50 years ago today, NYC band Ramones released their debut LP (our copy here). 14 short songs packed into 29 minutes, the album was recorded during seven days in January 1976 for $6,400, all but one song is original. Two singles “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend” + “Blitzkrieg Bop” did not chart and the album only reached #111 Billboard but is now considered foundational and vital to the punk rock movement that followed. In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked it 47th Greatest Album of All Tim
