As roads go, BR-319 is especially significant because it traverses a vast unspoiled region, says Philip Fearnside, an American ecologist based at Manaus’ National Institute of Amazonian Research, or INPA. That was fortunate, according to many scientists and conservationists: It limited industrial logging and forest-clearing in the region.
The 570-mile road bisects a vast area of abundant biodiversity the Amazon basin holds a fifth of the world's fresh water. But when the military regime abdicated, in the 1980s, Brazil’s young democratic government lost interest in BR-319, and after years of neglect much of the route had become virtually impassable. BR-319 connected Manaus to Porto Velho, 570 miles to the southwest, and thus to São Paolo and beyond. Not long before, the government had established a free-trade zone in Manaus, and Harley-Davidson, Kawasaki and Honda soon built factories there. Sawmills and lumberyards have sprouted along BR-319 near the frontier town of Realidade, where thousands work in illegal logging trades.īR-319 was first built in the 1970s by Brazil’s military dictatorship, which viewed the rainforest as terra nullius-a no-man’s land waiting to be developed. This article is a selection from the January/February 2020 issue of Smithsonian magazine Buy Recorded in New York City at The Palladium, with audio sourced from Tommy Ramone's original cassette of the console recording, it features blistering performances of "Blitzkrieg Bop," "Rockaway Beach," and "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker," along with several songs from Road To Ruin: "I Don't Want You," "I Wanna Be Sedated," and "I Wanted Everything.Subscribe to Smithsonian magazine now for just $12 The final disc has a previously unreleased recording of the band's entire 1979 New Year's Eve concert, which was mixed live by Stasium, and broadcast on WNEW-FM. Other highlights include three different versions of "I Wanna Be Sedated," including the "Ramones-on-45-Mega-Mix!" released in 1988 as part of the campaign for the Ramones Mania compilation, as well as acoustic versions of "Questioningly," "Needles And Pins," and "Don't Come Close." The second disc offers up over twenty unreleased recordings, including rough mixes for every album track, starkly different alternate takes of two songs, and two unreleased outtakes: "I Walk Out" and "S.L.U.G." - unfinished during the original recording sessions in 1978, and completed by Stasium for this anniversary release. Stasium's new mix is also featured on the 180-gram LP that accompanies this deluxe edition. The first disc of the ROAD TO RUIN: 40th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION features a remastered version of the original stereo mix for Road To Ruin and a new 2018 40th Anniversary Road Revisited mix created by Stasium, who strips off the original record's commercial gloss and restores the album to its punk rock core.
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Along with the music, the set also features rare photos and artwork, including the unused, alternate cover image, plus essays by former New York Rocker writer Roy Trakin, album cover artist John Holmstrom, and Road To Ruin producer Ed Stasium, who details the making of this classic record. It will be produced in a limited and numbered edition of 7,500 copies worldwide and comes packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book. ROAD TO RUIN: 40th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION contains two different mixes of the album, unissued rough mixes for every album track, and an unreleased 1979 concert recording of the Ramones in New York. Listen to the previously unreleased "Take 2 (Basic Rough Mix)" of "I Wanna Be Sedated" HERE. Both titles will also be available digitally and via streaming services. A newly remastered version of the original album will also be released as a single CD for $7.98. The 3CD/1LP boxed set ROAD TO RUIN: 40th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION will be available for $64.98. To celebrate the milestone, Rhino will release two versions on September 21, a day before the anniversary of the album's original release on September 22, 1978. It was also the album that introduced a nation of pinheads to the all-time Ramones' classic "I Wanna Be Sedated." Dee Dee, Joey, and Johnny were joined for the first time by drummer Marky Ramone, who replaced founding member Tommy Ramone, who'd left to do more producing and writing for the band. LOS ANGELES - The Ramones released the band's fourth studio album, Road To Ruin, 40 years ago this September. Listen To The Previously Unreleased Alternate Take Of "I Wanna Be Sedated" HERE 3CD/1 Vinyl LP Deluxe Edition Of The Band's Fourth Albumįeatures Two Mixes Of The Original, Plus Unreleased Studio And Live Recordings
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