Television

Marquee Moon

First released1977

Marquee Moon, Television's debut album, was recorded at A&M Studios in Hollywood in 1976 under the production of Andy Johns and the band themselves. The album was engineered primarily by George Marino, with mixing contributions from Johns, and was notable for its innovative guitar work featuring Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd's intertwining dual guitar lines recorded with meticulous attention to clarity and separation. The band employed relatively straightforward recording techniques that prioritized capturing their live sound and the intricate guitar interplay that defined the post-punk aesthetic emerging from New York's underground scene. The album was released in February 1977 and became a landmark recording that influenced the development of punk and new wave music, despite achieving only modest commercial success upon initial release.