Check this out:

http://www.pitchforkmedia...rick.shtml

I was gonna post this as a thread with a Hey Anxiety, got this yet ? I saw this at Amoeba records the other day, so I picked it up & saw the price tag 134.00 & had to put it back. Not in my budget so I'm debating whether or not I save for it or buy the specific albums instead.

track listing:

77
Uh-Oh, Love Comes to Town - 2:48
New Feeling - 3:09
Tentative Decisions - 3:04
Happy Day - 3:55
Who Is It? - 1:41
No Compassion - 4:47
The Book I Read - 4:06
Don't Worry About the Government - 3:00
First Week/Last Week ... Carefree - 3:19
Psycho Killer - 4:19
Pulled Up - 4:29

Bonus Tracks
Psycho Killer (Acoustic)
Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town (Alternate 5.1 Mix)

Video Content
Pulled Up (Live At Sproul Plaza, Berkeley, CA - 1978)
I Feel It In My Heart (Live At The Kitchen, New York, NY - 1976)

More Songs About Buildings And Food
Thank You for Sending Me an Angel - 2:11
With Our Love - 3:30
The Good Thing - 3:03
Warning Sign - 3:55
The Girls Want to Be With the Girls - 2:37
Found a Job - 5:00
Artists Only - 3:34
I'm Not in Love - 4:33
Stay Hungry - 2:39
Take Me to the River - 5:00
The Big Country - 5:30

Bonus Tracks
Stay Hungry (1977 Version)
I'm Not In Love (Alternate Version)
The Big Country (Alternate Version)
Thank You For Sending Me An Angel ("Country Angel" Version)

Video Content
Found A Job (Live At Entermedia Theatre, New York, NY - 1978)
Warning Sign (Live At Sproul Plaza, Berkeley, CA - 1978)

Fear Of Music
I Zimbra - 3:06
Mind - 4:12
Paper - 2:36
Cities - 4:05
Life During Wartime - 3:41
Memories Can't Wait - 3:30
Air - 3:33
Heaven - 4:01
Animals - 3:29
Electric Guitar - 2:59
Drugs - 5:13

Bonus Tracks
Dancing For Money (Unfinished Outtake)
Life During Wartime (Alternate Version)
Cities (Alternate Version)
Mind (Alternate Version)

Video Content
Cities (Rockpop German TV Appearance - 1980)
I Zimbra (Rockpop German TV Appearance - 1980)

Remain In Light
Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) - 5:46
Crosseyed and Painless - 4:45
The Great Curve - 6:26
Once in a Lifetime - 4:19
Houses in Motion - 4:30
Seen and Not Seen - 3:20
Listening Wind - 4:42
The Overload - 6:00

Bonus Tracks
Fela's Riff (Unfinished Outtake)
Unison (Unfinished Outtake)
Double Groove (Unfinished Outtake)
Right Start (Unfinished Outtake)

Video Content
Crosseyed And Painless (Rockpop German TV Appearance - 1980)
Once In A Lifetime (Rockpop German TV Appearance - 1980)

Speaking In Tongues
Burning Down the House - 4:00
Making Flippy Floppy - 5:53
Girlfriend Is Better - 5:45
Slippery People - 5:03
I Get Wild/Wild Gravity - 5:14
Swamp - 5:09
Moon Rocks - 5:42
Pull up the Roots - 5:08
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) - 4:56

Bonus Track
Burning Down The House (Alternate 5.1 Mix)

Video Content
Burning Down The House (Music Video - 1982)
This Must Be The Place (Native Melody) (Music Video - 1983)

Little Creatures
And She Was - 3:36
Give Me Back My Name - 3:20
Creatures of Love - 4:12
The Lady Don't Mind - 4:03
Perfect World - 4:26
Stay up Late - 3:51
Walk It Down - 4:42
Television Man - 6:10
Road to Nowhere - 4:19

Bonus Tracks
Road To Nowhere (Early Version)
And She Was (Early Version)
Television Man (Extended Mix)

Video Content
And She Was (Music Video - 1985)
Road To Nowhere (Music Video - 1985)

True Stories
Love for Sale - 4:30
Puzzlin' Evidence - 5:23
Hey Now - 3:42
Papa Legba - 5:54
Wild Wild Life - 3:39
Radio Head - 3:14
Dream Operator - 4:39
People Like Us - 4:26
City of Dreams - 5:06

