RICHIE RAMONE'S SECOND SOLO ALBUM: CELLOPHANE
(AUGUST 5, 2016)
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INFORMATION IN THIS PAGE:
1) BASIC INFORMATION AND TRACKLISTING.
2) MORE BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
3) 7' SINGLE I FIX THIS / PRETTY POISON.
BASIC INFORMATION AND TRACKLISTING:
Richie Ramone's second solo album
Cellophane
was released worldwide
on August 5, 2016, expect in English site of Amazon release date was
August 12. Label is DC-Jam Records.
Cellophane got published as a CD and MP3. Buy Cellophane from
Amazon.com
here
or from
Amazon.co.uk
.
Album is recorded at Red Bull Studios in Los Angeles. Cellophane is
produced by Paul Roessler who also plays keyboards on album and sing
backvocals on I'm Not Ready song.
Roessler's punk roots goes to 70's. He has played keyboards in bands
such as The Screamers, Twisted Roots, 45
Grave, Nervous Gender, Mike Watt and the Secondmen, Nina Hagen and The
Deadbeats.
First video of Cellophane was I Fix This. It got released on
June 24, 2016.
See great video
here. Singer-drummer Richie Ramone, bassist Clare MissTake,
guitarist-drummer Ben Wah Reagan and guitarist Ronnie Simmons are on it
for example in a bowling center and in Japan.
All songs on Cellophane
are written in last few years expect Pretty
Poison goes to Richie's Ramones' years in 1980's and then is a cover of
Depeche Mode's song Enjoy The Silence.
- Pretty Poison I had back in the Ramones days that never went on a
record so we recorded that. That's the only one that I wrote back in the
80's, Richie referred to songs in a Cellophane.
Enjoy The Silence is originally from Depeche Mode's album Violator
(1990). Depeche Mode is English electronic music band and Enjoy The
Silence sold gold in the USA and Germany and it won Best British Single
at the 1991 BRIT Awards.
TRACKLISTING:
1) Braggadocio (Richie Ramone / Adam Bones) (3.23).
2) I Fix This (Richie Ramone / Ben Reagan) (2.54).
3) Cellophane (Richie Ramone) (4.35).
4) Just To Be Clear (Richie Ramone / Adam Bones) (3.46).
5) Pretty Poison (Richie Ramone) (3.18).
6) Enjoy the Silence (Martin Lee Gore) (4.30).
7) Your Worst Enemy (Richie Ramone / Adam Bones) (2.58).
8) What? (Richie Ramone / Tina DiGeorge) (3.58).
9) I'm Not Ready (Richie Ramone) (4.15).
LINE-UP ON ALBUM:
* Richie Ramone: Drums and vocals.
* Clare MissTake: Bass and backing vocals.
* Ben Reagan: Guitar.
* Alex Kane: Guitar.
* Paul Roessler: Keyboards. Also back vocals on I'm Not Ready.
* Whitey Kirst: Guitar solo on I'm Not Ready.
Guitarist Alex Kane plays on this album and on Richie's debut solo
album, but not anymore in Richie's band when Cellophane got published.
Kane played last show with Richie, Clare and Ben at
Grindhouse in Padova, Italy, on March 6, 2016, where was final show of
their European tour. New guitarist Ronnie Simmons played first show with
Richie at Tiki Bar in Costa Mesa, CA, USA, on April 22, 2016.
See all tour dates here.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Here are some background and history information of Cellophane. Richie Ramone's
debut solo album named Entitled (read more here)
was released worldwide by DC-Jam Records on October 8,
2013.
In November 2015, I asked from Richie Ramone if He, bassist Clare
MissTake, guitarist Alex Kane and guitarist-drummer Ben Wah Reagan are
already going to the studio?
- We are writing and will record a new album in January, 2016, at Red
Bull Studios in Los Angeles. I have written songs with all the band, and
other people. We start touring again in February, Richie wrote to me in
October 30, 2015.
Recordings happened as planned but guitarist Alex Kane played
last show with Richie on March 6, 2016. New Guitarist Ronnie Simmons
played first show with Richie, Clare and Ben on April 22, 2016.
So this album Cellophane will be released worldwide on August 5, 2016.
Again label is DC-Jam Records. It was
surprising to hear that people got chance to buy album already at the
shows in June-July. Richie wrote information about that in May,
2016:
- The new album Cellophane will be available at all the (USA) shows
before it is released worldwide August 5th, 2016. Get
your autographed copy in advance of the release date, hinted Richie to
shows, as he will sign copies before or after the shows.
See tour dates
here.
Buy Cellophane from
Amazon.com
here
or from
Amazon.co.uk
.
7' SINGLE I FIX THIS / PRETTY POISON:
First pressing of Richie Ramone's 7' single I Fix This / Pretty Poison
was published in three colors: black, yellow and blue vinyls. Yellow and
blue versions are real collector items in future, as there are only 100
copies on blue vinyl and 100 copies on yellow vinyl. Inserts in yellow
and blue copies are signed by Richie Ramone.
Indie label Outro Records (USA) released a
second pressing on red vinyl in August 2017. Label also released first
pressing. Second pressing is available through web store, distribution
and from Richie Ramone at his shows.
- The second pressing (of only 500 copies) can be identified by its red
vinyl and small print Barcode (no sticker) on back of the sleeve. We
also use this pressing for various Outro Records promotions, example:
buy 2 Outro Records titles, get a red Richie Ramone 7' free, explained
Steve Pilace who started Outro Records in early 2017.
If you make an order outside of USA, ask first of postage from
Steve.
- There is a glitch on the web site that charges full price for every
record (unless the exact same color is ordered) if someone orders more
than one Outro release international, I reimburse some money back until
the glitch is removed, he told.
Outro Records is a vinyl-only subsidiary of DC-Jam Records.
Both songs I Fix This and Pretty Poison are from Richie Ramone's second solo album
Cellophone. As I wrote above in album details, Pretty
Poison goes to Richie's Ramones' years in 1980's.
- Pretty Poison I had back in the Ramones days that never went on a
record so we recorded that. That's the only one (of Cellophane
songs) that I wrote back in the 80's, Richie wrote.
See great video of I Fix This here.
.