Marquee Moon White Vinyl

The sophistication and style of marquee moon was a revelation in 1977 and it is impossible to count just how many artists have been inspired by this remarkable work.

Marquee moon white vinyl.

They played most of marquee moon their finest hour and at least one of the jam packed beery crowd was swooning with wide eyed indeed misty eyed delight simply to be in the same room as these semi legendary musicians. The record s two singles the title track and prove it both charted on the uk top 30. Marquee moon s five bonus cuts includ four previously unreleased tracks alternate versions fo signature songs see no evil friction. There are no weak points in marquee moon but on vinyl its peaks can be better appreciated.

In terms of the reviews of 1977 there was plenty of love around. Hello sign in. There are several early us pressing variations differentiated by the pressing plant codes on the labels and in the runout etchings. Released on february 8 1977.

Columbia records pressing plant santa maria csm prc recording company richmond in. Marquee moon was released on february 8 1977 in the united states and on march 4 in the united kingdom where it was an unexpected success and reached number 28 on the country s albums chart. That s what rhino records have done with marquee moon. They re made of vinyl but what s inside is pure gold.

Ltd edition of 3000 copies. Behind that famous robert mapplethorpe photograph of the band now printed on a matt sleeve are two blue discs. Marketed by rhino entertainment company a warner music group company. So many indie and post punk artists have used marquee moon as a starting point.

Marquee moon alternate version untitled instrumental the october 2018 issue of uncut is now on sale in the uk with jimi hendrix on the cover. Manufactured in the e u. The band spent three weeks in november 1976 recording the album with andy johns at a r studios the cover photo was taken by robert mapplethorpe.