Television - Marquee Moon (Remastered & Expanded) (Music CD) available on December 27 2014 from Base for 10.39
Marquee Moon (Dig) available on November 11 2014 from Amazon for 7.85
UPC bar code 081227392024 ξ1 registered September 27 2014
UPC bar code 081227392024 ξ2 registered November 11 2014
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Rock Audio
Manufacturered by Elektra / Wea
Product weight is 0.16 lbs.
Record Label: Rhino * Catalog#: 8122739202 * Country Of Release: NLD * Year Of Release: 2003 * Notes: =Remastered 1977 Album 5 Bonus Tracks= The title cut's epic; every cut's classic. Bonus tracks are the equally epic Little Johnny Jewel Parts 1 & 2 ; an untitled instrumental, and unreleased alternate versions of See No Evil; Friction , and Marquee Moon.
Marquee Moon is one of the great albums of the 70's from the overlooked band Television. Born out of the mid 70's New York rock scene that produced the Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie and others, the band was led by guitarists Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd. The band's sound was different from the others thanks in part to superb guitar interplay between Mr. Verlaine & Mr. Lloyd, but also they didn't pump out quick 3 minute songs, but had a jazzy edge. The title cut and "Torn Curtain" are both lengthy numb..
'Marquee Moon' is one of those albums that not many people have heard of, but everybody with a credible music collection should own. (I also stated in my review of the original cd pressing that it should be an Amazon Essential Recording, but I guess they don't agree). Out of their CBGB contemporaries, Television stuck out like a sore thumb, even compared to the Talking Heads. While other groups were busy playing short, to-the-point punk rock, Television was mixing the immediacy of punk with the technical sk..
Like alot of folks, I'm wary of the reissue game. Tempting as bonus tracks are, I often find they ruin the integrity of the original release. That being said, this sounds a 1000x's better than the previous cd incarnation. And it' s nice to hear their long out of print 1st single, "Little Johnny Jewel" in it's entirety.Though long associated with the CBGB Punk scene, they were far more ambitious than The Ramones ever were. I mean what is this stuff? Psychedelic Jazz Punk? Whatever it is, it's original. Verla..
