TELEVISION PERSONALITIES The Painted Word LP ILLUMINATED 1984 UK orig JAMS 37
€
35
$
40
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
WE ARE POSTING EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
SO IN ORDER TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDING WE ADVISE YOU TO ENQUIRE
ABOUT POSTAGE COST BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY BID/PURCHASE THE ITEM
PLEASE ASK FOR ANY INFORMATION
TELEVISION PERSONALITIES
Their long, erratic career has seen them combine 60s pastiche and a tongue-in-cheek nod towards punk.
Britain's Television Personalities enjoyed one of the new wave era's longest, most erratic, and most far-reaching careers.
Over the course of a musical evolution that led them from wide-eyed shambling pop to the outer reaches
of psychedelia and back, they directly influenced virtually every major pop uprising of the period, with artists
as diverse as feedback virtuosos the Jesus and Mary Chain, twee pop titans the Pastels,
and lo-fi kingpins Pavement readily acknowledging Television Personalities' inspiration.
"THE PAINTED WORD"
1984 LP ILLUMINATED RECORDS JAMS 37
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + COMPANY INNER SLEEVE
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: ILLUMINATED - PINK/WHITE LABEL - BLACK TEXT
Label Code: none
Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) JAMS 37
Catalog on labels: JAMS 37A / JAMS 37B
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): JAMS+37+A ORLAKE
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): JAMS+37+B GRAEME ORLAKE
On labels: C Twist & Shout Music 1984
P Illuminated Records 1984
Produced by J Foster and D Tracy
On Back Cover: Recorded at Hit Factory
Sleeve design Ingrid & Joe
Cover photo Alison Turner
tracklisting
Side A: STOP AND SMELL THE ROSES - THE PAINTED WORD
A LIFE OF HER OWN - BRIGHT SUNNY SMILES - MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
A SENSE OF BELONGING - SAY YOU WON'T CRY
Side B: SOMEONE TO SHARE MY LIFE WITH - YOU'LL HAVE TO SCREAM LOUDER
HAPPY ALL THE TIME - THE GIRL WHO HAD EVERYTHING
PARADISE ESTATE - BACK TO VIETNAM
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
A more cleanly produced Television Personalities' record than most of their previous efforts,
The Painted Word is also a more serious album, less whimsical but no less charming; favoring
a subtle, droning pop sound. Tracks like the politically charged "Back to Vietnam"
and the lovely "Someone to Share My Life With" are heartfelt and resonant...(AllMusic)
price rating
