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Ramones : I Wanna Be Well

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In April of 1979, The Ramones released It's Alive, a double live album consisting of 28 songs in 54 minutes. The recording captures the Ramones at their peak, playing songs from their first three classic albums before a sold out show on New Year's Eve 1977 at London's Rainbow Theatre. 

The album was released in the U.K. ( also, Europe, Japan and New Zealand) where the band has scored three Top 40 hits (as opposed to the U.S.  where "Rockaway Beach" would be the band's highest charting single ever at #66). In Smash Hits, reviewer Red Starr named the album the pick of the week, writing 

"Despite the live recording now being 18 months old, the Ramones' blissful magic remains entirely undimmed. The atmosphere is tremendous and adds hugely to the 28 favourites crammed into this double album at double speed. "

The album would finally be released on CD in the United States in 1995.

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Happy New Year from The Ramones

The Ramones : Rockaway Beach (live)

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On December 31, 1977 The Ramones played a New Year's Eve concert at The Rainbow in London. The show was recorded and released as It's Alive in 1979 with 28 songs in a running time of 53 minutes.

In his memoir, Commando, Johnny Ramone writes of that night : 

I think our peak, our greatest moment, is that New Year's Eve show of 1977 into 1978. I think that's our greatest moment as a band.

The recording of It's Alive was probably the best show that The Ramones ever did. We knew they were recording for a live album, and we were ready. Whenever it was important, we would rise to the occasion. I would concentrate more; I would try harder.