We're Outta Here Addendum

We're Outta Here Box Set

When the album was first released in 1997, some copies were bundled with a "Ramones Film Crew" VHS. It's reported to be a long documentary about the final concert with interviews and prior concert footage in between. I own it but I haven't seen it due to not owning a reliable VHS player (Mine is older than the documentary). It hasn't been re-released in the US, but it's available in Europe on DVD (It's possibly PAL and Region Coded, so importers beware).


The Final Update?

No, this is not the final update. There's still a ton of Ramones products that I've yet to purchase and there may even be new releases to pick up. I still don't own the You Don't Come Close live CD, Weird Tales of the Ramones, and tons more. I might not get to it all in a weekly or even monthly basis, but I'll still review the stuff as soon as I get it.


"Blitzkrieg Bop"
This is the final Blitzkrieg Bop performed by the four Ramones, and it comes in at one minute, 36 seconds. Compared to the 2:13 original, the band eliminated 37 seconds of slowness! Quality-wise it's subjective, but the impact is amazing. If you are really picky about it, there's a two second intro to this song, making it about 1:34 seconds. Yes, it's that fast!

Album Info

All times are from my iTunes tracklist.

Album Length: 1 hour, 4 minutes
# of Tracks: 32
Shortest Track: "Gimme Gimmie Shock Treatment" - 1:16
Longest Track: "Any Way You Want It" - 3:17
Length of "Blitzkrieg Bop": 1:36 (-37 seconds from original studio cut)


NEXT: WHO KNOWS??

Greatest Hits Live Addendum

Extras

As far as I know, this album holds the first release of "Any Way You Want It" on any album. "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." was already available on different versions of Adios Amigos. Both songs are also available on Weird Tales of the Ramones, and their live versions are on We're Outta Here.

Album Info


All time references are based on my iTunes tracklist.


Album Length: 37.6 minutes

Shortest Track: "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." - 1:24
Longest Track: "Pet Sematary" - 3:40


"Blitzkrieg Bop" is on the album. Coming in at 1:37, it is eight seconds shorter than the Loco Live version and 36 seconds shorter than the original cut on Ramones.


NEXT: It's officially the end of the Ramones with WE'RE OUTTA HERE!

Adios Amigos Addendum

Extras

Th extra on this album is either the hidden track "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." or "Spider-Man", and the addition of those tracks depends on what region you bought the album from and/or which album printing edition it is. My copy, a North American CD, doesn't have "Spider-Man" nor "R.A.M.O.N.E.S.". Captain Oi! Records has their version with "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." on it and the CD also includes liner notes by Monte Melnick.

"R.A.M.O.N.E.S." is easily available live with Lemmy as a guest on We're Outta Here, as a bonus studio track on Greatest Hits Live, and it's also on numerous compilations.


The version of "Spider-Man" on Adios Amigos is the elusive studio cut that's currently only available on the complete Weird Tales of the Ramones box set. This cut is not available as a stand-alone MP3 purchase.


Album Info


All time references are based on my iTunes tracklist.


Album Length: 33.9 minutes

Shortest Track: "Have a Nice Day" - 1:39
Longest Track: "Life's a Gas" - 3:34


No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on this album.


This post wraps up my album reviews, as there are no more studio albums after this one. The last two major releases during the band's active life were the live albums Greatest Hits Live and We're Outta Here. 


UP NEXT: GREATEST HITS LIVE

Acid Eaters Addendum

Extras

The only extra from this recording session was the cover of the Beach Boys's Surfin' Safari, an exclusive bonus to Japanese and Brazillian pressings. However, Captain Oi! Records has the album with this track included, but I don't own it. This track is the only region bonus not easily available in MP3 stores.

It's a good cover, and one that should have been on the album.

The song:




Album Length:

All time references are based on my iTunes setlist.

Album Length: 31:02
# of Tracks: 12
Shortest Track: "The Shape of Things to Come" - 1:47
Longest Track: "When I Was Young" - 3:16

No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on this album.

