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Debut Solo;1st Time On CD;1979
Personnel: Tom Verlaine (vocals, guitar); Fred Smith (guitar, bass, percussion, background vocals); Ricky Wilson (guitar); Mark Abel (12-string guitar); Bruce Brody (piano); Jay Dee Daugherty (drums, percussion, background vocals); Allan Schwartzberg (drums, percussion); Deerfrance (background vocals).
Recorded at Blue Rock Studio, New York, New York. Originally released on Elektra. Includes liner notes by Tom Verlaine.
At the time, Tom Verlaine's 1979 solo debut sounded stiff and blocky, more New Wave than punk. Nowadays that song-oriented aspect and power pop production doesn't seem like such a bad thing. By any standard, TOM VERLAINE is a solid effort, full of strong tunes and even stronger playing. The next one, DREAMTIME, did take the music back to the visionary scope of Television but then that 1980 LP had its own problems, sound-wise.
Tom Verlaine scores a solid winner on his first solo release. Not surprisingly, many of the songs here suggest the music of Television, his former band, especially in the use of vibrant and full guitar textures and frequent solo break sections in which to feature them. Verlaine's fey vocals surprisingly do not detract from the gutsiness of these numbers. Several of the songs here utilize hooky initial guitar riffs in the tradition of 1960s bands like the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, and the Beatles, most notably on "Flash Lightning," "Kingdom Come," and especially "Grip of Love." Two selections, "Red Leaves" and "Mr. Bingo," show mild swamper influence; the former also has subtle psychedelic touches in the chorus, while the latter (when Verlaine's vocal enters) suggests a Lou Reed number. Even more Lou Reed/Velvet Underground-oriented is the lengthy and wonderful "Breakin' in My Heart." "Last Night" is a noble slow-tempo number with unusually noticeable keyboard usage. And "Yonki Time" is a daffy, loping, bluesy selection with bizarre tongue-in-cheek lyrics and quirky production touches -- a fun work to hear. This is a top-notch solo debut that bears repeated listenings. ~ David Cleary
Tom Verlaine Music | List Price | $13.97 (You save $2.38) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, New Wave CDs, Rock | | Label | Collectors' Choice Music | | Orig Year | 1979 | | All Time Sales Rank |  21344  | | CD Universe Part number | 5440161 | | Catalog number | 316 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jan 21, 2003 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Tom Verlaine | | Personnel | Allan Schwartzberg - drums, percussion
Tom Verlaine - vocals, guitar
Fred Smith - guitar, bass, percussion, background vocals
Jay Dee Daugherty - drums, percussion, background vocals
Bruce Brody - piano
Ricky Wilson - guitar
Mark Abel - 12-string guitar
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Tom Verlaine Music Review Purchase Tom Verlaine CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | VH1 Presents The Corrs Live In Dublin CD (2002)
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The Corrs: Jim Corr (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Sharon Corr (vocals, violin); Andrea Corr (vocals, tin whistle); Caroline Corr (vocals, drums, bodhran, percussion).
Recorded at Ardmore Studios in Dublin, Ireland in January 2002.
You knew the Corrs had made it when they played the final JFK Awards ceremony of the Clinton administration. Playing it would have been achievement enough, but their status as a happening thing was cemented at the end of the ceremony, during the encores, when everybody was taking their final bows. Bill moseyed up over to Andrea, put his arm around her, and when she was looking away, sized her up -- at precisely the same moment Chuck Berry was checking her out. If that doesn't mean that you've broken America, entering its pop culture, I don't know what does, expect for maybe a VH1-endorsed piece of product like Live in Dublin. Lo and behold, that's exactly what the Corrs received in the spring of 2002, a year and a half after "In Blue" and its accompanying single "Breathless" broke down the doors in America for the ...
| | Neil Young On The Beach CD (1974) Remastered
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$8.99
Guests:Graham Nash/Rick Danko/ David Crosby/Levon Helm
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: Neil Young (vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica, Wurlitzer organ); Neil Young (Wurlitzer piano); Ben Keith (vocals, guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, dobro, Wurlitzer piano, organ, Wurlitzer organ, drums, background vocals); Graham Nash (vocals, Wurlitzer piano, Wurlitzer organ); Ralph Molina (vocals, drums, background vocals); Tim Drummond (bass instrument, drums, percussion); Rick Danko, Billy Talbot (bass instrument); David Crosby (vocals, guitar); Rusty Kershaw (guitar, slide guitar, violin, fiddle); George Whitsell (guitar); Joe Yankee (harp, tambourine); Levon Helm (drums).
Liner Note Author: Rusty Kershaw.
Recording information: Broken ...
| | Television Adventure CD (1978) Remastered; Digipak
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Remastered W/ 3 Bonus Tracks.
Television: Tom Verlaine (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Richard Lloyd (guitar, background vocals); Fred Smith (bass, background vocals); Billy Ficca (drums).
Recorded at Sound Masters and Record Plant, New York, New York. Originally released on Elektra (133). Includes liner notes by Alan Licht.
Personnel: Tom Verlaine (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Richard Lloyd (vocals, guitar); Fred Smith (vocals); Billy Ficca (drums).
Audio Remasterer: Dan Hersch.
Liner Note Author: Alan Licht.
Recording information: Record Plant, New York, NY; SoundMixers.
Photographers: Gerrit Van Der Meer; Lynn Goldsmith; Richard Robinson ; Corbis Bettman; Godlis; Daniel Lainé; Stephanie Chernikowski.
