THE NEXT FOUR ARE COMING!

THE RAMONES GIVE YOU PLEASANT DREAMS AGAIN (AND THREE OTHER EXPANDED, REMASTERED ALBUMS)
Second Set Of Four Ramones Reissues Due August 20

LOS ANGELES — Rhino/Warner offers a deeper Ramones experience than just the first four albums with the release of the often-overlooked END OF THE CENTURY, PLEASANT DREAMS, SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE and TOO TOUGH TO DIE in expanded, remastered form. The CDs will be available August 20.

Originally released in 1980, END OF THE CENTURY found the Ramones indulging their love for the sounds of the ’60s with storied pop hitmaker Phil Spector behind the boards for his last commercial release as producer. The "Wall Of Sound" treatment of songs like "Baby, I Love You," "Danny Says," and "Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio?" helped make the album the Ramones’ most commercially successful effort ever. Included in END OF THE CENTURY’s six bonus cuts are five previously unreleased songs—demo versions of "Danny Says," "All The Way," "I’m Affected," "Please Don’t Leave" and "Do You Remember Rock ‘N’ Roll Radio?"—as well as the soundtrack version of "I Want You Around" from Rock ‘N’ Roll High School.

The Ramones followed up by giving listeners PLEASANT DREAMS in 1981, an album that saw the band letting their pop influences show. Produced by Graham Gouldman (ex-10cc), the disc contains some of the band’s most infectious tracks—"We Want The Airwaves" "The KKK Took My Baby Away," and "She’s A Sensation." The album’s seven bonus tracks include the previously unavailable outtakes "Chop Suey" (with Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson of the B-52’s and Blondie’s Debbie Harry contributing backing vocals), "Sleeping Troubles," "Kicks To Try," "I’m Not An Answer," and "Stares In This Town," as well as "Touring (1981 Version)" and "I Can’t Get You Out Of My Mind."

The group’s 1983 effort, SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE, was a harder-edged affair, punctuated by insistent guitar riffs and Dee Dee’s buzzing bass. Produced by Ritchie Cordell and Glen Kolotkin, the album’s highlights include "Psycho Therapy," "Outsider" (later covered by Green Day), and the blackly comical "Everytime I Eat Vegetables It Makes Me Think Of You." The disc’s seven bonus tracks include the previously unreleased outtakes "New Girl In Town," "No One To Blame," "Roots Of Hatred," "Bumming Along," and "Unhappy Girl," an acoustic demo of "My-My Kind Of Girl," and the original mix of the U.K. single "Indian Giver."

Ramones fans celebrated 1984’s TOO TOUGH TO DIE as a return to the frenetic, in-your-face attack with which the Ramones were originally identified. Largely produced by Tommy Erdelyi (a.k.a. original drummer Tommy Ramone), TOO TOUGH TO DIE is highlighted by tracks such as the title track, "Mama’s Boy," and the Dave Stewart-produced "Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)." Ten of the album’s 12 bonus tracks are available here for the first time ever: demo versions of "Howling At The Moon (Sha-La-La)," "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers Of Love)," "Endless Vacation," "Mama’s Boy," and "No Go"; album outtakes "Out Of Here" and "Pass This Way"; and alternate versions of "Planet Earth 1988" and "Danger Zone," featuring Dee Dee singing lead. Also included are "Smash You" and the band’s cover of the Rolling Stones’ classic, "Street Fighting Man," both originally issued as a U.K. single.

The Ramones lost their founding bassist and primary songwriter earlier this year with the death of Dee Dee Ramone. The liner notes to END OF THE CENTURY, PLEASANT DREAMS, SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE and TOO TOUGH TO DIE include a tribute to Dee Dee written by bandmate Johnny.