NEXT: ADIOS AMIGOS!!!

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.

Loco Live Addendum

Loco Live was recorded in Barcelona, Spain but I don't know if it was done on the same night or if it was cut and pasted from a few concerts. I do know that the recording had to be cleaned up due to a bad production.

There's two versions of Loco Live that are available to the public:

The 1991 Chrysalis Edition

• The cover art is a wide shot of the stage, with the band playing after removing their jackets (Joey still has his on). The bottom of the picture has the words "Loco Live" in white, bold letters with a red star on the second O in Loco.
• The back cover has the track list separated by stars (i.e. Durango 95*Teenage Lobotomy*Psycho Therapy*etc.) The picture is of the band playing while encased in smoke and lit with red, white, and blue lighting. The colors are over-saturated bordering on the smudgy, with the white light coming off as yellow. The bottom has the usual copyright info with "Chrysalis" written in larger font size.
• The four tracks exclusive to this edition are "Too Tough to Die", "Don't Bust My Chops", "Palisades Park", and "Love Kills".
• The CD has the full track list with the length of each song printed as well.
• It is available internationally and it is also part of "The Chrysalis Years" compilation.

 The 1992 Sire Records Edition

• The cover art is of a farther wide shot of the band in concert, but Johnny and CJ are still wearing their jackets. The top of the picture has the word "RAMONES" written in bold, red letters with "LOCO LIVE" written in bold, red, white, and blue letters. (LOCO LIVE)
• The four tracks exclusive to this edition are "I Just Want To Have Something to Do", "Havana Affair", "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement", and the hidden "Carbona Not Glue" that plays on the same track as "Pet Sematary"
• The back cover has a numbered track list with three differences: 

1. The upper part of the cover has a production credit and recording location.
2. The picture is the same as the one on the Chrysalis edition (band playing while covered in smoke and red, white, and blue lights.) However, the colors are not over-saturated, making this picture clearer and sharper than the Chrysalis edition.
3. The copyright information is smaller and the Sire Records logo is added instead of "Chrysalis".

• The liner notes include a brief introduction by Debbie Harry of Blondie fame. 
• This version is the one that's easily available in the United States.
• The CD has the same production credits and copyright information as the back cover.

Here's my commentary on the CDs:

• If you want choose between the two instead of buying both, then the purchase will depend on the exclusive songs. Both CDs sound about the same with only slighter louder sound on the Sire edition and it's almost indistinguishable to the ears.
• The Chrysalis edition has a more comprehensive look the band's career with a mix of both old and new tracks. While "Love Kills" is available on We're Outta Here, it is still the only CD with the officially released live versions of "Don't Bust My Chops" and "Palisades Park". It also has the only easily available live version of "Too Tough to Die" to purchase, as the Smash You: Live '85 is hard to come by.
• The Sire Records edition clearly goes for the nostalgic/familiarity route with tracks that should be known to those who listened to the the first four albums. The hidden "Carbona Not Glue" was a bit of a bonus treat for audiences who bought Leave Home after the first printing and prior to the release of the Expanded Edition of that album. This album still holds the distinction of having the only official live recordings of "Carbona Not Glue" and "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement". A live cut of "I Just Wanna Have Something to Do" is also available on We're Outta Here, and "Havana Affair" is available live on It's Alive, NYC 1978, and the Expanded Edition of Leave Home.
• If you're interested in the the Harry letter on the Sire edition: it's bad. There have been better liner notes in the Expanded Editions and the guest letters included in We're Outta Here.  This should not be a deal breaker.
• In the end, you're getting 33 tracks on any version so enjoy your choice. I bought both and put the all the tracks together for a 36 track behemoth!

Album Length

Times are taken from Windows Media Player and my iTunes track list.

