Recorded live at the BBC Television Theatre, London on February 26, 1985 for "The Old Grey Whistle Test" television show.

0:00 Wart Hog
1:47 Chasing the Night
4:54 Mama's Boy

In the original broadcast the song "Mama's Boy" was aired during the end credits and abruptly cut - two minutes of the song were not originally broadcast. "Mama's Boy" remains the only song from all three of the band's "OGWT" appearances not officially released in audio or video format.

"Wart Hog" was originally aired in black and white back in 1985.

(This upload uses a mid-2000s HD TV broadcast. Maybe because of too much processing between recording, transfer and being uploaded, the audio of the HD video sounded a little distorted and flat. In its place, I used the audio from the bootleg DVD "Live Thru the Years", a transfer of a tape of the original broadcast with a very good audio, brighter and more dynamic. Some EQ was needed but it's still the source with better quality - 48000Hz/224 kbps. For the missing half of "Mama's Boy" I had to use the only audio available, trying to correct as much of the aforementioned distortion while maintaining the sound intact. Everything was synchronized and edited in order to be as unnoticeable as possible - fingers crossed!)

This is one of my favorite television appearances by the Ramones, it sounds unique while still sounding like Ramones. You kind of know what to expect of their other two "OGWT" (1978, 1980) but here the three songs sound fresh. All four members look like they are having a good time on stage.

It deserves an official release in its entirety. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this. Two of the songs from this "Whistle Test" session are available on their official 2007 DVD "It's Alive 1974-1996".

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