{"title":"Television Vinyl Records","description":"\u003cp\u003eTelevision is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1973. The band is credited as one of the first punk rock groups and is widely considered to have helped create the punk rock genre. Television's lineup consisted of Tom Verlaine on guitar and vocals, Richard Lloyd on guitar, Billy Ficca on drums, and Fred Smith on bass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelevision released two studio albums, Marquee Moon (1977) and Adventure (1978). Marquee Moon is often cited as one of the greatest albums of all time, with standout tracks like \"See No Evil,\" \"Marquee Moon,\" and \"Friction.\" Adventure was a more commercial effort than their debut, but it still contained some of their most popular songs, like \"Glory,\" \"Days,\" and \"Foxhole.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn interesting fact about Television is that they have been cited as an influence by a number of well-known musicians, including U2, The Edge, and David Bowie. In fact, Bowie even went so far as to say that he \"worshipped\" Television.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"television-marquee-moon-31455","title":"Television – Marquee Moon","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShips from: \u003c\/strong\u003e Melbourne\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eIn 1977 this great album was released in the middle of a punk storm and in contrast to some records of this era it still has its own charm 26 years later! Television worked in the environment of the legendary New York CBGB Club and their debut sounds the same. Outstanding remains the ingenious interplay of guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd as well as Verlaine's nasally boring vocals. Television's debut album caused all critics to break out into hymns of praise when it appeared. And even today, almost 30 years later, it simply stands for timeless good music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Television Sound could perhaps be described as \"progressive\" or \"alternative\" to the 1970s rock. The songs are all very independent, but versatile and varied, the basic mood of the music is rather calm. Aggressiveness and melancholy are present, but are dampened by the cool and disciplined, yet committed performance. The sound is rather simple, without bombast, very clear. It should also be pointed out that the boys here manage completely without effects.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe ten-minute title song \"Marquee Moon\" stands out especially on this album. Long pieces often have the disadvantage of becoming monotonous or annoying at some point, but this one doesn't. Television has found exactly the right balance between variation and repetition. The title track is beside \"Sonic Reducer\" by the much more proliferous Dead Boys, \"Blank Generation\" by buddy Richard Hell or Patti Smith's \"Gloria\" one of the strongest songs from this wonderful epoch.\u003c\/div\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003e Television\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/elektra-records-vinyl\"\u003eElektra\u003c\/a\u003e, Rhino Vinyl\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/vinyl-records-store-australia\/country_europe\"\u003eEurope\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop \u0026amp; Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \n            \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/new-wave\"\u003eNew Wave\u003c\/a\u003e, \n          \n            \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/punk\"\u003ePunk\u003c\/a\u003e\n          \n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eA1 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+See+No+Evil\"\u003eSee No Evil\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA2 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Venus\"\u003eVenus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA3 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Friction\"\u003eFriction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA4 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Marquee+Moon\"\u003eMarquee Moon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB1 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Elevation\"\u003eElevation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB2 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Guiding+Light\"\u003eGuiding Light\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB3 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Prove+It\"\u003eProve It\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB4 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Torn+Curtain\"\u003eTorn Curtain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Elektra, Rhino Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32294082805825,"sku":"7518255","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/81227971588.jpg?v=1781755326"},{"product_id":"television-marquee-moon-2xlp-45rpm-ultradisc-one-step-box-set-359655","title":"Television – Marquee Moon (2xLP)","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShips from: \u003c\/strong\u003e Melbourne\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTelevision Reimagines Guitar Rock on Marquee Moon: Band’s 1977 Debut Is Ranked the 107th Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone and Cited on Virtually Every Major “Best” List\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExperience the Pioneering Record in Definitive Sound: Mobile Fidelity’s UltraDisc One-Step 180g 45RPM 2LP Box Set Is Strictly Limited to 3,000 Numbered Copies and Reveals Brilliant Dynamics, Textures, and Tones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1\/4” \/ 15 IPS analog master to DSD 256 to analog console to lathe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTelevision’s Marquee Moon reimagines guitar rock in such original, pioneering ways that critics and fans still struggle to describe its essence five decades after its original release. Made after the band cut its teeth for four years amid New York’s thriving arts scene, the 1977 album blends the inimitable interplay of guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd; spontaneous and precise approaches; and winding arrangements that draw as much from classical, jazz, and psychedelia as the punk ethos to which the album is often linked. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable as a 45RPM edition for the first time, Marquee Moon reaches a new sonic pinnacle on Mobile Fidelity’s UltraDisc One-Step 180g 2LP box set. Strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, this deluxe reissue of the effort Pitchfork named the third greatest of the entire 1970s plays with incredible detail, dynamics, and definition. The presence, emotionalism, warmth, and dimensionality of the textures alone make this premium reissue a treat for both listeners who know the record inside-out and for audiophiles embarking on Television’s incomparable journeys for perhaps the first time. