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(TV) Review of the album Tom Verlaine-2nd try



From the same issue as the article I just sent, there was this album review:

Copied from the November 1979 issue (#21) of Musician, Player and Listener magazine, a review by Vic Garbarini:

Tom Verlaine (Elektra).

Verlaine's work with Television convinced me that he is easily the most brilliant and innovative American guitarist since Hendrix. (Lend an ear to Venus or Marquee Moon on their debut album?) He plays with unusual presence and integrity, exploring and caressing each note, wringing from them every possible nuance of tone, color and depth. His solo effort is more of a composer's album than an improvisational tour-de-force. Only on "Breakin' In My Heart" does he begin to stretch out, and even then he barely gets out of third gear. I hope he stops hanging around the studio and gets back to playing live so he can get the blood circulating in those magic fingers again.



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