Sold Date: June 8, 2014
Start Date: June 1, 2014
Final Price: $66.00 (USD)
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The band's first four albums set the blueprint for punk, especially American punk and hardcore, for the next two decades.  The original four, and three more, are offered together as a single collection (7). Each album shows VG+ condition, with cosmetic blemishes to the covers and inserts consistent with age.* U.S. shipment only; no returns.

Ramones - Ramones (Sire - SR 6020) Front cover has notch; vinyl appears clean (VG+)

Ramones - Rocket To Russia (Sire - SR 6042) Ring wear, small staining on front cover, slight seam split; vinyl appears clean (VG+)

Ramones - Road To Ruin (Sire - SRK 6063) Ring wear; vinyl appears clean (VG+)

Ramones - Leave Home (Sire - SR 6031) Slight seam split; vinyl appears clean (VG+)

Ramones - Pleasant Dreams (Sire - SRK 3571) Small staining on front cover and insert, ring wear; vinyl appears clean (VG+)

Ramones - Subterranean Jungle (Sire, Sire - 1-23800, 9 23800-1) Slight ring wear; vinyl appears clean (VG+)

Ramones - Too Tough To Die (Sire, Sire - 1-25187, 9 25187-1) Ring wear, small staining on front cover; vinyl appears clean (VG+)

The Ramones are the first punk rock band. Other bands, such as the Stooges and the New York Dolls, came before them and set the stage and aesthetic for punk, and bands that immediately followed, such as the Sex Pistols, made the latent violence of the music more explicit, but the Ramones crystallized the musical ideals of the genre. By cutting rock & roll down to its bare essentials -- four chords; a simple, catchy melody; and irresistibly inane lyrics -- and speeding up the tempo considerably, the Ramones created something that was rooted in early '60s, pre-Beatles rock & roll and pop but sounded revolutionary.

*Best estimation; not independently verified