As I have written before, the record company in the UK tried to please the more traditional Ramones fans with the the follow up She's The One after the mocked "country & western"-single Don't Come Close.
But in the U.S. the record company used another strategy. Sights were set on the american radio stations and in february 1979 Sire released another tearjerker, Needles And Pins, as the second single from Road To Ruin.
The cover of The Searchers smash hit from 1964 was first cut for Rocket To Russia but ended up on Road To Ruin.
Besides the U.S. version the single was released in Italy, New Zealand, Australia and Japan. The japanese edition has a great picture sleeve – but it looks like the designer of the sleeve have missed to put color to Joeys left hand!
Read more about the italian version with the DJ-sleeve here.
Title: Needles And Pins/I Wanted Everything
Number: Sire SRE 1045
Year: Feb 1979 (1978 on label)
Country: US
Title: Needles And Pins/Needles And Pins
Number: Sire SRE 1045
Year: Feb 1979 (1978 on label)
Country: US
Notes: Promo, mono and stereo
Title: Needles And Pins/I'm against it
Number: Sire SFL-2358
Year: 1979
Country: Japan
Title: Needles And Pins/I'm against it
Number: Sire SFL-2358
Year: 1979
Country: Japan
Notes: Promo
Title: Needles And Pins/I Wanted Everything
Number: Sire SRE 1045
Year: 1979
Country: Australia
Title: Needles And Pins/I Wanted Everything
Number: Sire SRE 1045
Year: 1979
Country: New Zealand
Title: Needles And Pins/She's the one (promo)
Number: Sire SRE 1009
Year: 1978
Country: Italy
Notes: DJ-sleeve
Title: Needles And Pins/She's the one (promo)
Number: Sire SRE 1009
Year: 1978
Country: Italy
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