Sunday, March 2, 2014

Ramones on Liberation Records


From 1985 the biggest independent label in Australia, Mushroom Records, had a foreign licensing division called Liberation Records. 
In 1989 they got the license deal for the new Ramones album, Brain Drain. Liberation released the album for the australian market along with the single Pet Sematary. The single was issued with a different picture sleeve compared to the rest of the world – but things got wrong.
The writing credits on the back of the sleeve are mixed up and the sleeve was withdrawn. The single was sold in an australian CBS company sleeve. Still it's not that hard to find a copy with the picture sleeve so I guess a lot of them ended up for sale anyhow. Read more about the single here.
After Brain Drain Liberation released three older albums in reverse order. Halfway To Sanity came out in 1989, Animal Boy and Too Tough To Die was released the year after, in 1990.
Brain Drain has the printed inner sleeve, the rest of the albums came in a plastic inner bag only. For some reason the first two releases have a barcode but not Animal Boy and Too Tough To Die.




Album: Brain Drain
Number: Liberation 105218-1
Year: 1989.
Country: Australia.
Notes: With printed inner sleeve.


Album: Halfway To Sanity
Number: Liberation 105220-1
Year: 1989.
Country: Australia.
Notes: No printed inner sleeve.


Album: Animal Boy
Number: Liberation 1L 30323
Year: 1990.
Country: Australia.
Notes: No printed inner sleeve.


Album: Too Tough To Die
Number: Liberation 1L 30324
Year: 1990.
Country: Australia.
Notes: No printed inner sleeve.

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