Television ORIG US LP Adventure EX '78 Elektra 6E-133 NY Punk Proto Punk
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Television ORIG US LP Adventure EX '78 Elektra 6E-133 NY Punk Proto Punk
Original US LP released in 1978 on Elektra Records. Cat: 6E-133. Comes with printed lyric inner bag which a tear on top edge and a seam split on bottom centre edge and is in VG+ condition. Matrix numbers are: 6E.133.A1-PRCW 1 MCR Se/ 6E.133.B1-PRCW 1 MCR Se.
Television's groundbreaking first album, Marquee Moon, was as close to a perfect debut as any band made in the 1970s, and in many respects it would have been all but impossible for the band to top it. One senses that Television knew this, because Adventure seems designed to avoid the comparisons by focusing on a different side of the band's personality. Where Marquee Moon was direct and straightforward in its approach, with the subtleties clearly in the performance and not in the production, Adventure is a decidedly softer and less aggressive disc, and while John Jansen's production isn't intrusive, it does round off the edges of the band's sound in a way Andy Johns' work on the first album did not. But the two qualities that really made Marquee Moon so special were Tom Verlaine's songs and the way his guitar work meshed with that of Richard Lloyd, whose style was less showy but whose gifts were just as impressive, and if you have to listen a bit harder to Adventure, it doesn't take long to realize that both of those virtues are more than apparent here, and while one might wish the sound had a bit more bite on "Foxhole" or "Ain't That Nothin'," the quieter, more layered sound is just what the doctor ordered for "Glory" and "The Dream's Dream."
Tracks : Glory/ Days/ Foxhole/ Careful/ Carried away/ The fire/ Ain't that nothin'/ The dream's dream.
There are a few light spindle marks on labels. Record has some scuff marks that cause some light crackles most noticeable between tracks and is in Excellent condition. Cover has some ringwear, a few light marks and a few tiny surface tears around edges and is in VG+ condition.
Wrapping method: All records are sent in stiff cardboard mailers then wrapped in brown paper and sealed around edges with brown packaging tape. Records are taken out of sleeve to avoid seam splits and ring wear.
Post methods within Australia: All records are posted via Australia Post. Within Australia all items come with a tracking number.
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1678 (GS 9.8.2 (1678))
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