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Set I
LP 1 : 1977-1979
New Feeling
A Clean Break *
Don't Worry About The Government
Pulled Up
Psycho Killer
Artists Only
Stay Hungry
Air
Building On Fire
Memories (Can't Wait)
New Feeling
A Clean Break *
Don't Worry About The Government
Pulled Up
Psycho Killer
Artists Only
Stay Hungry
Air
Building On Fire
Memories (Can't Wait)
Set II
LP 2 : 1980-1981
I Zimbra
Drugs
Houses In Motion
Life During Wartime
The Great Curve
Crosseyed And Painless
Take Me To The River
I Zimbra
Drugs
Houses In Motion
Life During Wartime
The Great Curve
Crosseyed And Painless
Take Me To The River
Set III
Comment
*** PLEASE NOTE THAT "THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS" IS NOW AVAILABLE ON CD (October 2004) ***
* 'A Clean Break' is not available on any other regular Talking Heads album, although the band played it during very early performances as 'Let's Work' and 'Wash That Love Away'
Album Notes from: http://www.talking-heads.net/name.html
The double live LP 'The Name Of This Band' was released in 1982, after the release of solo albums by David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, and The Tom Tom Club.
With no likelihood of a Talking Heads reunion that year and growing rumours that the band was done for, Sire released this live album, made up of performances from different stages in the band's career. But if 'The Name...' bought time between records, it also ingeniously combined two staples of the pop music industry: the live album and the 'greatest hits' collection. By putting the two together and placing the songs in some historical perspective, the Heads called attention to their own process of growth and creativity. The album seemed more a valuable historical document than the 'greatest hits' collections of most peers,
which looked like easy-money corporate hustles.
The first disc chronicled the original quartet and its quirky new wave songs, including the previously unreleased "A Clean Break" and the previously single-only "Building on Fire." The album title was drawn from David Byrne's unadorned stage introductions ("The name of this band is Talking Heads. The name of this song is ...").
On the second disc, the expanded '80s version of Talking Heads explored African rhythms and complex musical patterns, with each of the instruments doubled -- Adrian Belew was on guitar, Bernie Worrell on keyboards, Busta Jones on bass, and Steve Scales on percussion, while Dolette McDonald and Nona Hendryx helped out on vocals.
* 'A Clean Break' is not available on any other regular Talking Heads album, although the band played it during very early performances as 'Let's Work' and 'Wash That Love Away'
Album Notes from: http://www.talking-heads.net/name.html
The double live LP 'The Name Of This Band' was released in 1982, after the release of solo albums by David Byrne, Jerry Harrison, and The Tom Tom Club.
With no likelihood of a Talking Heads reunion that year and growing rumours that the band was done for, Sire released this live album, made up of performances from different stages in the band's career. But if 'The Name...' bought time between records, it also ingeniously combined two staples of the pop music industry: the live album and the 'greatest hits' collection. By putting the two together and placing the songs in some historical perspective, the Heads called attention to their own process of growth and creativity. The album seemed more a valuable historical document than the 'greatest hits' collections of most peers,
which looked like easy-money corporate hustles.
The first disc chronicled the original quartet and its quirky new wave songs, including the previously unreleased "A Clean Break" and the previously single-only "Building on Fire." The album title was drawn from David Byrne's unadorned stage introductions ("The name of this band is Talking Heads. The name of this song is ...").
On the second disc, the expanded '80s version of Talking Heads explored African rhythms and complex musical patterns, with each of the instruments doubled -- Adrian Belew was on guitar, Bernie Worrell on keyboards, Busta Jones on bass, and Steve Scales on percussion, while Dolette McDonald and Nona Hendryx helped out on vocals.
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