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Line-Up Ex-Members Albums Singles Books Awards Various Refers
TELEVISION
New York, USA
*  1974

Line-Up:

Tom Verlaine - g
Jimmy Rip - g
Fred 'Sonic' Smith - bg
Billy Ficca - ds

Former Members:

Richard Lloyd (g, 1975-8/78, 11/91-?, cca 8/03-6/07)
Richard Hell (bg, 1974-75)

Albums Discography:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Marquee Moon
produced by: Andy Johns/Tom Verlaine
04.03.1977Elektra28
2.Adventure
produced by: Tom Verlaine/John Jansen
07.04.1978Elektra7
3.Television With Brian Eno
(bootleg)
? Pentagram
4.The Blow Up
(MC)
1/1983 R.O.I.R.
5.Television
produced by: Television
9/1992 Capitol
6.Live at the Old Waldorf, June 29th, 197823.09.2003Rhino

Tom Verlaine:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Tom Verlaine9/1979 Elektra
2.Dreamtime04.09.1981Elektra
3.Words From The Front
produced by: Tom Verlaine
14.05.1982Virgin
4.Cover
produced by: Tom Verlaine
featuring: Jimmy Ripp (g), Fred Smith (bg), Bill Laswell (bg), Jay Dee Dougherty (ds)
24.08.1984Virgin
5.Always4/1986 Virgin
6.Flashlight2/1987 Fontana99
7.The Wonder4/1990 Fontana
8.Warm And Cool
featuring: Fred Smith (bg), Billy Ficca (ds), Jay Dee Dougherty (ds), Patrick A. Derivaz (bg)
13.04.1992Rough Trade
9.Around25.04.2006Thrill Jockey
10.Songs And Other Things25.04.2006Thrill Jockey

Richard Lloyd:

#TitleRelease DateLabelTypeUKUSA
1.Alchemy1/1980 Elektra
2.Field Of Fire1/1986 Mistlur
3.Real Time10/1987 Celluloid
4.The Cover Doesn't Matter30.01.2001Upsetter Music
5.Radiant Monkey30.10.2007Parasol
6.Jamie Neverts Story01.09.2009Parasol
7.Rosedale2016
8.The Countdown02.11.2018

Singles Discography:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Little Johnny Jewel / Little Johnny Jewel (part 2)10/1975 Ork
2.Blank Generation EP1976 Stiff
3.Marquee Moon / Marquee Moon (mono)08.04.1977Elektra30
4.Prove It / Venus
produced by: Tom Verlaine/Andy Johns
01.07.1977Elektra25
5.Foxhole / Careful07.04.1978Elektra36
6.Glory / Carried Away
(v GB)
6/1978 Elektra
7.Glory / Ain't That Nothin'
(v USA)
6/1978 Elektra
8.Little Jimmy Jewel (part 1&2) / Little Johnny Jewel (live)6/1979 Ork/WEA

Tom Verlaine:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Always / The Blue Robe25.09.1981WEA
2.Postcard From Waterloo / Clear It Away
12" + Days On The Mountain
07.05.1982Virgin
3.Let's Go To The Mansion / Let's Go To The Mansion (version)
12" + Lindi Lu
6/1984 Virgin
4.Five Miles Of You / Your Finest Hour
12" + Dissolve Reveal
30.07.1984Virgin
5.A Town Called Walkers / Smoother Than Jones
12" + Caveman Flashlight
1/1987 Fontana
6.Cry Mercy Judge / Call Me The Circling
12" + At This Moment (live) / Lover Of The Night (live) / Strange Things Happening
3/1987 Fontana99
7.The Funniest Thing / One Time At Sundown
12" + Marquee Moon ('87 version)
5/1987 Fontana
8.The Scientist Writes A Letter / The Scientist Writes A Letter (Paris version)8/1987 Fontana
9.Five Miles Of You10/1987 Virgin
10.Shimmer / Bomb
12",CD + The Scientist Writes A Letter
10/1989 Fontana
11.Kaleidoscope / Sixteen Tulips
12",CD + Vanity Fair
3/1990 Fontana
12.Kingdom Come
& David Bowie
14.05.2015Rhino

Richard Lloyd:

#SP/EP TitleRelease DateLabelUKUSA
1.Blue And Grey / Pretend4/1980 Elektra

Bibliography:

Richard Lloyd: Everything Is Combustible (2017)

Awards:

1977 Melody Maker Readers' Poll - International Brightest Hope
2003 New Musical Express Writers No. 4 Album Of All Time ("Marquee Moon")

Various:

disbanded 27.8.1978
reunited 12/1991
reunited 2001

Compilation Appearances:

"See No Evil" on compilation "New York Rocks" (25.1.05, Koch)
"Careful" na OST "CBGB" (8.10.13, Omnivore)

Tom Verlaine:

appeared on the SP:

Patti Smith: Hey Joe (6/74, MER)

appeared on the LP:
Patti Smith: Gone Again (4.6.96, Arista)
Patti Smith: Horses Horses (8.11.05)
Patti Smith: Twelve (16.4.07, Columbia)
Patti Smith: Banga (4.6.12)

Compilation Appearances:
"Cold Irons Bound" on OST "I'm Not There" (30.10.07, Columbia, & The Million Dollar Bashers)

Billy Ficca:

appeared on the LP:

Tom Verlaine: Warm And Cool (13.4.92, Rough Trade)
Tom Verlaine: Around (4/06, Thrill Jockey)

Richard Lloyd:

appeared on the LP:

John Doe: Meet John Doe (6/90, RCA)

Press References:

Melodie
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19931 14profile
Melody Maker
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19763207.08.197624
19772304.06.197746Caught In The Actgig review
19772411.06.197716Caught In The Actgig review
19773130.07.197713Singlessingle review
19781408.04.197821Albumsalbum review
19781622.04.197820Caught In The Actgig review
19783609.09.19783
19792323.06.197932Albumssingle review
1983101.01.198316Albumsalbum review
19921404.04.19925News
19921511.04.19925News
19923819.09.199234Albumsalbum review
19924905.12.199212Livegig review
19931617.04.199319Livegig review
1994905.03.199429Info Freako
19951913.05.199550Info Freakodiscography
New Musical Express
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
1975007.06.197538On The Towngig review
1976027.11.197610
Rock & Pop
YearIssueDatePageColumnType
19941927.09.199412
19942011.10.199413profile
19962 19Galerie
199911 19Co víme, povíme
20011 12Pelmel
20026 7Co víme, povímediscography
20069 82Vrakovištěalbum review
20078 72Livegig review