Ramones - At Your Birthday Party (Vinyl, 2 LP Bootleg, Dragonfly Records)
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Ramones - At Your Birthday Party (Vinyl, 2 LP Bootleg, Dragonfly Records)
A double live bootleg LP, taken from two Ramones' concerts -- The Roxy in LA on 8/12/1976 and Aberdeen, WA on 3/51977. The Wikipedia listing of Ramones' concert dates does place the band in those places on those dates.
I have no idea who really issued this, or where. The labels say Dragonfly Records . . . both discs are labeled exactly the same -- a picture of a dragonfly on one side and labels from "THE SOUNDS OF THE '60's" on both other sides (see images). As far as I can tell it bears no connection to the current Dragonfly Records, the trance division of Butterfly Records.
On the front cover are the words "Dansker Fanclubbe Grammofone Kollektiv/Köbenhavn, Danmark." Which I don't think means much more than "Danish Record Fan Club Group, Copenhagen, Denmark." Discogs gives the origin of this record as U, S, but I don't think there is anything given to pin it down to that with certainty. There is no identification along the spine or anywhere else other than the cryptic Danish inscription.
There are 34 tracks, 3 of which are interview excerpts -- one with the band, one with a club owner, and one with a fan. A number of songs are repeated, as they were played at both the LA and Aberdeen shows. The front cover gives non-exhaustive list of songs included . . . it shows "Carbona Not Glue" as being among them, but that gem does not appear on this record.
Complete track list: A1 Loudmouth A2 Beat On The Brat A3 Blitzkrieg Bop A4 I Remember You A5 Glad To See You Go A6 Chainsaw A7 53rd & 3rd B1 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend B2 Havana Affair B3 Listen To My Heart B4 California Sun B5 Judy Is A Punk B6 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You B7 Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue B8 Let's Dance C1 Interview C2 Interview C3 Loudmouth C4 Beat On The Brat C5 Blitzkrieg Bop C6 I Remember You C7 Glad To See You Go C8 Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment C9 You're Gonna Kill That Girl D1 Oh Oh I Love Her So D2 Commando D3 I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend D4 Havana Affair D5 Listen To My Heart D6 California Sun D7 Judy Is A Punk D8 I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You D9 Pinhead D10 Interview
Sides A and B are the Roxy show, Sides C and D the Aberdeen show. (Which side is which is arbitrary, since the discs aren't labeled; I went with how the sides were listed on Discogs.)
As with bootlegs, the packaging is minimal. The back cover is blank red, there are two discs in one non-gatefold jacket, and there's plain white inner sleeves.
The jacket has some corner wear and edge damage on all three sides, but not extensive. The plain inner sleeves have typical creasing.
The record plays well . . . sound quality is a bit better than most bootlegs but as is typical of this kind of record, the bass is lacking.
This record always took me back to how it felt to be a Ramones' concert, which I was lucky enough to have been at a few of during this era.
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