Album Length
Chrysalis - 69 minutes
Sire Records - 67 minutes

# of Tracks
Chrysalis - 33
Sire - 32 ("Carbona Not Glue" is on the "Pet Sematary" track but it is not listed)

Longest Track
Chrysalis: "Do You Remember Rock and Roll Radio?" - 2:59
Sire: "Pet Sematray" - 4:16 (If it wasn't for the bonus, "RnR Radio" would also be the longest)

Shortest Track
Both Editions : "Durango 95" - 0:47 (Chrysalis lists it as 0:48, but it always appears as 0:47 on my players)

Length of "Blitzkrieg Bop": 1:45

NEXT: MONDO BIZARRO!

Animal Boy Addendum

Extras

The Animal Boy CD is the same as the vinyl therefore no extra material. As I wrote in an earlier entry, Johnny Ramone was behind all the Expanded Edition releases. While going over the band's later works, Johnny realized that there wasn't much extra material to be added since they refused to make demos for the executives to choose from by this point in their careers. The only b-sides that I know about are "Go Home Ann", the B-Side for "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" produced by Lemmy (of Motorhead fame and a longtime friend and supporter of the band) and "Can't Say Anything Nice", a Richie Ramone sung track that was a b-side to "Somebody Put Something in My Drink"



"Go Home Ann" is an atypical song lyrics-wise as it's about a girl who slept with one of the band members and refuses to leave the premises after the band member asks her to. While there have been tracks like "Glad to See You Go" and "You're Gonna Kill That Girl", the band rarely turned the romance songs to the opposite direction as this song does. The closest song that compares to this is probably "Don't Bust My Chops". Musically, it has a sad, eerie mood to it that borders on their creepier tracks like "Garden of Serenity".


The second B-Side, "Can't Say Anything Nice", is rare in that RICHIE RAMONE SINGS! If it wasn't for this blog, I would have never known about this track and others where he had sung. Holy crap does he sound more like a punk kid than Joey or Dee Dee. For what it's worth, I like his vocals more than Dee Dee's but he's a different singer compared to Joey. The lyrics are about leaving a hateful relationship with some girl who is described to be an animal. (Youtube users think it's about a band member or the band in general). Music-wise, the riff is similar to "Hair of the Dog", except the the last few notes change a bit. It's also out of the norm for the group, but an interesting bit of history nonetheless.

I don't know why these songs are not easily available for purchase, but problems with Richie may the the reason why "Can't Say Anything Nice" won't be released anytime soon. As for "Go Home Ann", it's probably a contract issue, laziness, or a presumed lack of interest in the track.



Album Length  

All time references are based on my iTunes tracklist.


Length - 39.2 minutes
# of Tracks - 12
Shortest Track: "Freak of Nature" - 1:34 
Longest Track: "Something to Believe In" - 4:07

No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on this album.

Before I end this post, I should point out one thing. This album marks a brief return to the short songs the band used to play. Three songs are under two minutes ("Animal Boy", "Eat That Rat", and "Freak of Nature"), but "Animal Boy" is the only track of those three that feels as if it was completed. "Eat That Rat" and "Freak of Nature" both come off as fragments and not as well-written as the short songs found on the earlier albums. It's not completely fair to compare "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue" to any of these three as the band had changed the way they write and played since that era, but the difference in quality is apparent. They had a longer song mentality and the days of minimal lyrics and fast playing were relegated to their live shows.

Pleasant Dreams Addendum

Expanded Edition



A few of Pleasant Dreams's extras are of major historic interest as three songs on the extras are early editions of future tracks.

In the case of "Touring", you are almost listening to the same track that's available in Mondo Bizarro. It has the same drum opening and the vocals are about the same with only CJ adding his backup vocals on the later cut. The only difference is that the guitars are noticeable on the Mondo Bizarro cut, as they are loud! (Honestly, you can't hear them on the original.)

"I Can't Get You Out of My Mind" is brighter and professional in tone than the stripped down, dark sound of the track when it's re-done for "Brain Drain". Joey's double-tracked vocals the main interest here as it gives the impression of someone recalling a memory (It goes with the song.) Of course, Brain Drain omits that and it doesn't sound as good compared to this cut.

