New Releases — February 5, 2018 at 7:24 am

This week’s new releases: ‘The Sound of Liverpool 1976-1988’ box set, Ramones vinyl

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted.

 

Various Artists

RELEASE: Revolutionary Spirit: The Sound of Liverpool 1976-1988
BACKSTORY: Cherry Red Records this week releases a 5-disc, 99-song box set chronicling the sound of Liverpool, England, from the mid ’70s to the late ’80s, a collection that includes music from Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, OMD, The La’s, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Dead Or Alive, China Crisis, Wild Swans, Big In Japan and more. Packaged in a book that contains sleevenotes by some of the artists themselves.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk

 

Ramones

RELEASE: Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket to Russia
BACKSTORY: Rhino Records will follow up their super-deluxe box sets of the Ramones’ first three albums with standalone, single-disc vinyl reissues of the remastered original albums, first released in 1976 and 1977.
BUY: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk

 

 

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One Comment

  1. Robert Limroth

    Any idea if the standalone Ramones debut album will be released in mono or will it be stereo?

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