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I didn’t catch what the issue with VMP is all about. It is interesting to see Rocket To Russia as a gatefold. I’m not good at shootouts unless there is a distinct difference.

At age 54 Rocket still stands as my second favorite album of all time sandwiched in between Brian Eno's Another Green World at #3 and Revolver in the top slot. My first copy of R2R was on a cheap German cassette my buddy gave me back in the mid eighties and I played it until the tape snapped! I picked up a vinyl reissue about ten years ago and it sounds fine, but I don't think that Joey and co. (rest their leather clad souls) could care less about an audiophile pressing, especially Johnny; he'd probably wanna go as far and beat up the engineer! Thanks for the video. I'm gonna put this one on for the millionth time, chew out those rhythms on my bubblegum and sing along to the oldies!

My review from my article on the top 15 punk albums Rocket to Russia: Released November 12, 1977. Reached #69 on the U.S. charts. Ramones formed in Forest Hills, Queens in 1974. There is a video on RUclips of them playing at CBGB's that year and an argument breaks out over which song to play next. They already had their signature style in 1974 for God's sake! So please let's not have any more fighting over who was the first punk band, Ramones or Sex Pistols. I saw them play in 1975 and years later I wrote. " Saw them at CBGB's and was blown away by their power. What a wall of sound! What a rush! Would have loved to talk to them after their set but their leather jackets gave me pause. The only other people who wore leather jackets at that time in the East Village were the Hell's Angels and I had already had an experience with one of them near their clubhouse on East 3rd Street. Not really a big deal, but after that I decided not to start up any conversations with them. So, my fear got the best of me and I missed an opportunity to talk to the greatest band in the world in the mid 70's. To this day I play their records and they remain one of my favorite bands." For most people who weren't around punk music and the Ramones at the outset, it is difficult to imagine the effect they had. Mary Harron interviewed them for the first issue of Punk magazine in January, 1976. This will give you some idea of what it was like. "When I first saw the Ramones I couldn't believe people were doing this. The dumb brattiness ‘Beat on the brat with a baseball bat.' There was this real cartoon element, and yet you're in a real place, you want to do something real, so you're in a situation where they could be real, they could be genuinely delinquent. It had an edge to it: they looked dumb-smart, smart-dumb." From the Ramones' press kit in June, 1975: " Their songs are brief, to the point, and every one a potential hit single...The Ramones all originate from Forest Hills and kids who grew up there become either musicians, degenerates or dentists. The Ramones are a little of each. Their sound is not unlike a fast drill on a rear molar." When their eponymous debut LP came out all my punk friends bought it and played it to death. Believe me, we had never heard anything like it. It was brutal and undeniable. Listening at stun levels we were in awe of its relentless buzzsaw power. In light of hardcore (the louder, faster, more aggressive music that came after punk and spawned slam dancing and stage diving) Ramones songs now seem almost mid-tempo. But I've read people at their live shows were literally holding onto their tables when they played--it was such a potent force coming at you. Choosing a best between the first three Ramones' albums has always been difficult for me. I must have heard them all fifty times and for this write-up I listened to all three twice again. And you know what? It’s still difficult. Their debut, Leave Home and Rocket To Russia all contain loads of great songs. How to pick just one? It would have been easy to pick their debut. That would have put everything neatly in chronological order, but this is not the 15 most important punk albums, it is the 15 best. There are two major differences that for me narrowed it down to just two. The mix on their first album is different from a more conventional one found on the others--Johnny's guitar is in the right channel and Dee Dee's bass is in the left. Some listeners might like this, others might not. It does have its perks. When I was giving punk lessons in my apartment, I could turn the knobs on my amp to isolate the two. The kids I was teaching loved hearing how skillful these two musicians were. Man, those guys could play! Let me tell you, hearing "I Don't Wanna Go Down To The Basement" like this was a joyful thing. Secondly, some of the best songs are faster and longer on the next two albums. So my two preferences narrowed it down to either Leave Home or Rocket To Russia. These are not 1 and 2 in my book; they are 1 and 1A. I would have chosen both of them, but decided in the end to pick only one album from each band. Actually, any of the first three LP's would make a fine choice on any best list. 
 I nearly choked at the prospect of leaving off an album that contains "Glad To See You Go," "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment," "Carbona Not Glue," "Pinhead," "Commando" and "You Should Never have Opened That Door," but that's just what I did. Rocket To Russia has great songs too, leading off with "Cretin Hop" (what an attack they had!) Then there's the classic "Rockaway Beach" (which reached #66 on the U.S, charts), and "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" (which reached #81). Colin Abrahall, singer in the great British punk band G.B.H. has said that hearing "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" at age 15 on the radio was a huge influence in his life. But more on that when we come to G.B.H. "Locket Love" is a sweet little bubblegum song disguising a murder. "We're A Happy Family" has just about the wittiest, funniest, pop culture lyrics ever in a song and "Teenage Lobotomy" is not far behind. I think the album has just a smidge more power than Leave Home, there are fewer songs under two minutes and Johnny Ramone's signature lightning downstrokes unleashing pure punk power are better showcased. Rocket To Russia is my choice to start our quest for the top 15 punk LP's. Here are three songs for your listening pleasure:

