Jeff’s Playlist: ‘The Name of This Band is Talking Heads’

The Name of This Band is Talking Heads

This is a very expand­ed ver­sion of the first Talking Heads album I ever bought. It’s a doozy. Check out the cred­its; it was record­ed all over the place. If you are a Heads fan you’re gonna love this.

CD reis­sue (2004). All tracks are writ­ten by David Byrne, unless oth­er­wise noted.

Disc one

No.      Title    Writer(s)         Recording info          Length
1.         “New Feeling”                      WCOZ broad­cast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 3:09

2.         “A Clean Break (Let’s Work)”                    WCOZ broad­cast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 5:05

3.         “Don’t Worry About the Government”                  WCOZ broad­cast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 3:03

4.         “Pulled Up”               WCOZ broad­cast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 4:04

5.         “Psycho Killer”          Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz   WCOZ broad­cast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977 5:31

6.         “Who Is It?”              WCOZ broad­cast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 1:44

7.         “The Book I Read”              WCOZ broad­cast, Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts; November 17, 1977; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 4:22

8.         “The Big Country”               WXRT broad­cast, the Park West, Chicago, Illinois; August 23, 1978; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 5:09

9.         “I’m Not in Love”                  KSAN broad­cast, the Boarding House, San Francisco, California; September 16, 1978; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 4:57

10.       “The Girls Want to Be With the GirlsThe Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979) 3:44

11.       “Electricity (Drugs)”             The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979) 3:28

12.       “Found a Job”                      The Agora, Cleveland, Ohio; December 18, 1978; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly issued on Live on Tour: The Warner Bros. Music Show (1979) 5:35

13.       “Mind”            WBCN broad­cast, Berklee Performance Center, Boston, Massachusetts; August 24, 1979; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 4:55

14.       “Artists Only” Byrne, Zieve Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 19793:49

15.       “Stay Hungry”           Byrne, Frantz            Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 4:05

16.       “Air”               Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 4:01

17.       “Love → Building on Fire”             Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 3:47

18.       “Memories (Can’t Wait)”      Byrne, Harrison        Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979 3:44

19.       “Heaven”       Byrne, Harrison        Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey; November 17, 1979; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 4:31

Total length:  78:43

Disc two

No.      Title    Writer(s)         Recording info          Length

1.         “Psycho Killer”          Byrne, Weymouth, Frantz   Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 5:33

2.         “Warning Sign”         Byrne, Frantz            Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 5:40

3.         “Stay Hungry”           Byrne, Frantz            Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 3:56

4.         “Cities”                      Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 5:00

5.         “I Zimbra”      Byrne, Eno, Ball       Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 3:30

6.         “Drugs (Electricity)”  Byrne  Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 4:41

7.         “Once in a Lifetime” Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 5:57

8.         “Animals”                  Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 4:05

9.         “Houses in Motion”  Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey; November 8–9, 1980 6:54

10.       “Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)”       Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan; February 27, 1981; bonus track, pre­vi­ous­ly unis­sued 8:24

11.       “Crosseyed and Painless”  Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, November 8–9, 1980; trun­cat­ed ver­sion from orig­i­nal release 5:58

12.       “Life During Wartime”          Byrne, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 4:54

13.       “Take Me to the River”        Green, Hodges         Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 6:33

14.       “The Great Curve”   Byrne, Eno, Frantz, Harrison, Weymouth Central Park, New York City, New York; August 27, 1980 6:42

Total length:  77:47 (156:30)

Personnel

Talking Heads

David Byrne – gui­tar, vocals
Chris Frantz – drums
Tina Weymouth – bass gui­tar, syn­the­siz­er, per­cus­sion, back­ing vocals
Jerry Harrison – gui­tar, piano, key­boards, syn­the­siz­er, back­ing vocals

Additional musi­cians

Adrian Belew – gui­tar, back­ing vocals
Nona Hendryx – back­ing vocals on “Life During Wartime”, “Take Me to the River”, and “The Great Curve“
Busta “Cherry” Jones – addi­tion­al bass gui­tar
Dolette McDonald – per­cus­sion, back­ing vocals
Steve Scales – con­gas, per­cus­sion
Bernie Worrell – key­boards, back­ing vocals

Technical

Talking Heads – pro­duc­er, mix­ing assis­tant
David Hewett – audio engi­neer
Kooster McAllister – engi­neer
Rod O’Brien – engi­neer
Katshuiko Sato – engi­neer
Brian Eno – assis­tant engi­neer
Ed Stasium – mix­ing engi­neer
Butch Jones – mix­ing assis­tant
Clive Brinkwood – mas­ter­ing engi­neer
Greg Calbi – mas­ter­ing engi­neer
Jeff Shaw – mas­ter­ing engineer

Reissue per­son­nel

Gary Stewart – pro­duc­er
|Andy Zax – pro­duc­er
Dave Artale – mix­ing engi­neer
Ken Rasek – mix­ing engi­neer
Bob Ludwig – remas­ter­ing engineer

Released       March 24, 1982
Recorded       November 17, 1977 – February 27, 1981
Length            81:37 (orig­i­nal album) 156:30 (expand­ed CD release)
Label              Sire, Rhino (reis­sue)
Producer        Talking Heads