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMobile Fidelity Sound Lab’s deluxe, industry-leading packaging adds to the set’s desirability and collectibility. Housed in a gorgeous slipcase, it features foil-stamped jackets and faithful-to-the-original graphics. This keepsake is for those who want to immerse themselves in everything involved with the Marquee Moon — from the now-iconic front cover depicting a Xeroxed color print of a Robert Mapplethorpe photo of the quartet to the rear image showcasing what Verlaine described as a “weird spirally shape” that visually captures the inertia, vibe, and patterns of the songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo distinctive are Television’s styles, arrangements, and chemistry that producer Andy Johns repeatedly had to ask Verlaine and company about their aesthetic. Recording in a small room at A \u0026amp; R Studios, a space selected due to its resemblance to what the band used to rehearse, Johns initially recoiled from the retro setup complete with an all-tube board. Johns also misread Television’s desire for a dry sound at odds with the big, meaty acoustic that carried the day. He spent a day working on the drum kit to engineer effects in line with those he’d achieved with Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones. Only to tear it apart once Television expressed a desire for a basic, reverb-free perspective. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can hear that direct, focused, straight-line sound like never before here, and how it illustrates the clean contours, tones, and shapes of every note committed to tape. And how it relates to the relatively minimal overdubs (piano, vocals) the band laid down after barely a week of main sessions with Johns, whose fanciest implementation involved swinging a vintage microphone like a lasso over his head as Lloyd double-tracked the solo to “Elevation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohns returned a few months later to mix. By that point, his take on Marquee Moon had shifted from arms-length curiosity to wholesale adoration. His change of heart is easy to understand. It would dovetail with the opinions of nearly everyone who spent time with the strange, beautiful, seemingly contradictory record shortly after it hit in early 1977. Few albums of that era — as well as any before or since — combine such high-wire technical prowess, back-to-basics architecture, jam-band improvisation, narrative mysticism, delicate finesse, hook-laden catchiness, and excess-free exploration. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother principal reason Marquee Moon remains distinctive? Verlaine’s playing and lyrics, sure, but also his interests and background. Unlike archetypal guitar heroes, let alone first-wave punk practitioners, he first fell in love with classical music before gravitating to jazz and the saxophone. Having changed his last name to honor that of the 19th century French poet, Verlaine prized responsiveness and intricacy over density, speed, and volume. He recognized that fills, harmonics, and accents allowed for as many if not more opportunities for communicative colors and commentaries as solos do.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVerlaine’s incisive ingenuity, discipline, and feel emerge throughout Marquee Moon, and are part and parcel of the impressionistic six-string dialogues with Lloyd. Their push-and-pull subverts expectations and creates new, hard-to-decipher languages strung together with vocabularies comprised of wondrous melodies, modes, bridges, scales, vamps, and tunings. Lloyd would aptly describe the duo’s results as analogous to putting together pieces in a jigsaw puzzle. The pair’s exploratory vision and economical nature further accounts for why Marquee Moon defies age and trends. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs do the hands-off, syncopated rhythms generated by bassist Fred Smith and jazz-based drummer Billy Ficca. Akin to their mates, each are dialed-in from the extended period of woodshedding Television enjoyed before hitting the studio. Together, the four members achieve blends of virtuosic tightness, chromatism, expressionism, and moodiness that exist in gray areas between garage rock, punk, prog, and free-jazz disciplines. No wonder Marquee Moon proved a major influence on the new wave, experimental rock, art pop, and so-called “alt rock” subgenres that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAllergic to bombast, repetition, and convention, all eight songs function as individual highlight reels that simultaneously feed an inter-related, organic whole. And yet everything revolves around the epic title track, Ranked by Rolling Stone as the 173rd Greatest Song of All Time, it’s distinguished by a a double-stop guitar intro, dramatic jam section, and a climactic coda that encapsulates what makes Television unique — and Marquee Moon a landmark of conception, composition, and execution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003e Television\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/elektra-records-vinyl\"\u003eElektra\u003c\/a\u003e, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 2\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry: \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/vinyl-records-store-australia\/country_us\"\u003eUS\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-rock-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop \u0026amp; Rock\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \n            \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/alternative-rock\"\u003eAlternative Rock\u003c\/a\u003e, \n          \n            \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/new-wave\"\u003eNew Wave\u003c\/a\u003e\n          \n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eA1 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+See+No+Evil\"\u003eSee No Evil\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA2 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Venus\"\u003eVenus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA3 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Friction\"\u003eFriction\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eB1 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Marquee+Moon\"\u003eMarquee Moon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC1 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Elevation\"\u003eElevation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC2 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Guiding+Light\"\u003eGuiding Light\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD1 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Prove+It\"\u003eProve It\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003eD2 \u003ca rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Television+Torn+Curtain\"\u003eTorn Curtain\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Elektra, Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43736860000321,"sku":"7965196","price":250.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/821797206426.jpg?v=1788410975"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/collections\/television-vinyl-records.oembed","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}