The Ramones Road To Ruin (syeor Exclusive 2019)

The Ramones: Joey Ramone (vocals); Johnny Ramone (guitar); Dee Dee Ramone (bass, background vocals); Marky Ramone (drums).Producers: T. Erdelyi, Ed Stasium.Reissue producers: Bill Inglot, Gary Stewart.Engineers: T. Erdelyi, Ed Stasium.Principally recorded at Media Sound, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Legs McNeil and Arturo Vega.Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot (Digiprep Studios).When the Ramones started work on their fourth album, Road to Ruin, in early 1978, they were in something of a bind. Their previous three albums had helped spark the punk revolution and established them as one of the greatest bands in the long and checkered history of rock & roll, but they weren't getting the sales that their label wanted or breaking out in the mainstream the way some of their N.Y.C. compatriots like Blondie had. The Ramones also wanted those things, so they made some major moves. One switch was personnel-based, as Tommy Ramone passed the sticks to Marc Bell,