"I'm Not An Answer" also makes it's debut here, a track with a similar chord arrangement to "You Sound Like Your Sick", but with different lyrics and tougher in mood. This track sounds tough, but not as tough or quick like the Too Tough to Die bonus track edition with Dee Dee taking over the vocals(and Dee Dee does his hardcore voice, so it's quite a song).

"Sleeping Troubles" wouldn't be of any interest if it wasn't for the way that Joeys sings the verses as it is similar to the CJ-sung "Strength to Endure". The similarities end after that as this has a different riff and musical arrangement.

After that, the other tracks are not of much interest. I hate "Chop Suey" for its obvious cheesiness. It's the kind of song that tries hard to sound appealing, but fails to do so and lands on its face. "Kicks to Try" and "Stares In This Town" are milquetoast and almost add nothing to the extras other than being extra tracks.

Album Info

All time references are taken from my iTunes tracklist.

# of Tracks: 12 (original), 19 (Expanded)
 
Album Length : 34.9 minutes (original), 54.2 minutes (expanded)
Shortest Track: "All's Quiet on the Eastern Front" : 2:14
Longest Track: "7-11" - 3:36

No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on this album.

Note
This is the last CD that I review that has an Expanded Edition. CDs past Too Tough to Die are the same as the original LPs, therefore nothing changes between formats.

Road to Ruin Addendum

Expanded Edition

The big addition to this album are the "Rock 'n' Roll High School" soundtrack songs. Aside from the Ed Stasium cut of the title track, you also get "I Want You Around" (which I hate..), and the mini-concert that was performed in the movie. The mini-concert includes "Blitzkrieg Bop", "Teenage Lobotomy", "California Sun", "Pinhead", and "She's the One". I think this mini-concert is the only official live release of "She's the One", and the guys play the songs without much pause so you're getting a small taste of what a concert might of been like. You also get demos of "Come Back, She Cried A.K.A. I Walked Out", and "Yea, Yea", but those have been available on previous compilations.

Album Length

All time references are based on my iTunes tracklist.

# of Tracks: 12 (original), 17 (Expanded)

Album Length: 31.1 min (original), 52 min (Expanded)
Shortest Track: "I'm Against It" - 2:07
Longest Track: "Questioningly" - 3:22 (original)/ Mini-Concert - 11:00 (Expanded)

The mini-concert includes "Blitzkrieg Bop", but due to it being one whole track and not separated tracks, I can only guess that it starts around 0:15 and ends on 2:14-2:15, which makes it about two minutes in length, thus being the average run time for "Blitzkrieg Bop" in this era.

It's Alive / NYC 1978 Addendum

Extra Material

Both albums have no demos or rehearsal tracks. NYC 1978 includes a short essay by Kurt Loder describing the concert and the band. It's Alive includes a few photos of the boys playing in the concert.

Album Length

All time references are from my iTunes tracklists.

1. It's Alive (recorded 12/31/1977, London)
# of tracks - 28
Album Length: 53.5 minutes
Shortest Track: "Judy is a Punk" - 1:14
Longest Track: " Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" - 2:55

Length of "Blitzkrieg Bop" - 2:05

2. NYC 1978 (recorded 1/7/1978, New York City)

# of tracks - 27

Album Length: 55.6 minutes
Shortest Track: "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" - 1:31

Longest Track: " Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" - 3:14

Length of "Blitzkrieg Bop" - 2:05 (w/ cheers), 2:00 (without cheers)


About "Blitzkrieg Bop"

By this point in their career, the boys have the fastest recording of "Blitzkrieg Bop" at 2:05, beating Leave Home's bonus concert recording. However, the cut on It's Alive is faster and it includes cheers, so removing them gives the length of the song to be about 1:58-2:00 in length making it the shortest before the "Loco Live" era.

TOO TOUGH TO DIE ADDENDUM!!!

