They recorded two new songs for the album-"Guiding Light" and "Torn Curtain"-and older songs such as "Friction", "Venus de Milo", and the title track, which had become a standard at their live shows. Television recorded Marquee Moon in September 1976 at A & R Recording in New York City. Instead, they enlisted engineer Andy Johns, who Lloyd said had produced "some of the great guitar sounds in rock". Lloyd said that they were "both really roughshod musicians on one hand and desperadoes on the other, with the will to become good." Once the band signed to Elektra Records, Verlaine insisted they not have to be guided in the recording studio by a famous producer. In preparation for the album's recording, Television rehearsed for four to six hours a day and six to seven days a week. The band quickly developed a rapport and a musical style that reflected their individual influences: Smith and guitarist Richard Lloydhad a rock and roll background, drummer Billy Ficca was a jazz enthusiast, and Verlaine's tastes varied from the 13th Floor Elevators to Albert Ayler. sort of expressionistic." After founding bassist Richard Hell left in 1975, Television enlisted Fred Smith, whom they found more reliable and rhythmically adept. We're oriented towards really strong guitar music. Eno had produced demos of the songs "Prove It", "Friction", "Venus", and "Marquee Moon" in December 1974, but Television frontman Tom Verlaine did not approve of his sound: "He recorded us very cold and brittle, no resonance. They waited for an appropriate record deal and turned down a number of major labels, including Island Records, for whom they had recorded demos with producer Brian Eno. By the mid 1970s, Television had become a leading act in the New York music scene and helped persuade Hilly Kristal to feature more unconventional musical groups at his club CBGB.
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