Television – Marquee Moon

Television Reimagines Guitar Rock on MarqueeMoon: Band's 1977 Debut Is Ranked the 107thGreatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone andCited on Virtually Every Major Best" ListExperience the Pioneering Record in DefinitiveSound: Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc One-Step 180g45RPM 2LP Box Set Reveals Brilliant Dynamics,Textures, and TonesTelevision's Marquee Moon reimagines guitar rock in such original,pioneering ways that critics and fans still struggle to describe it'sessence five decades after it's original release. Made after the bandcut it's teeth for four years amid New York's thriving arts scene, the1977 album blends the inimitable interplay of guitarists Tom Verlaineand Richard Lloyd; spontaneous and precise approaches; andwinding arrangements that draw as much from classical, jazz, andpsychedelia as the punk ethos to which the album is often linked.Few records of the era combine such high-wire technical prowess,back-to-basics architecture, jam-band improvisation, narrativemysticism, delicate finesse, hook-laden catchiness, and excess-freeexploration.Available as a 45RPM edition for the first time, Marquee Moonreaches a new sonic pinnacle on Mobile Fidelity's UltraDisc OneStep 180g 2LP box set. Strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copiesand pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing in California, this deluxereissue of the effort Pitchfork named the third greatest of the entire1970s plays with incredible detail, dynamics, and definition. Thepresence, emotionalism, warmth, and dimensionality of the texturesalone make this premium reissue a treat for both listeners who knowthe record inside-out and for audiophiles embarking on Television'sincomparable journeys for perhaps the first time. To quote Verlaine on"Prove It," those are "just the facts.""

Disc 1

1. Side One:
2. See No Evil
3. Venus
4. Friction
5. Side Two:
6. Marquee Moon

Disc 2

1. Side Three:
2. Elevation
3. Guiding Light
4. Side Four:
5. Prove It
6. Torn Curtain

Label: Mobile Fidelity

Catalog: 64

Genre: Rock