Dee Dee Ramone interviewed in the documentary film "Punking Out" (1977), courtesy Ric Shore.

I Remember You,
Carbona Not Glue

Listen to My Heart
California Sun
Judy Is a Punk
I Don't Wanna Walk Around With You
Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
Loudmouth
Beat on the Brat
Blitzkrieg Bop
Glad to See You Go
Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
Rockaway Beach
Commando

 - Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World -

"In April we left for a seven week tour of Europe with the Talking Heads. That was two stress factors: the Talking Heads and Europe.[...] We were on a tour bus, and I hated the bus. We really didn't talk to them much. The Talking Heads were college educated folks, and we were street kids."

- Johnny Ramone, from his book Commando

"It was on the bus the Ramones shared with the Talking Heads, riding along the valley of the Rhone River. Neither Ramone is interested in scenery; they never were.”

Photo by Danny Fields

Johnny signs a rare pressing of the band's first single, Blitzkrieg Bop, from France. He is sporting the band's signature leather jacket
 - Danny Fields

" We made this long drive to Marseilles, and they didn't have the proper electricity to power us up. So there was no gig. And I never wanted to go back. Maybe I shouldn't have felt that way about France, but that tour did it. It was just so miserable."

-Johnny Ramone, from his book Commando

photo by Danny Fields

"The visits overseas really wore me out. I m so americanized that anything else was hard for me to deal with. I'd order ice and they'd give me one ice cube.[...] To see anything familiar was good, and I don't even eat McDonald's".

-Johnny Ramone, from his book Commando.

Danny Fields

The Ramones played the Rainbow Theater in London on December 31, 1977. The show became It's Alive, which was released in April 1979.

Blitzkrieg Bop
I Wanna Be Well
Glad to See You Go
You’re Gonna Kill That Girl
Commando
Havana Affair
Cretin Hop
Listen to My Heart
I Don’t Wanna Walk Around With You
Pinhead
Do You Wanna Dance?
Now I Wanna Be a Good Boy
Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue
We’re A Happy Family

Danny Fields

"[...] then ended the year in England, where we recorded It's Alive! album on New Year's Eve at the Rainbow Theatre in London. I think our peak, our greatest moment, is that New Year's Eve show of 1977 into 1978. I think that's our greatest moment as a band"

- Johnny Ramone , from his book Commando

photo by Danny Fields

L-R: Linda Clark, Leee Black Childers, Nancy Spungen, Sid Vicious, Dee Dee Ramone
“The Ramones toured extensively in 1977 and ended the year with two weeks in the UK and a New Year’s Eve concert at the Rainbow. The show was recorded for an album, which is listed by both NME and Rolling Stone as one of the 50 Greatest Live Albums Of All Time.”
-Danny Fields

with Seymour and Linda Stein and Elton John

Danny Fields