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[Posted Tuesday, September 16th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

As we reported here on these hallowed pages back in August, the mighty Television are back in all kinds of exciting ways. Rhino is reissuing their first two albums, the (dare we say) revolutionary Marquee Moon and the slightly less revolutionary but nevertheless completely remarkable Adventure, both on September 23rd. We're pleased to announce that they now have confirmed tracklists, so you can start to salivate with more particularity. It's gonna be so cool to have a decent version of "Little Johnny Jewel" instead of the pretty crappy version that you've only so far been able to get on the live, slightly expensive and not-very-high-quality Blow Up. Tracklists:

Marquee Moon:

01 See No Evil
02 Venus
03 Friction
04 Marquee Moon
05 Elevation
06 Guiding Light
07 Prove It
08 Torn Curtain
09 Little Johnny Jewel (Parts 1 & 2)
10 See No Evil [alternate version]
11 Friction [alternate version]
12 Marquee Moon [alternate version]
13 Untitled [instrumental]

Adventure:

01 Glory
02 Days
03 Foxhole
04 Careful
05 Carried Away
06 Fire
07 Ain't That Nothin'
08 The Dream's Dream
09 Adventure [previously unreleased]
10 Ain't That Nothin' [single version]
11 Glory [early version]

And we can now confirm that the tracklist we reported for the reissued, or rather long-bootlegged and now officially available Live at the Old Waldorf (previously known amongst the 'leggers as Live Adventures, was indeed correct. That album is released at the same time as the reissues, but will only be available online through specialty imprint Rhino Handmade. Tracklist:

01 The Dream's Dream
02 Venus
03 Foxhole
04 Careful
05 Ain't That Nothin'
06 Friction
07 Marquee Moon
08 Satisfaction
09 Little Johnny Jewel

We also reported a handful of 2003 shows by New York's finest, which has now been augmented by an additional gig at the Henry Fonda Theater in Los Angeles on September 30th. And as if all of that isn't enough (and aside from the reissue of 1987's Flashlight, which we also told you about back in August), Tom Verlaine's 1990 solo effort The Wonder is also getting remastered/ reissued in the UK on September 22nd. As David Byrne once kind of said: "Damn, that Television. Don't get upset."