TELEVISION Marquee Moon 1977 UK ELEKTRA 1st PRESS UNPLAYED/MINT
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160
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£ 160
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Apr 4, 2013
Sold Date
Mar 25, 2013
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£ 24
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TELEVISION Marquee Moon 1977 UK ELEKTRA 1st PRESS UNPLAYED/MINT
STUNNING COPY - MATT Shorewood SLEEVE w/ LYRIC INNER
TELEVISIONMarquee Moon
UK ELEKTRA RECORDS (K 52046) FIRST PRESSING (February 1977) OF TELEVISION'S "Marquee Moon"
LOVELY COPY - MAYBE PLAYED ONCE (possibly not at all) AND DELIVERING MINT AUDIO THROUGHOUT
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE ELEKTRA 'BUTTERFLY' LABELS WITH "Made in UK" TEXT
MATRIX: K 52046 A-1 (etched 'AL') / K 52046 B-2 (etched 'ALLEN') (the earliest set for this LP)
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE FIRST ISSUE PHOTO/LYRIC INNER SLEEVE WITH ROUNDED CORNERS
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
Side 1:
See No Evil (3:56)
Venus (3:48)
Friction (4:43)
Marquee Moon (9:58)
Side 2:
Elevation (5:08)
Guiding Light (5:36)
Prove It (5:04)
Torn Curtain (7:00)
LABELS: MINT/MINT-
Factory-fresh labels - maybe one fine spindle trace on one side - none on the other
VINYL Visual: MINT-
Both surfaces are practically unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
In keeping with its possibly unplayed status my play-check at loud volume found no audio issues of any kind - flawless throughout with bright, crisp sound - wonderful copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Apart from some light storage wear (and minor light shop creases to the spine) the sleeve is in great shape
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT++
Again, seen little use - no seam splits
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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486 (GS 6.5.1 (486))