Great vid! You can never go wrong with the Ramones. That blue splatter vinyl is gorgeous and love the gatefold.

This looks like a subliminal way to launder money. But I'm a cynic sometimes. My grail is a 1st press UK DSOTM that i got for $1500.00 complete and the vinyl is almost NM while the cover has a small amount of damage. Why would i put it behind plastic? Records are meant to be played. How would I 100% know the A2-B2 disc is still inside? You can buy frames for ten bucks. Just my 2 pennies. 😊

Thanks so much for the shoutout Glenn!!! Always great to have you.

That's a much better way of grading records , 90% of records these days are graded vg+ which could mean anything .

This is unbelievable Glenn. Ive run in to similar situations (though not $2500) at a few flea markets. Water damaged Beatles represses going for $100... absolutely nuts. As Mr. T used to say... I Pity the Fool that actually falls for this and purchases it... great video..

“Thriller” for $2000? What does he want for a completely destroyed “Rumours”? Don’t tell me, let me guess…$5000! Cuz it’s a CLASSIC!!!!!

I have heard people are trying to market slabbing.records. i think it is a joke lol

Yes, the prices are ridiculous. Just to be clear, you understand it was not "him" that did the grading? Just wasn't clear if you were aware it service you send off for just like cards?

Hey that’s the old Zona Rosa cafe! It’s cool another cool small business moved in.

Thanks for a few good laughs this morning, Glenn!

I think the record with the middle finger on it is an Eminem album.

lol even in the baseball card world this wouldn’t fly. What company graded this record? That’s not a PSA rating.

As a former baseball card collector, grading ruined the joy of collecting.

That’s what you get for collecting vinyl lol jk. Same shit happened with cassettes and now it’s going this way with cds

Great video. I don’t think that record slabbing will stand the test of time. A record is different than a baseball card. And these prices are insane, seller from slapped records at factor 10 to the value of a record. That is ridiculous.

Looks like those records are slabbed.

These are signs that this "vinyl revival" is coming to an end. Greed will destroy it as usual

Yea, this seller is definitely looking for some clueless person with more money than sense. I enjoyed the video and until 10:45 . TDS kicking in doesn't help an otherwise decent video.

silly question: where did you buy those plastic sleeves for the Michael Jackson thriller LP you have?? is there a specific name for this sleeve??

It’s bait, that guy is a master baiter.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR $$$ AND WHAT THEY ARE SELLING FOR $$$ IS TWO DIFFERENT THINGS IN MY OPINION BUT THIS WAS SOME GREAT INFO THANKS FOR THE 411

I'm selling half of my collection and concentrating on cassettes

That price is ridiculous! Some of the most valuable records aren’t worth that much!!!!

I can understand a little how you could be finding all this sellers out of touch pricing totally ridiculous and insane but why get all fired up?? At the end of the day who the F cares? If this guy can sell those for even close to his asking then good on him. You or your friends certainly aren’t paying that so why worry. I sold an older well maintained BMW sports car 3 yrs ago for 2.5 thousand more than I thought it would sell for and that’s 3.5 more than I paid for it 4 yrs earlier. So ppl will either buy or not …. Simple, you just never know. Yes insane stupid prices but so what. BUYER BEWARE.

