TELEVISION Little Johnny Jewel Parts 1 and 2 7" ORK 1975 US orig TOM VERLAINE
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TELEVISION
Television were one of the most creative bands to emerge from New York's punk scene of the mid-'70s, creating an influential new guitar vocabulary. While guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd liked to jam, they didn't follow the accepted rock structures for improvisation, they removed the blues while retaining the raw energy of garage rock, adding complex, lyrical solo lines that recalled both jazz and rock. With its angular rhythms and fluid leads, Television's music always went in unconventional directions, laying the groundwork for many of the guitar-based post-punk pop groups of the late '70s and '80s.In the early '70s, Television began as the Neon Boys, a group feat. guitarist/vocalist Tom Verlaine, drummer Billy Ficca, and bassist Richard Hell. At the end of 1973, the group reunited under the name Television, adding rhythm guitarist Richard Lloyd.
"LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL"tracklist
Side A: "LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL (Part One)
Side B: "LITTLE JOHNNY JEWEL (Part Two)
1975 7" ORK RECORDS 81975
PRINTED IN U.S.A. ORIGINAL PRESSING
NEVER WITH PRINTED COVER
NOTES: At least 4 different pressings exist which are identical except for the matrix etchings.
No picture sleeve issued. Recorded August 19th, 1975 on a 4-track tape machine.
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Barcode: none
LABEL: ORK - RED LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Catalog on cover: none
Catalog on labels: 81975-A / 81975-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 81975-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ∆ 81975-B
On labels: MONO
Double Exposure Music Inc.
ORK, P.O.B. 159
Cooper Station
N.Y., N.Y. 10003
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
GENERIC SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Television recorded a demo tape for Island Records with Brian Eno in 1975, yet the label decided not to sign the band. Hell left the band after the recording of the demo tape, forming the Heartbreakers with former New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders; the following year, he began a solo career supported by the Voidoids, releasing a debut album, Blank Generation, in 1977. Hell was replaced by ex-Blondie bassist Fred Smith and Television recorded "Little Johnny Jewel," releasing it on their own Ork record label. "Little Johnny Jewel" became an underground hit, attracting the attention of major record labels. In 1976 they signed with Elektra Records and began recording their debut album...(AllMusic)
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