Mondo Bizarro Addendum

Extras

There isn't anything extra on the CD or vinyl editions of this album unless you buy the Captain Oi! Records CD. From what I've gathered, Captain Oi! Records is an England-based record label that focuses on 70's and 80's punk rock. They recently re-issued the last 4 Ramones studio albums: Brain Drain, Mondo Bizarro, Acid Eaters, and Adios Amigos. Each one comes with liner notes by longtime Ramones tour manager Monte Melnick (who wrote the great book On the Road with the Ramones), one bonus track, and lyrics to every song. They're a bit expensive, so I'll buy one soon to check out if it's worth the purchase.

I don't know if there were any B-Sides released during Mondo Bizarro's run but I've come across the song title "The Ballad of Tipper Gore". I haven't found the song, but it may be a tamer name for the song "Censorshit".

"Spider-Man"

The extra track on the Captain Oi! edition is the studio version of "Spider-Man", the cover of the classic theme song from the 1967 cartoon. This is the version that's available on the Weird Tales of the Ramones box set and the bonus on the initial pressing of Adios Amigos. You can't get it without buying the whole MP3 box set in iTunes and Amazon which omit the comic book and the DVD, so it's probably worth buying the Captain Oi! CD or the physical copy of the box set. I've yet to see a copy of Adios Amigos with "Spider-Man" in it, so those are your choices.The album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits contains the song, but it is a different, slightly longer version.

The song was sung live and recorded for both Greatest Hits Live and We're Outta Here. It is not the same performance released twice as those were two separate concerts.

There are also two videos for the Saturday Morning version. One video is animated in the style of the Greatest Hits Live album art which makes sense why the cover of that album has a spider web behind the band. The other video has clips of the cartoon show mixed with clips of the actual band perfoming the song on a rooftop, and Drew Barrymore and other people are shown talking about Spider-Man.

Album Length

All time references are based on my iTunes setlist.

Album Length: 37:10
# of Tracks: 13
Shortest Track: "Anxiety" - 2:04
Longest Track: "Poison Heart: - 4:04

No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on this album.