Television The Blow Up Vinyl

Recorded at cbgbs in 1978 the blow up is a double live lp of television at their most raw and fiery.

Television the blow up vinyl. It sees the babd rip through songs from their classic marquee moon and a couple from follow up adventure in a manner capturing a spontaneity perhaps lacking on the albums. Television start the show with the elevators song fire engine they then play most of the tracks from marquee moon and adventure that s the beauty of television s live show they like to jam and on the song foxhole there is an added guitar part which make it a better version than the one on the album. Record 1 on transparent blue vinyl. Television came from the same new york music scene womb that gave birth to the new york dolls the ramones blondie johnny thunders the dead boys etc except they were also very influenced by the same poet revival that patty smith and jim carroll came from.

Danceteria danlp030 series. The sound quality is not exactly. Catalog number is ruslp8249 on spine and ruslp 8249 on labels. 2x vinyl lp album reissue gatefold country.

Variant labels from television the blow up. The improvised passages and extended version of bob dylan s knocking on heaven s door are electric. Television start the show with the elevators song fire engine they then play most of the tracks from marquee moon and adventure that s the beauty of television s live show they like to jam and on the song foxhole there is an added guitar part which make it a. New wave experimental.

See all 14 formats and editions hide other formats and. The blow up. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1990 gatefold vinyl release of the blow up on discogs. Double live albums frequently come off as redundant and indulgent but in the case of television the blow up comes awfully close to being an essential document simply because the band s studio albums didn t always capture the rawness and spontaneity that fueled their on stage improvisations.

A brilliant live album is made even better with the remastered version enhancing the sound the original release was very murky. Complete your television collection. Both of those qualities are present on the blow up in abundance. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2001 blue green gatefold vinyl release of the blow up on discogs.

4 1 out of 5 stars 41 ratings. If you like what you hear then get a hold of the expanded marquee moon and this stitched together live classic the blow up shows that when a band music crowd alchemise some genuinely magic moments it can all be effectively.