Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah

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live album
First released:
Oct 5 2004

Overview Edit

Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah is a live album by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, released on October 19, 2004 on Fat Wreck Chords.

It was recorded live at an actual bar mitzvah party, and its runtime lasts their entire performance, including a break in which little can be heard other than the sounds of party guests wandering around and chatting amongst themselves. Jonny Wixen, the Bar Mitzvah boy, plays drums on one of the hidden tracks that are on the final track. The CD comes with footage of the bar mitzvah.

This album is interesting in that instead of the standard live album which includes live versions of popular songs by the band, the album is almost entirely made up of songs that have not appeared on previous albums. The only exceptions are two hidden tracks: "Seasons in the Sun" from Have a Ball (1997) and "Sloop John B" from Blow in the Wind (2001).

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
Catalog number:
FAT674-1
Release dates:
  • Oct 5 2004 in United States

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5 stars Baruch Ata Adonai Eloyhaynu
This is a live recording by the world's greatest cover band. The Gimmes are a collection of super-talented musicians posing as a couple of shmucks, and they rock. The whole performance is hysterical in Me First fashion, you will not stop laughing as well as enjoying many new offerings from these punk-rock kings. Do yourself a huge favor and by all available releases from the Gimmes. Do yourself an even bigger favor and by them direct from Fat Wreck Chords and save yourself a few bucks.

By the w…
Written by Hugh E. Reckshun "OJ"
2 stars Disappointing, stupid gimmick
I'm a fan of Me First, and I really loved their previous album "Take a Break." So I was excited when I learned they were coming out with a new album, and went out and got it right away.

Okay, after listening to this album once, the first thing I did was rip the tracks to my computer, edit out everything that wasn't music, and re-burn it. Like some other live performance CDs, they left in whatever the band said between songs. And the talking adds NOTHING to any of the songs, nor is it even remot…
Written by Eric Laugel "it7276"

Track listing Edit

  • CD

    format:
    number:
    title:
    number name artist hh:mm:ss
    1
    Jonny's Blessing
    1:04
    2
    Stairway to Heaven
    2:32
    3
    Heart of Glass
    2:43
    4
    Delta Dawn
    2:41
    5
    Come Sail Away
    2:48
    6
    O Sole Mio
    2:19
    7
    Strawberry Fields Forever
    2:57
    8
    Auld Lang Syne
    1:48
    9
    The Longest Time
    2:30
    10
    On My Mind
    2:35
    11
    Take It on the Run
    2:44
    12
    Superstar
    3:20
    13
    Hava Nagila
    3:41
    14
    Hava Nagila (Christmas Arrangement)
    12:52

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Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah 14 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Fat Wreck Chords
catalog number: FAT674-1
release dates: Oct 19 2004
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Ruin Jonny's Bar Mitzvah 14 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Fat Wreck Chords
release dates: Oct 19 2004
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