TELEVISION “MARQUEE MOON” UK 1977 1ST PRESS ELEKTRA K52046 (7E - 1098) ***V Good
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TELEVISION “MARQUEE MOON” UK 1977 1ST PRESS ELEKTRA K52046 (7E - 1098) ***V Good.
This is a very good condition copy of Television's debut album, "Marquee Moon" from 1977, A FIRST UK PRESSING. From a smokefree and petfree home. Very good condition overall. Not had a lot of play but I have noticed some minor issues when playing: on side 2 there are 2 pops between tracks 1&2; 2 pops in the middle of the last track.
Some minor crackle/noise but nothing major. A good clean may well improve matters. The cover has some rubs (likely visible in the photos but do ask if you would like even more photos).
This is the version with the title in quotation marks. Vinyl mastered at Allen (Landau).
RECORD WILL BE FULLY INSURED AND WILL BE WELL PACKAGED.
"Marquee Moon is the debut album by American rock band Television. It was released on February 8, 1977, by Elektra Records. In the years leading up to the album, Television had become a prominent act on the New York music scene and generated interest from a number of record labels, eventually signing a record deal with Elektra. The group rehearsed extensively in preparation for Marquee Moon before recording it at A & R Recording in September 1976. It was produced by the band's frontman Tom Verlaine and sound engineer Andy Johns.
For Marquee Moon, Verlaine and fellow guitarist Richard Lloyd abandoned contemporary punk rock's power chords in favor of rock and jazz-inspired interplay, melodic lines, and counter-melodies. The resulting music is largely hook-driven with complex instrumental parts (particularly on longer tracks such as "Marquee Moon"), while evoking themes of adolescence and transcendence through imagery in urban, pastoral, and nocturnal modes, including references to the geography of Lower Manhattan. Influenced by Bohemian and French poetry, Verlaine's lyrics also feature puns and double entendres intended to give the songs an impressionistic quality in describing his perception of an experience."
Some info courtesy from Discogs:-
Television – Marquee Moon
Label: Elektra – K 52046, Elektra – 7E-1098
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Quote Marks
Country: UK
Released: 1977
Genre: Rock
Style: Post-Punk, New Wave
Tracklist
A1 See No Evil 3:56
A2 Venus 3:48
A3 Friction 4:43
A4 Marquee Moon 9:58
B1 Elevation 5:08
B2 Guiding Light 5:36
B3 Prove It 5:04
B4 Torn Curtain 7:00
Companies, etc.
Mixed At – Atlantic Studios
Recorded At – A&R Studios
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Published By – Copyright Control
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ? – Elektra/Asylum Records
Credits
Art Direction – Tony Lane (2)
Bass, Vocals – Fred Smith (7)
Design [Back Cover Art] – Billy Lobo
Drums – Billy Ficca
Engineer – Andy Johns
Engineer [Assistant] – Jim Boyer
Guitar [Solos] – Richard* (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B2), Tom* (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B3, B4)
Guitar, Vocals – Richard Lloyd
Lacquer Cut By – Allen Landau
Management – Wartoke Concern, Inc.
Mastered By – Greg Calbi, Lee Hulko
Mixed By – Andy Johns
Mixed By [Assistant] – Jimmy Douglass, Randy Mason
Photography By – Robert Mapplethorpe
Producer – Andy Johns, Tom Verlaine
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards – Tom Verlaine
Written-By – Lloyd* (tracks: B2), Verlaine* (tracks: A1 to B4)
Notes
First UK release with quotation marks around title.
First pressing released with the "butterfly" design on labels and a thick printed lyrics liner.
This album is dedicated to William Terry Ork.
? & ©1977 AN ELEKTRA ASYLUM RECORDING
Made in UK
Barcode and Other Identifiers (No Barcode).
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Runout, Etched): K-52046 A-1 AL
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Runout, Etched): K-52046 B-2 ALLEN
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