Description
Herersquos the thing about prolific bands because of the number of albums in their back catalogue, you tend to find yourself celebrating a lot of releasedate anniversaries. This is paying off in a big way for Ramones fans, though, because wersquore only a year past the 40th anniversary of the bandrsquos selftitled debut album, and yet wersquove already arrived at the 40th anniversary of their sophomore LP, LEAVE HOME.In celebration of this classic punk LP hitting the big 40, Rhino has released two editions of the album a straightforward single version of the album that includes the standard 14 songs, and a 3CD, 1LP version that offers a remastered version of the original album, a new 40thanniversary mix by original engineermixer Ed Stasium, a whole bunch of previously unreleased recordings, and a heretoforeunreleased live show by band at CBGBrsquos in 1977.The deluxe edition is a limited edition, numbered set that comes packaged in a 12×12 hardcover book, but in addition to the aforementioned music, it also includes remembrances from Stasium and stories from the bandrsquos manager, Danny Fields, as told to noted music journalist Michael Azerrad.