Television's groundbreaking first album, Marquee Moon, was as close to a perfect debut as any band made in the 1970s, and in many respects it would have been all but impossible ...
| | Television Marquee Moon CD (1977) Remastered; Digipak
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Remastered W/ 5 Bonus Tracks.
Television: Tom Verlaine (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Richard Lloyd (guitar, background vocals); Fred Smith (bass, background vocals); Billy Ficca (drums).
Recorded at A & R Studios, New York, New York. Originally released on Elektra (1098). Includes liner notes by Alan Licht.
Personnel: Richard Lloyd , Tom Verlaine (vocals, guitar); Fred Smith (vocals); Billy Ficca (drums).
Audio Mixer: Andy Johns.
Audio Remasterer: Dan Hersch.
Liner Note Author: Alan Licht.
Recording information: A & R Studios, New York, NY.
Photographers: Robert Mapplethorpe; Richard Robinson ; Roberta Bayley; Chuck Pulin; Godlis.
Marquee Moon is a revolutionary album, but it's a subtle, understated revolution. Without question, it is a guitar rock album -- ...
| | Tom Verlaine Flash Light CD (1987)
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Personnel: Tom Verlaine (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Ripp (guitar); Fred Smith (bass); Allen Schwartzberg, Andy Newmark (drums).
Recorded at Sorcerer 2, New York, New York.
With this release, Tom Verlaine comes full circle to the style of his initial solo album. This great platter has an energized, mostly no-nonsense feel to it that is extremely appealing. Production is meticulous, if not normally showy as on his previous album, Cover. Flash Light is chock-full of rocking ...
| | Arcade Fire Funeral CD (2004)
Tom Verlaine
$12.05
Arcade Fire: William Butler (synthesizer, xylophone, bass instrument, percussion); Richard Reed Parry (double bass); Win Butler (bass guitar); Régine Chassagne, Howard Bilerman.
Personnel: Win Butler (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, piano, synthesizer); Régine Chassagne (vocals, accordion, recorder, piano, synthesizer, xylophone, drums, percussion); Howard Bilerman (guitar, drums); Timothy Kingsbury (acoustic guitar); Anita Fust (harp); Jessica Moss, Sophie Trudeau, Owen Pallett, Sarah Neufeld (violin); Genevieve Heistek (viola); Michael Olsen, Mike Olsen (cello); Richard Reed Parry (accordion, piano, organ, synthesizer, xylophone, upright bass, percussion); ...
| | Oscar Peterson Vancouver, 1958 CD (2003) (Import)
Tom Verlaine
$12.25
Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar); Ray Brown (bass).
Recorded live in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1958.
Personnel: Oscar Peterson (piano); Herb Ellis (guitar).
Audio ...
| | Neurosis & Jarboe CD (2003)
Tom Verlaine
$13.09 
Neurosis: dave Edwardson, Scott Kelly, Noah landis, Jason Roeder, Steve Von Till.
Recording information: Amplified Recording, Atlanta, GA; Studio Wisperthal, Los Angeles, CA.
Talk about an inspired pairing: Bay Area apocalyptic post-hardcore beasts Neurosis teamed up with ex-Swans vocalist/collaborator Jarboe, for this years-long, tape-trading project, and the result is, as expected, haunting, enlightening, and challenging. Jarboe's chameleonic myriad of vocal styles -- a pure, nectar-sweet tenor, operatic, dramatic, ...
| | Marie Fredriksson Het Vind CD (2008) (Import) Sweden
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| | Go It Alone Vancouver Gold CD (2005) Reissue
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$10.29
| | Coheed & Cambria Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness CD (2005) Edited
Tom Verlaine
$7.59
Coheed and Cambria: Travis Stever (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar); Claudio Sanchez (vocals, guitar); Joshua Eppard (vocals, keyboards, drums); Michael Todd (vocals, bass guitar).
Additional personnel: Janiris Sanchez (spoken vocals); Danny Louis (keyboards); Daniel Sadownick (percussion); Sarah Kathryn Jacobs (background vocals).
Much like Death Cab for Cutie, emo devotees were aghast with horror when Coheed and Cambria left the shores of their indie label to depart for the good islands of major labeldom. And for those just catching up on their Coheed and Cambria folklore, this is first part of two, which will be the conclusion to their four-part concept album saga detailing the saga of two protagonists, Coheed and Cambria. It's not necessary to know all of the facts and story lines to enjoy IV, which is a prog rock opera on par with anything that Rush or Queensr˙che ever released. But the interesting thing to listen for is the evolution of the group's sound, since success sideswiped the group with 2003's In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth. The emo chords and songwriting dynamics have been shed in favor of a more prog rock, heavy metal sound that was so dominant throughout the '80s. Nowhere is this more evident than in the album's opener, "Welcome Home"; with its bombastic strings, dramatic buildups, breakdowns, and dual guitar solos, it's one of the best metal licks that 1985 never made. The album concludes with a four-part song cycle that acts as a subplot within the album, and will most likely act as a bridge for volume two when it's released. But conceptual plots aside, this is an album that finally lives up to the heavy metal promise and unapologetically delivers ...
| | Coloured Balls Heavy Metal Kid CD (2008) (Import)
Tom Verlaine
$31.55
With the dawning of 1974, the future looked bright for the Coloured Balls. Their album Ball Power sat in the Top 10 and their performance ...
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