Expanded Edition



After Leave Home's excellent bonuses, Too Tough to Die is the closest competitor as the extras on this album are grand. You are getting 2 singles (the excellent "Smash You" and a ripping cover of "Street Fighting Man"), 8 demos, and two unreleased tracks ("I'm Not An Answer" and "Out of Here"). The demos are way more interesting than the usual fare, as a few of these are either stripped bare-bones renditions ("Howling of the Moon" sounds different!) or Dee Dee sung tracks. Now, I've written that I'm normally not a fan of Dee Dee's vocals, but he does do a great job on a few of these, even with his monotonous singing ("Too Tough to Die" is my favorite.). I'm only disappointed that "Out of Here" has a barely audible vocal track, as that song has a great riff and the lyrics might have been interesting to listen to.

Note No.1


Only the first eight studio albums were remastered, so anything after Too Tough to Die was left untouched. I recently read an old interview with Johnny Ramone (click here) that mentioned how it was getting harder to find extra material because, after this album, he was becoming tired of making demos for executives to listen to choose from and own. Also, Johnny passed way in 2004, thereby making any any further remasters of this quality improbable. I believe that the last things he did merchandise-wise were choosing the tracks for the compilations Weird Tales of the Ramones and Loud, Fast Ramones: Their Toughest Hits, and the commentary track for Ramones: Raw, so he probably didn't get to do anything else. Also, it would be hard to only interview Marky and CJ for the liner notes, as Joey and Johnny had the most input after Dee Dee quit the band.

Note No.2

It's actually bittersweet to review this CD, as the three main band members are dead and have been for over 6 years now (Johnny was the last to go in '04) and this album title always reminds me of that. The title Too Tough to Die is ghastly as it's the music that has survived and the boys themselves did not. Only the 4 drummers (yes, I include Elvis Ramone) and CJ are left. To make matters worse, it's the heart and soul of the group that's buried. I can't listen to this album today without thinking of the depressive undertones of that title. Even the Johnny Ramone tribute DVD is named Too Tough to Die, and while they discuss him, the bands paying tribute to the group are playing Ramones music. In the end, the phrase "Too Tough to Die" isn't exactly describing the group or any one member, it's about the music. Thinking on it, it may have always been about the music as this was the album that brought them back to reality (or at least tried to). The album cover shows them as nothing more than silhouettes, with their name and the albums title more prominent than them in big, bold white lettering contrasting the navy blue background color. That is "Too Tough to Die".

Note No.3 (Added June 4, 2010)

It has come to my attention (via searching on Youtube), that Richie Ramone had done vocal tracks for the band for this album. The two tracks that have surfaced are "Chasing the Night", and "Humankind". I have not found "Humankind", but here's "Chasing the Night".


Album Length

All time references are based on my iTunes tracklist.

# of Tracks: 13 (original), 25 (w/ Bonuses)

Album Length: 36.6 min (original), 1.1 hours (Expanded)
Shortest Track: "Durango 95" - 0:55
Longest Track: "Daytime Dilemma (Dangers of Love)" - 4:32

No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on this album.


NEXT: A live album extravaganza, as I compare the famous IT'S ALIVE and its lesser known cousin NYC 1978!

Subterranean Jungle Addendum

The Expanded Edition

Subterranean Jungle has 7 bonus tracks, including the original mix for "Indian Giver" and a few unreleased demos. "Indian Giver" is a great cover that should have replaced one of the covers on the album, but the rest of the demos range from okay to passable. Not much of an offering, but it does give a glimpse into the general idea that the album was going for.

Length

A time references are based on my iTunes playlist.

# of Tracks: 12 (original), 19 (Bonus)

Album Length: 33.4 minutes (original), 53.6 minutes (Bonus)
Shortest Track: "Time Bomb" - 2:09
Longest Track: "Time Has Come Today" - 4:25

No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on the album.

End of the Century Addendum

The Remaster

The remaster has a few extras, but they're more of interest for the fans or historians. With the exceptions of "I Want You Around" and the unreleased "Please Don't Leave", the bonus songs are Spector-less demos. Yes, that means it's just the four boys playing the way the way they always do without any extra bells and whistles added. Joey does get a bit off key on some of the demos, but it's an interesting look on how the album might have turned out without the "Wall of Sound". The final bonus is a one minute radio spot for the album with Joey Ramone doing a horrendous job reading a promo. Bizarre.

