TELEVISION Marquee Moon 1977 UK ELEKTRA 1st PRESS w/INNER UNPLAYED/Nr MINT
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TELEVISION Marquee Moon 1977 UK ELEKTRA 1st PRESS w/INNER UNPLAYED/Nr MINT

TELEVISION
Marquee Moon

UK ELEKTRA RECORDS (K 52046) FIRST PRESSING (February 1977) OF TELEVISION'S DEBUT "Marquee Moon"
LOOKS LIKE IT'S NEVER BEEN PLAYED

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 RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SLEEVE PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England” WITH "MARQUEE MOON" IN INVERTED COMMAS
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
Factory-fresh labels - no spindles or any signs this copy has ever been played
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Apart from a couple of light and superficial brush marks from the inner sleeve both surfaces shine like new
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
In keeping with its possibly unplayed status my play-check at volume found little to fault the crisp, sharp, bright sound - no clicks, ticks or pops - nothing but a slight touch of background between a couple of the tracks (impossibly minor and really barely worth a mention)
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Clean and sharp cover with nothing to fault bar a little rub to the spine
INNER SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
As good as new - no seam splits - only light signs of handling

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