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TELEVISION - MARQUEE MOON - ORIGINAL 1977 ELEKTRA RECORDS STEREO LP 7E-1098
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BUTTERFLY LABEL WITH WEA LOGO ALONG THE LABEL S EDGE, LATE 70s STYLE , SUCH AS THE ONE SHOWN BELOW, FROM OUR PREVIOUS AUCTION
THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.
TWO BREATHE AIR HOLES NOTED ON THE SHRINK WRAP
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THIN CARDBOARD COVER NO THICK CARDBOARD COVERS WERE EVER PRODUCED FOR THIS TITLE
THE ALBUM COMES WITH ITS CUSTOM INNER SLEEVE, UNIQUE TO THIS TITLE WE CAN SEE IT THROUGH THE CUTOUT HOLE
FAIRLY THICK VINYL PRESSING On the scale from 1 to 10 1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe , we assess the thickness of the vinyl as 7.
PLEASE SEE THE IMAGE OF THE COVER, LABEL OR BOTH, SHOWN BELOW
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Marquee Moon is a revolutionary album, but it s a subtle, understated revolution. Without question, it is a guitar rock album -- it s astonishing to hear the interplay between Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd -- but it is a guitar rock album unlike any other. Where their predecessors in the New York punk scene, most notably the Velvet Underground, had fused blues structures with avant-garde flourishes, Television completely strip away any sense of swing or groove, even when they are playing standard three-chord changes. Marquee Moon is comprised entirely of tense garage rockers that spiral into heady intellectual territory, which is achieved through the group s long, interweaving instrumental sections, not through Verlaine s words. That alone made Marquee Moon a trailblazing album -- it s impossible to imagine post-punk soundscapes without it. Of course, it wouldn t have had such an impact if Verlaine hadn t written an excellent set of songs that conveyed a fractured urban mythology unlike any of his contemporaries. From the nervy opener, See No Evil, to the majestic title track, there is simply not a bad song on the entire record. And what has kept Marquee Moon fresh over the years is how Television flesh out Verlaine s poetry into sweeping sonic epics.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY STEPHEN THOMAS ERLEWINE, ALL MUSIC GUIDE /ALLMUSIC.COM/
Reader take note: you are looking at the greatest and possibly: the last Rock n Roll album of the past 35 YEARS. When Richard Lloyd, Tom Verlaine, Fred Smith and Billy Ficca recorded this glorious achievement of Rock n Roll in the summer of 1977, little did they know that it would become a true cornerstone of modern music. It is now 34 years later, and what was to be just another New Wave/New York Rock album is actually now more referred to in terms of a work of art than a lowly RR album. Certainly, fretwork does not get any better than this, songwriting and craftsmanship neither, vocals are exquisite and quite dramatic, and the band rocks to such an emotionally disturbed, schizophrenic beat, that one simply cannot question their honesty and integrity. To my ears, this is the last truly great RR album ever recorded. A piece of history, not to be missed.
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CONDITION:
RECORD
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a THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records click here PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID .
b The record is apparently pressed on a RELATIVELY thick, inflexible vinyl. This is NOT a thin, flimsy dynaflex type , vinyl, but not the thickest, most rigid vinyl, either.
c The record is believed to come in its original, custom, inner sleeve, which is UNIQUE to this album
d Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
COVER
COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has two visible wrinkles creases in the spine corners top and bottom VISIBLE ON BACK SIDE ONLY
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams
- Cover has a small cutout hole in one of the corners
