DVD set to be released featuring over 4 hours of The Ramones live at work

Rhino Entertainment will release The Ramones' "It’s Alive: 1974-1996" on October 2nd. This double-DVD will be available October 2 and features more than four hours of rare and previously unreleased concert Performances from around the world. More than four years in the making, Tommy Ramone served as music supervisor for this collection. Arranged chronologically over two DVDs, the set relives some of the band's best performances with live footage of more than 100 songs, including "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker," "Blitzkrieg Bop", "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue", "Beat On The Brat" and "I Wanna Be Sedated".

The DVD also includes previously unreleased footage filmed on New Year's Eve in 1977 during the band's performance at The Rainbow Theatre in London. While the entire concert was released in 1979 as the "It's Alive" album, the DVD features 14 songs in 5.1 Surround Sound taken from the show including "Pinhead," "We're A Happy Family" and "Havana Affair". Next to this you will also find nine performances recorded in 1982 at the US Festival in San Bernardino, CA in 5.1 Surround Sound. During the show, the band also covers "Chinese Rocks," a song Dee Dee wrote, which was recorded by Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers. Spanning the Ramones' entire career, the DVD follows the band from its earliest performances at CBGB, to their last international performance in Argentina capturing performances in the U.K., Germany, Sweden, Spain, Argentina, Finland, Italy and the U.S. Check out the trailer for the release!

Posted by B. Van Isacker