Length

All time references are based on my iTunes setlist.

# of tracks: 12 (original), 18 (w/ bonuses)

Album Length: 34.4 minutes (no bonuses), 52.2 min (w/ bonuses)
Shortest Track: "High Risk Insurance" - 2:15
Longest Track: "Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?" - 3:52

No "Blitzkrieg Bop" on the album.

Up Next: Subterranean Jungle

Rocket to Russia Addendum

The Expanded Edition

Rocket to Russia's extras are a huge step backwards from the excellent Leave Home bonuses. It's worse than Ramones's pale offerings! There are five bonus tracks:

1. An early version of the cover "Needles and Pins".
2. A demo for "Slug".
3. The UK B-Side of "It's A Long Way Back to Germany"
4/5. Single cuts of "I Don't Care" and "Sheena is a Punk Rocker"

Skippable.

Length

All time references come from my iTunes setlist.

# of tracks: 14 (original), 19 (w/ bonuses)

Album Length: 32:11 (non extras), 43:48 (Expanded)
Shortest Track: "I Don't Care" - 1:39
Longest Track: "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" - 2:50

There was no "Blitzkrieg Bop" on this CD.

Leave Home Addendum

The Expanded Edition

This edition of Leave Home is a vast improvement in the extras department as a complete concert was included. The concert was recorded on August 12, 1976 at the Roxy in California. The set is mostly the debut album and a few from Leave Home. The concert sounds amazing as the band played with blistering speed without much error or rest between the songs. It's great to hear them this early in their career and a year before the "It's Alive" concert, and its interesting to hear Dee Dee's backup singing alongside Joey clearly. The extras are the best of any of the Remasters, making this a must purchase for anyone.

Length

All time references are taken from my iTunes setlist.

# of Tracks: 15 (album), 31 (w/ bonuses)

Album Length: 34:00 (non-extras), 66:55 (Expanded)
Shortest Track: "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment" - 1:45
Longest Track : "Babysitter" - 2:49

Concert
Shortest Track: "Judy is A Punk" - 1:23 (10 seconds shorter than original)
Longest Track:  "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World"- 2:53 (with 56 seconds of Joey's farewell and cheers), 1:56 (from song's start to finish)
Length of "Blitzkrieg Bop": 2:05 - (without Joey's welcome and post-song cheers), 2:13 - (with intro and cheers)

At this moment in their career, the Ramones have the fastest recorded version of Blitzkrieg Bop at 2:05. Taking the intro and cheers to consideration, it is as long as the album cut in Ramones.
 

The First Ramones Album Addendum

About the Expanded Edition

The Ramones Expanded Edition included 8 extra tracks, but they really are weak and fan-oriented. There are seven demos, with "I Can't Be" and  "I Don't Wanna Be Learned / I Don't Wanna Be Tamed" being unreleased songs and "I Don't Care" is interesting as I didn't know this song was recorded earlier than Rocket to Russia.
The other extra is the single version of "Blitzkrieg Bop", which is louder than the album cut and is also a second shorter. As the remaster is the only version of this album easily available to everyone (vinyl excluded), it's quite a bargain as I was able to buy it for 8 bucks on Amazon. In fact, most remasters are cheaper than their iTunes counterparts, making them the better option in terms of price.
 
Length

All time references are taken from my iTunes setlist.

# of Tracks: 14 (original), 22 (Expanded)

Album Length: 29.2 minutes (original), 44.6 (Expanded)
Shortest Track: "Judy is a Punk" - 1:33
Longest Track : "I Don't Wanna Go Down to the Basement" - 2:40
Length of "Blitzkrieg Bop": 2:13 (album cut), 2:12 (single cut from the Exp. Edition)

Blitzkrieg Bop is important as it is not only the Ramones most recognized song, but it is a great point to observe the band's gradual changes in speed through their 22 years.