Editing Rocket to Russia (section)

== Title and packaging ==
[[File:Rocket to Russia (back cover) - Ramones.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The back cover of ''Rocket to Russia'' features illustrations by John Holmstrom.<ref name="album notes" />]]
The album was released on November 4, 1977, under the name ''Rocket to Russia'', although it had a working title of ''Get Well''.<ref name="true 95" /> John Gillespie directed the artwork on the album, and the cover photo was taken by Danny Fields. Arturo Vega is credited as Artistic Coordinator, and [[Punk (magazine)|''Punk'']] magazine editor [[John Holmstrom]] illustrated for the album.<ref name="album notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Rocket to Russia |others=Ramones |year=1977 |chapter=back cover |type=[[Long Play|LP]] |publisher=[[Sire Records]] |id=SR 6042 }}</ref> Holmstrom and Johnny collaborated on the back cover's concept, eventually conceiving a military theme with an anti-communist cartoon drawing. The back cover art depicts a "pinhead" riding a rocket from the United States to Russia. The drawing features many landmarks which pertain to their global position, including [[The Empire State Building]] and [[United States Capitol|Capitol Building]], and [[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] in [[Moscow]], along with highly stereotypical caricatures of certain ethnicities. The original artwork is now featured in the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]]. The inside sleeve features cartoon illustrations of each song's basic concept.<ref>Ramone 2012, ch. 11.</ref><ref>Leigh 1994, p. 258.</ref>