Re: (TV) New Ork Records 2 CD compilation

[Robin Dunn <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>]

Seconded, except to say I got the vinyl box. The book is 12x12 and filled with great photos and stories. I know some folks bitch about Numero these days, but this one is unexpectedly sweet.

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> On Nov 2, 2015, at 10:16 PM, Phil Obbard <pobbard@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This comes with a very strong RECOMMEND from me:
> 
> http://www.numerogroup.com/products/ork-records-new-york-new-york
> 
> The 2 CDs alone would be worth it -- loads of vinyl-only rarities finally
> make it to CD (and some, like Richard Hell's debut EP, have never sounded
> better), but you also get what would have been Richard Lloyd's solo debut,
> the original version of "(I Thought) You Wanted to Know", before Lloyd
> replaced his vocal with Chris Stamey's (in order to escape Elektra's wrath)
> and gave birth to the dBs. (Stamey's version is also included here, along
> with both sides of Stamey's own debut 45, the b-side of which has never
> been on CD before). It's amazing to hear Richard's vocal on this track, 37
> years after it was recorded.
> 
> BUT, the book included with the set is arguably superior to the CDs
> themselves - it's a small, dense, hardcover affair with some amazing photos
> and plenty of info on Television and every other band in the Ork orbit
> between 1975-1980 or so. I've just started to dig in and won't be putting
> it down anytime soon. Well, except to spread the good word about it, as I
> am here!
> 
> Interestingly, the set also puts a firm date on the recording of "Little
> Johnny Jewel": August 19, 1975. Looks like we just missed the 40th
> anniversary of the official studio birth of Television.
> 
> Phil
> 
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