Re: Marquee Moon's 40th Anniversary release date

[Phil Obbard <pobbard@gmail.com>]

In that case, it's official: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Marquee Moon. Welcome to midlife! It's not so bad. 

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> On Feb 8, 2017, at 10:45 PM, Dave Marin <dwmarin@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Leo.  Hadn't seen that NY Rocker piece.  That's pretty definitive - 2/8.
> 
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>> On Feb 8, 2017, at 9:15 PM, Leo Casey <LeoCasey@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Dave,
>> 
>> I think John Rockwell's "this past week" was/is a little sloppy (lazy?), and
>> I wouldn't have much faith in trying to work backwards from the article's
>> date of 2/20/1977. (Moreover, 2/20/1977 was the date the article was
>> published, but Rockwell could have easily written that article 7-10 days
>> earlier before handing it in to his editor at the NY Times.)
>> 
>> I have always gone with February 8, 1978, but I'd have to go looking through
>> my yellow, dog-eared clippings to see if I can definitively say its release
>> date was the 8th.
>> 
>> The only thing I could find on Keith's The Wonder was this,
>> http://www.thewonder.co.uk/nyr1.htm
>> 
>> which claims February 8th
>> 
>> There is also this:
>> http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1438-televisions-punk-epic-marquee-moon-40-yea
>> rs-later/
>> 
>> 
>> And this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquee_Moon#CITEREFAnon.2007a
>> 
>> Albeit Wikipedia is only as accurate as the person who is the author and
>> his/her sources.  The long article on the album has many footnotes, but its
>> Feb. 8th date does not have a footnote/source specifically dedicated to that
>> date.
>> 
>> Keith, what's your take on the definitive release date?
>> 
>> Leo
>> 
>> PS: Dave, maybe you could track down Jack Holtzman[sp?], the founder of 
>> Elektra Records---if he's still alive--and ask him :> )
>> Richard Lloyd or Fred Smith would know. From reading a million interviews of
>> Verlaine, he has a terrible memory (he even got razzed about how poor it was
>> it by the rest of the band when there 3rd album came out in 1992).
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message---- From: tv-owner@obbard.com
>> [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On Behalf Of Dave Marin
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2017 12:42 PM
>> To: Television List
>> Subject: Marquee Moon's 40th Anniversary release date
>> 
>> Lots of Marquee Moon celebrating today, 2/8/17, 40 years since the album's
>> release.
>> 
>> However, does anyone have hard evidence this really was the actual release
>> date?
>> 
>> My research found John Rockwell in the 2/20/77 NY Times reference the
>> release by saying "Now, with the release this past week of Television's
>> Elektra album, Marquee Moon..."
>> 
>> He didn't write "last week" (supporting a 2/8 date) he wrote "this past
>> week", IMO supporting a release date earlier THAT WEEK; possibly 2/15.
>> (Tuesdays became the customary lp release date later on but not necessarily
>> in the late seventies.)
>> 
>> Not as compelling is a line from the Nick Kent NME Television story from
>> February 1977 (found on The Wonder site) where he writes "Marquee Moon
>> released MID-FEBRUARY in America and probably the beginning of March here."
>> 
>> Mid-February sounds closer to February 15th than February 8th.
>> 
>> Admittedly I'm a bit anal when it comes to correct dates in history!!
>> 
>> Thoughts?  Proof?
>> 
>> Thx
>> Dave
>> 
>> 
>> 
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