A 10″ reel-to-reel Master Tape of unreleased mixes of Ramones live tracks, before overdubs were added, recorded for the 1979 film Rock and Roll High School.

This tape was rescued from a trash dumpster by a former employee of the film’s producer, Roger Corman. It has been authenticated by longtime Ramones producer/engineer/mixer/collaborator Ed Stasium, who supervised the music for Rock and Roll High School and produced these tracks.  Included is a professional digital transfer of the tape.

Stasium’s letter of authenticity explains:

This letter is to authenticate a reel to reel master tape of the Ramones live at the Roxy in Hollywood, recorded during live performances filmed for the 1979 movie Rock and Roll High School.

For the film, the Ramones performed multiple sets, which I recorded in a mobile truck. I made these quick mono mixes, probably on the day of the shoot, for the film’s editors. The writing on the box is mine. This tape has the mono mixes on the left channel-Track 1-and a 60 cycle synch tone for the film’s editors on the right channel-Track 2.

We later did some ‘fixes’ on these live tracks at Media Sound in New York, adding overdubs by Joey and Johnny Ramone. The fixed versions were used in the film and on the soundtrack. These rough mono mixes, without the overdubs, have never been released anywhere.

During my long associate with the Ramones, I worked on nine of their original albums, as engineer, mixer, producer, additional guitarist and backing vocalist. I have also engineered, remixed, and produced numerous demos, reissues and live albums for the band.  The tracks on this tape include:‘Blitzkrieg Bop/Teenage Lobotomy’, ‘California Sun/Pinhead’, ‘She’s the One’.  [Signed] Ed Stasium

Tapes from the 1970′s often need to be “baked”–or heated in a controlled environment–before playback; the binder used to attach the magnetic particles to the backing can be unstable after many years.  Out of an abundance of caution, this tape was baked before being digitally transferred; we suggest the owner not try to play it.  The digital transfer includes only the mono mixes on track one, for listenability‘s sake.

This is a one-of-a-kind tape, sold as a collectible only; no rights of reproduction or copyright are included or inferred.

A unique opportunity to obtain a truly one-of-a-kind Ramones collectible