DEE DEE KING RAMONES "STANDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT" 1989 SIRE 1stISSUE-NM/EX. PROMO

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ARTIST- DEE DEE KING (DEE DEE RAMONE OF THE RAMONES)

TITLE- “STANDING IN THE SPOTLIGHT”

TRACK LISTING-SEE PHOTO & BELOW

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Chung King Studios
• Mixed At – Chung King Studios
• Mastered At – Sterling Sound

Credits

• Backing Vocals – Debbie Harry* (tracks: A1, B1)
• Engineer – Greg Gordon
• Guitar – Chris Stein (tracks: B1)
• Mastered By – George Marino
• Producer, Written-By – Daniel Rey
• Saxophone – Spyder Mittleman (tracks: A1)
• Written-By – Dee Dee King

Notes

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1989

LABEL- SIRE RECORDS

CAT.#- 1-25884

RECORD CONDITION- THE RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.NO VISIBLE WEAR, SCRATCHES, LINES ETC. BOTH LABELS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE SONGS PLAY & SOUND VERY CLEAN.

JACKET CONDITION- JACKET IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

MORE INFO- THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. HAS A GOLD EMBOSSED PROMO STAMP. COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL INNER SLEEVE WITH THE SONG LYRICS PRINTED ON ONE SIDE. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE.

MORE INFO ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE-

Douglas Glenn Colvin (September 18, 1951 – June 5, 2002), known professionally as Dee Dee Ramone, was a German-American musician, singer and songwriter best known as founding member, songwriter, bassist and occasional lead vocalist for the punk rock band the Ramones.

Though nearly all of the Ramones' songs were credited equally to all the band members, Dee Dee was the band's most prolific lyricist and composer, writing many of their best-known songs, such as "53rd & 3rd", "Commando", "Wart Hog", "Rockaway Beach", and "Poison Heart". He also co-wrote "Bonzo Goes To Bitburg", retitled "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down," with Ramones producer Jean Beauvoir, who was originally from The Plasmatics. The song is considered one of the band's most important songs[citation needed] and was featured in the film School Of Rock. Dee Dee and Beauvoir also co-wrote the song "Something To Believe In", featured on the Ramones album Animal Boy. "Bonzo Goes to Bitburg" won the New York Music Award for best independent single of the year in 1986 and Animal Boy won for best album. Beauvoir and Dee Dee later co-wrote the song "Cut Me To Pieces", which was featured in the film Rock and Roll High School Forever.

Dee Dee was initially the band's lead vocalist, though his (then) inability to sing and play bass at the same time resulted in original drummer Joey Ramone taking over the lead vocalist duties (however, he still sang lead vocals in the band on occasion). Dee Dee was the band's bassist and songwriter from 1974 until 1989, when he left to pursue a short-lived career in hip hop music under the name Dee Dee King. He soon returned to his punk roots and released three solo albums featuring brand-new songs, many of which were later recorded by the Ramones. He toured the world playing his new songs, Ramones songs and some old favorites in small clubs, and continued to write songs for the Ramones until 1996, when the band officially retired.

Dee Dee struggled with drug addiction for much of his life, particularly heroin. He began using drugs as a teenager and continued to use for the majority of his adult life. He appeared clean in the early 1990s but began using heroin again sometime later. He died from a heroin overdose on June 5, 2002.

Standing in the Spotlight is the first solo studio album by Dee Dee Ramone released in 1989, under the rap moniker Dee Dee King. The album is sometimes considered to be one of the biggest failures in recording history.[1]

Musically, the songs vary from old school hip-hop (e.g., "Mashed Potato Time", "Commotion In The Ocean") to rock and roll (e.g., "Baby Doll") to doo-wop.

This album was released in spring 1989, a few months before Dee Dee left the Ramones. The album marks a radical shift from the Ramones guitar-based punk rock. Dee Dee learnt about rap music during drug rehabilitation,[2] which led him to record the boastful "Funky Man" in 1987, although that song did not end up on the album. Prior to leaving the group, Dee Dee would show up to Ramones gigs in full rap regalia, which frustrated his bandmates.[3]

Dee Dee was struggling with sobriety at this time, and was accompanied on the album by the newly sober drummer Marky Ramone.[4] Despite the departure from the band's music, Joey Ramone wanted "Standing..." to be well received, to help kickstart his own solo career. Debbie Harry sings backup vocals on "Mashed Potato Time" and "German Kid". "German Kid" also features Dee Dee rapping in both English and German, the latter of which Dee Dee had learned as an army brat. "Baby Doll" was a ballad he wrote for Vera, his wife. According to her book Poison Heart, when he played it for her, they both cried. With the departure from the Ramones Dee Dee also stopped doing rap songs and formed the punk rock band Spikey Tops.[5]

"The Crusher" was re-recorded by the Ramones and released in 1995 on the ¡Adios Amigos! album.

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