TELEVISION 3LP lot: Marquee Moon Adventure Self Titled LP - Sealed/Near Mint/VG+

$

75

Hello and thank you for checking out my record listings!  I am a lifelong record-head who's selling his archives of about 4,000 lps because I'm BROOOOOKE! :)

3 LP Lot from one of my favorite ART PUNK bands: TELEVISION.  Time to solidify your collection with a TV injection.
TELEVISION Self-Titled 1992 LP REISSUE ON 4 MEN WITH BEARDS SEALED MINT TELEVISION Adventure Elektra 6E-133 ORIGINAL Rock Punk Vinyl LP EX/VG TELEVISION Marquee Moon LP German IMPORT ELK52046 1977 NEAR MINT/VG
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. Verlaine's lyrics combined urban and pastoral imagery, references to Lower Manhattan, themes of adolescence, and influences from French poetry. He also used puns and double entendres to give his songs an impressionistic quality in describing his perception of an experience.
Marquee Moon was met with widespread acclaim and was hailed by critics as an original musical development in rock music. The critical recognition helped the album achieve unexpected commercial success in the United Kingdom, despite poor sales in the United States. Among the most acclaimed music releases in history, it has been consistently featured in professionally curated lists of top albums, including Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003), in which it ranked 128th. Marquee Moon is also a foundational record of alternative rock, as Television's innovative post-punk instrumentation for the album strongly influenced the new wave and indie rock movements of the 1980s.
In May of 2018 I racked up $100,000 worth of credit card debt making my first feature film entitled: WRETCH.  If you're interested in 80's sci-fi/horror/arthouse cinema and the work of David Lynch, you might consider renting my film on Amazon iTunes or most streaming platforms.  You can watch the trailer here:  https://youtu.be/pgkm_0AEsH8

AAAAND...on May 31st I was in a bicycle accident and shattered my right wrist and now I have a mountain of hospital bills to pay for because I wasn't insured.

So there's my sob story. Now let's make a deal!

I've been collecting records since 1992. most of the listings are going to be pretty straightforward with one to four pics of the album in question.  I've done my best to grade fairly and accurately.  If you need to see more pictures let me know and I'll take some for you and send through direct messager.

I used to work in a record store and I use pretty standard grading methods: POOR/FAIR/G/VG/VG+/EX/NM.  In my listings, the condition of the album is listed first (VG) / the condition of the jacket is listed second (G) = VG/G I am erring on the side of grading fairly conservatively in most instances.

I'm starting most of my listings at the low-to-medium end of what the same albums have sold for in the past according to eBay and Discogs. That said, I plan to put "or best offer" on most of my listings as well, so we can make a deal need be.

I encourage anyone who wants to purchase multiple albums to message me with your proposal, we can try to work out a discount!

I will be shipping out all sold albums weekly on Saturdays. So, if you buy, and pay for, a record from me on Monday, you'll have to wait a few extra days...unless you need it rushed and in that case you can reach out to me and we can make other arrangements. Since I am unemployed right now and I have this broken wrist things are going slowly but I am around and available to respond to inquiries and offers readily.

All sales will be final. If you receive your album and you think I was horrendously off and my grading...we can discuss.  

I want my records to go to good new homes.  They've brought me much joy over the years and now it's time to let them go, but I definitely need to make decent money in the process!

I WILL OFFER A COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNT ON MULTIPLE LPS. Shipping costs takes supplies and USPS Media Mail rate into account.

So keep checking back as I'll be listing new albums all through July and August until everything is up online.  And please, if you like 80s sci-fi and horror films offbeat quirky surreal and absurdist stuff, please consider checking out my feature film and help spread the word, it'll help me a ton.

Thank you very much,
-Matthew