{"product_id":"the-cover-doesnt-matter-cd","title":"The Cover Doesn't Matter [CD]","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"redeye-blurb\"\u003eRichard Lloyd is an American guitarist, singer and\u003cbr\u003e\nsongwriter, best known as a founding member of the rock band Television.\u0026amp;nbsp; After Television first disbanded in 1978,\u003cbr\u003e\nLloyd released one album for Elektra Records called Alchemy.\u0026amp;nbsp; During his solo career, as a guitarist and session musician he has worked with various artists in the music industry,\u003cbr\u003e\nincluding Matthew Sweet, John Doe (of X), and Stephan Eicher.\u0026amp;nbsp; He acted as producer and recording engineer\u003cbr\u003e\nas well as a member of the band Rocket From The Tombs, entitled Rocket Redux, which was released on Smog Veil Records. He has now released six solo albums. Alchemy in 1979, Field\u003cbr\u003e\nof Fire in 1986 (re released in 2007 with an additional disc of music), his live disc Real Time in 1987 (recorded at CBGB) and The Cover Doesn't Matter in 2001. The Radiant Monkey was originally released on Parasol Records in late 2007. The CD features Lloyd playing everything but the drums (manned by session drummer Chris Purdy and, on one track, Television's Billy Ficca). Here is it being reissued on Richard's own Sufimonkey Records along with the rest of his solo catalog coming out in late 2017 and early 2018.\u0026amp;nbsp; In addition, Richard has published his first memoir entitled \"Everything Is Combustible\" (Beech Hill Publishing) which will be released on conjunction with the catalog reissues and his 66th birthday in October 2017.\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \u003cul\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist:\u003c\/strong\u003e Richard Lloyd\u003c\/li\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Schoolkids Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat detail:\u003c\/strong\u003e CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n          \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2017-10-20\u003c\/li\u003e\n        \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Richard Lloyd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62828706627665,"sku":"629048011924","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/5023\/8545\/files\/201374710344.jpg?v=1791338919","url":"https:\/\/apocalypsevinyl.com\/products\/the-cover-doesnt-matter-cd","provider":"Apocalypse Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}