(TV) Slight OT: Live Talking Heads album to be reissued...

["Philip P. Obbard" <pobbard@yahoo.com>]

Less than a year after I tracked down a mint, unopened cassette copy
of this excellent, long out-of-print album and make a beautiful CD
transfer, Rhino is going to reissue THE NAME OF THE BAND IS TALKING
HEADS!

RHINO OFFERS HEADS ON PLATTERS

THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS And BEST OF TALKING HEADS
Available August 17

LOS ANGELES - Rhino Records is pleased to offer two kinds of
overviews of the career of one of the best-loved bands of the 1980s
with the release of THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS and THE
BEST OF TALKING HEADS on August 17. Both packages, assembled with the
members' full involvement, are firsts for the band--THE NAME OF THIS
BAND IS TALKING HEADS has never been available on CD before and THE
BEST OF TALKING HEADS is the first single-disc collection of the
band's most popular songs.

THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS offers an unusual take on the
concert album--rather than a "souvenir of a single night's show," it
captures the band's live evolution from 1977 to 1981. Originally
released in 1982 as a double album, fans have waited nearly two
decades for the CD release of THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS.
This two-disc version doubles the original's contents by offering 13
previously unreleased tracks and a trio of rarities from a 1979
promotional only disc ("The Girls Want To Be With The Girls," an
early version of "Drugs" called "Electricity," and "Found A Job"). In
its expanded version, THE NAME OF THIS BAND provides a comprehensive
portrait of Talking Heads as a live band, since it now includes a
substantial number of songs from each of the band's first four studio
albums.

THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS collects 18 of the group's most popular
songs on a single disc for the first time ever. Compiled by the band,
THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS includes all the favorites ("Psycho
Killer," "Once In A Lifetime," "Burning Down The House," "And She
Was), as well as some unexpected selections like "Heaven" and
"Memories Can't Wait." This collection provides new listeners with a
perfect introduction to this ground-breaking band's work.

David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth formed Talking Heads
(note: no "The") after meeting at Rhode Island School Of Design in
the early 1970s. Jerry Harrison, formerly of The Modern Lovers,
joined in 1976 and Talking Heads quickly became one of the most
important bands to emerge from the New York punk scene. Over the
course of their 11-year recording career they released ten albums
(including five gold records, one platinum, and two double-platinum),
earned critical raves, and racked up more than a few hits.

>From http://talking-heads.net/

--Phil
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