One of the reasons I got out of the sports card business in 2020 was because of grading. It just made the greed even worse. I'm all for flipping and investing in cards, but unless you bow down the grading gods, it makes selling raw cards almost impossible. Everyone want immaculate cards that they could grade for a 10.

So interesting. It's crazy how much the seller is trying to flog those records at a baseball card event. The pressing for "The Thriller" album was huge so IMHO the value of a record also depends on its rarity value on top of that, the vinyl and sleeve condition and so forth. It would be interesting to know if he actually sold any of these over-priced records. Excellent topic and video!

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Maybe those prices are in Japanese yen. Is there a discount if he takes it out of the stupid slab so I can play it?

Hey pal. Great and fun video. Thanks for sharing. You had me at Gemco. The first record I ever got was in a Gemco in the city of LaMirada. Though I have to say your first album is cooler than mine as I chose Chipmumk Punk. One funny story is I never kept that record but I was in Fullerton at White Rabbit records and they actually had that record. I couldn’t resist and had to get it. Played it once for nostalgia but probably never again, though I am thrilled to have it in my record collection. I think the bigger question isn’t how much that crazy dude was selling those records for at that astronomical price. But has there ever been someone who actually bought one from him. That is absolute bananas. Thanks again for the video. Have a great day my friend.

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That was some great response on the tag. Working on mine and hopefully it will be up soonish. Funny thing about the glow in the dark...I got a record that have that feature, the sound really sucks... lets stay black. Cheers

I just watched this. Great video. Nice score on the Alice Cooper with all the origin accoutrements. Love that Lauryn Hill album. I just subbed to you channel. Cheers.

Great job. Nice picks. I’m new to the VC. Brian at Tokyo Record Style was one on the first people to sub and reach out. I want to do this tag as well. Cheers.

Oh wow you managed to get that very rare copy of Alice Coopers “Million” dollar babies.

Hi Glenn, enjoyed your tag. You showed loads of my favourites… Murmur, Let’s Dance, Swordfishtrombones! Plenty that I’ve not heard too… interesting stuff. I’ve got some Turkish psych too… crazy stuff! Liked and subbed. Cheers, Jack

Hi Glenn, enjoyed seeing your take of the summer tag!

I may do this but I’ll most likely make up a lot of stuff. His video was long. Cypress Hill with an orchestra sounds horrible.

I may do this but I’ll most likely make up a lot of stuff. His video was long.

Hi Glenn, glad you’ve picked up Brian’s tag, hopefully other will follow as I think there are some interesting categories there that give lots of scope for some interesting choice. Lots of the records you showed were new to me, which it great. I loved the choice of Swordfishtrombomes as glorious mess, I know exactly what you mean. I also have the same relationship with Let’s Dance. It was my introduction to Bowie as a teenager in the 80’s I loved it them and still think it is great! Andy

Well done for a fantastic tag response. Trying to see if you can do an interesting response also 🤨

I got to check this spot in Pasadena awesome video

what lp record player do you own im curious but i would like to know what stereo system you have head to tails complete ? let us know the complete system .

Dude! Super SUPER SURPRISED and GRATEFUL for the mention and channel shoutout, and PUMPED for you that you scored that Happy End Record! I think it's such a killer record and I hope you really like it. It kind grows on me more and more over the years. My favorite track is called "Kakurenbo" (かくれんぼ, "Hide-and-seek"), the 2nd track on Side 1. Super goovy and soulful. As I said in another comment, you got a great stage presence and I'm looking forward to your future vids. Stay in touch (let's get online on a stream sometime together and hang - my gears are truning) Thanks again and speak soon!

Nice Melodiya LP. Cool pick up.

Hey Glenn, cool tag. I also discovered Tokyo record style recently! Great channel I still got to check out happy end though 😅

Hi Glenn, very cool picks, thanks for the laugh with the Cousin Kevin comment.