Talking Heads: reissue of first album with unreleased tracks

Talking Heads: reissue of first album with unreleased tracks

ByJohn

A reissue of Talking Heads’ debut album, originally released in 1977, has been announced for November 8.

“Talking Heads: 77” will be available again in a new super deluxe edition, available as a 3-CD/Blu-ray box set as well as a 4-LP set, which will include a remastered version of the original album, a rarities disc and a live track disc, all previously unreleased and taken from the band’s October 10, 1977 performance at the CBCGB in New York.

As a preview of the release, a rare acoustic version of “Psycho Killer” featuring Arthur Russell has been made available:

Here is the tracklist for “Talking Heads: 77”:

D1: Original album remastered
1. Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town
2. New Feeling
3. Tentative Decisions
4. Happy Day
5. Who Is It?
6. No Compassion
7. The Book I Read
8. Don’t Worry About the Government
9. First Week/Last Week… Carefree
10. Psycho Killer
11. Pulled Up

CD2: Outtakes/Alternates/Rarities
1. Sugar on My Tongue
2. I Want to Live
3. (Love Goes To) Building On Fire
4. I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That
5. Psycho Killer (Acoustic)
6. Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town (Alternate Pop Version)
7. New Feeling (Alternate Pop Version)
8. Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version) (Previously Unreleased)
9. Stay Hungry (1977 Version)
10. First Week/Last Week… Carefree (Acoustic)
11. I Feel It in My Heart
12. Psycho Killer (Alternate Version) (Previously Unreleased)

CD3: Live From CBGB’s, New York, 1977
1. (Love Goes To) Building On Fire
2. Don’t Worry About the Government
3. Take Me to the River
4. The Book I Read
5. New Feeling
6. A Clean Break
7. No Compassion
8. Thank You for Sending Me an Angel
9. Who Is It?
10. Pulled Up
11. Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town
12. Psycho Killer
13. Stay Hungry

Blu-ray
1. Atmos Mix of Talking Heads: 77
2. 5.1 Mix of Talking Heads: 77
3. Hi-Resolution Stereo of Talking Heads: 77

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