover with the silhouette of Joey on the front cover and the back cover blank.

However it is similar to the next one "I Wanna Be Sedated" in the sense that it's a promo from the "Ramones Mania" Greatest Hits compilation, has a generic front cover (which I can't entirely figure out) and a blank back cover.
Side One:
"I Wanna Be Sedated" (The Updated Sedated Radio Mix) *2:29
Side Two"
"I Wanna Be Sedated" ("Ramones-On-45 Mega-Mix") *5:12
"Indian Giver" (L.P. Version)
  *notice the difference in the times.

The last one is a pretty typical "Specially Priced Maxi-Single" of "Pet Sematary" and carries a gold print promo stamp on the front cover. It's Sire #0-21182, 33 1/3 RPM
Side One:
"Pet Sematary" (Single Version)
Side Two:
"Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
"Life Goes On" (by Joey Ramone)

It states that "Pet Sematary" is from the forth-coming Ramones album on Sire Records, but does not state the title. Which convinces me this was released prior to "Brain Drain" which I don't even think they had a title for at this point in time.

I know there's more out there folks....
and I'll find 'em.

All photos in this post by Mike Robertson.

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