Rhino will issue a super deluxe edition of the Ramones 1977 album Leave Home next month, which, as with last year’s reissue of the band’s self-titled debut, will offer rare and unreleased content across three CDs and a vinyl LP. Ramones | Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2011-12-31 . Retrieved 2014-01-26. a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Leave Home – Ramones". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2017-07-14 . Retrieved 2014-01-26. Out Now: Ramones: The Sire Years (1976–1981)". Rhino Entertainment. 2013-10-31 . Retrieved 2014-01-25.

The first CD in this new edition features two different mixes of the album, a remastered version of the original and a new 40th anniversary mix by original Leave Home album engineer/mixer Ed Stasium. True, Everett (2005). Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84449-413-2.

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Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Ramones". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp.320–22. ISBN 978-0-679-75574-6.a b c d Begrand, Adrien (2003-06-26). "The Ramones: Leave Home". PopMatters . Retrieved 2014-01-26. The Ramones had worked longer and harder on End of the Century than any album before it. They dealt with Spector’s fits, drunken rage, and firearms. Aside from Marky, the band wasn’t excited about the final product. Johnny hated “Baby, I Love You” and talked about how embarrassed he was by the song. The album technically did its intended job—it charted higher than any Ramones record that had come before it. Granted, it peaked at No. 44 and was outshone on the charts by the band's peers (the Clash’s London Calling, Blondie’s Eat to the Beat, etc.) With most of the material written at the same time as their debut and having been performed live for over twelve months (how else would they have made up a full hour-long set list?), Leave Home is more of the same. But it's far from a carbon copy of its predecessor. For starters the studio budget had gone up allowing the band to get a smoother sound and a better producer. Tommy Bongiovi (second cousin to Jon Bon Jovi, fact fans) had won his engineer's spurs with no one less than Jimi Hendrix, and his production, while only taking off a few of the edges, allowed the band to refine their sound. Discogs – Leave Home – 2001-06-19th reMastered CD; Rhino Records / Sire / Warner Archives (R2 74307) US

For Leave Home the idea was simple: tidy up a few rough edges and let the hooks do the talking. The band – Joey, guitarist Johnny, bassist Dee Dee and drummer Tommy, who co-produced with Tony Bongiovi – were keen to show that their songwriting chops had progressed, even in such a short space of time. The most notable shift comes with their prioritising of refrains that could easily be caught and repeated if, say, they were heard blasting from the radio through car speakers. The sophomore album from Forest Hills, Queens, New York's Ramones, Leave Home, arrived in January 1977 on Sire Records, just months after the April 1976 release of the band's self-titled debut. Despite the title, however, Leave Home didn't mark a large stylistic leap or departure for the young punks out of their comfort zone. On closer inspection, however, it continued the growth of the band. Forty years later, it's easier to hear that progression than ever, thanks to a new, 3-CD/1-LP set from the Rhino label (R2 559753). In addition to a remastered version of the original album, the record-sized, book-style collection adds a new, 40th anniversary mix on CD and LP, a generous bonus disc of 33 selections (almost all of which are never-before-heard), and a previously unreleased live concert from April '77. In short, it adds up to a wealth of music from Joey, Dee Dee, Tommy, and Johnny. The original album is included twice on the first disc of this set, first in its original remastered version and secondly in a new mix by original engineer Ed Stasium. He writes in the liner notes, "After Leave Home was released, we all felt, in various hindsight discussions with the band, that the mixes for the album had been rushed, and didn't represent the raw power of the Ramones." As the arrangements and instrumentation of the album aren't by nature intricate, there weren't many previously unheard nuances for Stasium to bring forward. Neither is the 2017 mix as eye-opening as the mono presentation of Ramones on last year's box set edition. But it's a welcome alternative here, as it offers a more centered sound than the original and its hard left-right stereo panning. Stasium's remix also tones down the reverb liberally applied forty years earlier. It maintains the album's powerful, up-close-and-personal feeling, and sounds particularly "right" on its clean and quiet vinyl presentation. (Turn it up and play it LOUD!)All rights on behalf of Taco Tunes, Inc. & Bleu Disque Music Co., Inc. administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) All selections published by Taco Tunes/Bleu Disque Music (ASCAP) except B4 published by Nom Music (BMI) Lander, Dan (2010). Music IS Rapid Transportation... from the Beatles to Xenakis. Charivari Press. ISBN 978-1-895166-04-0. One of the pop highs of the 70s and The Ramones at their fizzy best. It's just like the first album, but with punchier sound. It beats a hole straight through your skull. At any given minute, there's someone on planet Earth totally lost in this album, bopping their head around, moving in their chair or throwing themselves around their room, not even thinking about the outside world. Sometimes that person is me. The vinyl LP included in this new edition features the 40th anniversary remix. In the sleeve notes that accompany this set, Ed Stasium explains why this has been created: “Generally, the consensus was [the original] maybe sounded too clean, the guitars panned completely left-right detracted from the band’s foreboding presence, and the reverb effects especially were a little excessive.”