Television

PREORDER — STREET DATE DECEMBER 13th

In a decade kicked off by alt-rock guitar albums, Television regrouped in early 1992 with a new sonic identity. Released later in the year, Television was completely unexpected and unexpectedly wonderful. Call Mr Lee, 1880 Or So In World and No Glamour For Willi rank among the best of the bands material, and the guitar interplay between Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd was as mesmerizing and unique as ever.

Television was met with met with high critical praise from The Village Voice a droll, warm-hearted, sophisticated, cryptic, jazzy yet unjazzlike, they sound like nothing else except, just a little, like old Television, NY Times referred to the album as ”scaled-down Television with exquisite design details”, and Rolling Stones David Fricke said it was worth the fifteen year wait, citing the albums ”celebration of the lost virtues of precision, emotional depth and sonic elegance.” Television toured the record into 1993, then would disappear from the public eye for the rest of the nineties.

Upon worldwide release by Capitol Records, only a white label promo version was pressed in North America, so a vinyl was never available in stores. Fans had to find the CD (or cassette) or source a pricey import. Virtual has licensed the album from Capitol/Universal and it’s being released on the bands Ohoo Records (the imprint we released Live At The Academy RSD last April. It has been remastered for vinyl by longtime Tom Verlaine musical collaborator Patrick Derivaz, who was an assistant engineer on these sessions. LISTEN