1978 — Road to Ruin
 | Release Date: September 22, 1978
Record Label: Sire Records Company
Produced by Tom Erdelyi & Ed Stasium
Engineered by Tom Erdelyi & Ed Stasium
Assistant Engineer: Ray Janos
Recorded at Media Sound Studio, New York, USA
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, USA by Greg Calbi
Art Direction: John Gillespie
Front Cover Concept: Gus MacDonald
Front Cover Art: John Holmstrom
Back Cover Photography: Danny Fields
Inside Photos: Chip Rock & Bob Gruen
Design: Spencer Drate
Line-Up:
Joey Ramone: Lead Vocals
Johnny Ramone: Guitar
Dee Dee Ramone: Bass
Marky Ramone: Drums |
| # | Title
| Time | Written by
| | 01 | I Just Wanna Have Something To Do | 2:41 | Ramones
(Joey Ramone)
| | 02 | I Wanted Everything | 3:15 | Ramones
(Dee Dee Ramone)
| | 03 | Don’t Come Close | 2:44 | Ramones
(Dee Dee Ramone)
| | 04 | I Don’t Want You | 2:26 | Ramones
(Joey Ramone)
| | 05 | Needles & Pins | 2:20 | Sonny Bono / Jack Nitzsche | | 06 | I’m Against It | 2:06 | Ramones | | 07 | I Wanna Be Sedated | 2:29 | Ramones
(Joey Ramone)
| | 08 | Go Mental | 2:42 | Ramones
(Dee Dee Ramone)
| | 09 | Questioningly | 3:22 | Ramones
(Dee Dee Ramone)
| | 10 | She’s The One | 2:13 | Ramones | | 11 | Bad Brain | 2:25 | Ramones
(Dee Dee Ramone)
| | 12 | It’s A Long Way Back | 2:20 | Ramones
(Dee Dee Ramone)
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2001 — Road to Ruin (Expanded & Remastered) | Release Date: June 19, 2001
Record Label: Sire Records Company / Warner Archives / Rhino
Produced by Tom Erdelyi & Ed Stasium (1-12); Ed Stasium (13-15); Tom Erdelyi (17)
Engineered by Tom Erdelyi & Ed Stasium (1-12); Ed Stasium (13-15)
Assistant Engineer: Ray Janos (1-12)
Remix Engineer: Joel Soifer (15)
Recorded at Media Sound Studio, New York, USA (1-12, 17); Live at The Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles, USA 14.12.78 (15)
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, USA by Greg Calbi (1-12)
Art Direction: John Gillespie
Front Cover Concept: Gus MacDonald
Front Cover Art: John Holmstrom
Back Cover Photography: Danny Fields
Inside Photos: Chip Rock & Bob Gruen
Design: Spencer Drate
Reissue Produced for Release by Bill Inglot & Gary Stewart
Sound Producer: Bill Inglot
Project Coordination: Steve Woolard & Ginger Dettman
Remastering: Dan Hersch & Bill Inglot at Digiprep
Art Direction: Sevie Bates & Greg Allen
Design: Greg Allen
Back Inlay & O-Card Photography: Robert Matheu
Licensing: Malia Doss
Editorial Supervision: Sheryl Farber
Editorial Research: Daniel Goldmark
A&R Editorial Coordination: Shawn Amos
Project Assistance: Amy Utstein, Cory Frye, Randy Perry & Jim Hughes
Line-Up:
Joey Ramone: Lead Vocals
Johnny Ramone: Guitar
Dee Dee Ramone: Bass
Marky Ramone: Drums
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| # | Title | Time | Written by
| | 01 | I Just Wanna Have Something To Do | 2:41 | Ramones | | 02 | I Wanted Everything | 3:15 | Ramones | | 03 | Don’t Come Close | 2:44 | Ramones | | 04 | I Don’t Want You | 2:26 | Ramones | | 05 | Needles & Pins | 2:20 | Sonny Bono / Jack Nitzsche | | 06 | I’m Against It | 2:06 | Ramones | | 07 | I Wanna Be Sedated | 2:29 | Ramones | | 08 | Go Mental | 2:42 | Ramones | | 09 | Questioningly | 3:22 | Ramones | | 10 | She’s The One | 2:13 | Ramones | | 11 | Bad Brain | 2:25 | Ramones | | 12 | It’s A Long Way Back | 2:20 | Ramones | | 13 | I Want You Around (Ed Stasium Version) | 3:02 | Ramones | | 14 | Rock ’n’ Roll High School (Ed Stasium Version) | 2:20 | Ramones | | 15 | Blitzkrieg Bop | 11:00 | Ramones | | | Teenage Lobotomy | | Ramones | | | California Sun | | Henry Glover / Morris Levy | | | Pinhead | | Ramones | | | She’s The One | | Ramones | | 16 | Come Back, She Cried a.k.a. I Walk Out (Demo) | 2:21 | Ramones | | 17 | Yea, Yea (Demo) | 2:08 | Joey Ramone |
 According to Marky Ramone, a picture from the back cover of the “Road To Ruin” was made by Danny Fields on June 30, 1978 — right at the next morning after Marky’s first show with the “Ramones” in Poughkeepsie.
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