Bonus Tracks
Papa Legba (Pops Staples Vocal Version)

Video Content
Wild Wild Life (Music Video - 1986)
Love For Sale (Music Video - 1986)

Naked
Blind - 4:58
Mr. Jones - 4:18
Totally Nude - 4:10
Ruby Dear - 3:48
(Nothing But) Flowers - 5:31
The Democratic Circus - 5:01
The Facts of Life - 6:25
Mommy Daddy You and I - 3:58
Big Daddy - 5:37
Bill - 3:21
Cool Water - 5:10

Bonus Tracks
Sax And Violins (5.1 Mix)

Video Content
Blind (Music Video - 1988)
Sax And Violins (Music Video - 1991)

and it's not in my budget right now, either. it's all about paying bills, affording class dues and thinking about christmas presents right now.

but santa's gonna be hearing from me REAL soon.

Think I'm going to wait for them to be released individually. I'm really only interested in picking up the mid-period albums right now (Fear of Music-Speaking in Tongues). I don't really listen to the earlier or later ones as much, and I'll be fine with the original issues and box set version of those songs for a while. I must say that I've been chomping at the bit for the Remain In Light reissue the most, because the original CD pressing has about the worst sound quality I've heard.

It's so odd with this band. As time passes, I become more and more appreciative. I was only a casual fan in the '80s, but now they just pop out at me -- geniuses with a soul.

Oh GOD! EXCELLENT!

Axchi696 said:

the sound on all of them suck pretty bad, really...except, of course, for the recent box set and the reissue of "the name of this band is..." - i'm not a big fan of anything after 'speaking in tongues', but i really would like to own them all, complete with all the extras. every now and then i want to hear 'true stories'...not often, but sometimes.

Sound doesn't suck anymore. In fact the cd side is much improved in the gain and clarity dept. Bonus tracks and alternate cuts are great too. The alternate cuts are diff vocals, instruments, phrasing, etc.

The 5.1 DD mix's are superb and take many chances as Jerry Harrison supervised them. The extras are very cool too.

The high rez mix in 5.1 Dvd-audio is @ 96khz 5.1.

Some people have had trouble playing the dvd-audio portion on certain universal players.

TROUBLESOME PLAYERS INCLUDE:
Onkyo dv-sp502
Pioneer 588A and 578A
Yamaha C-750

However even as high rez snob, the 5.1 mix's on all albums are amazing. So far Fear of music has been the most surprising with tons of little nuances and buried instrumentation coming up in the mix.

Obviously Speaking and Remain will rock your socks off. Words can not do justice to how good the surround mix is. No p&8ssy rear ambient mix on these jams. Full funk spewing from upside/downside your head.

Video and booklet has copies of hand written lyrics, album cover sketches, song analysis, and great pix.

$120 w/ shipping.... don't fake the funk.. this must be the place!!

I caved...and "previewed" the set.
Cannot wait to have the real CDs in hand. After I get that job.
Sound is great even in MP3 format. The earlier songs have tweaky little details (especially in the basslines) that I never noticed before.

Listening to the Television Man remix right now. Still kind of a silly song.

MendesCity said:

i can listen to a heads album and just focus on tina's bass and completely and utterly geek out. she's such an amazing bass player - she gets so little credit for her skills, it's criminal.

Anxiety said:

So true. Listening to "Big Daddy" right now and her rhythms are so creative. Unlike TM, this song's just gotten better with age!

I have this box set , and must say it's quite amazing. Talking Heads were always one of my favorite bands, but I haven't really listened to them that much in the last few years. this box allowed me to re-discover them all over again. They are truly one of the greatest acts of the last 30 years.

This box was one of the few times I thought 5.1 Surround Sound really worked for music. A lot of the times, i find Surround mixes to be really gimmicky, but here, it works very well . Especially on dense multi-layered albums like "Fear of Music" 'Remain in Light" and "Speaking in Tongues", where each little part gets it's own space, and you can hear how they work together

When will this be released, or has it already come out?

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I should rob a bank!!!
[Edited 10/19/05 1:39am]

Moonbeam said:

it's out!

gotta love it!

Why? Why? WHY? This happens every farkin' time I delve into somebody's catalogue. Within the past 6 months, I've bought 4 TH CD's. I've had records, cassettes, etc. I held off on CDs in case they remastered. But I could wait no longer...and now this. Bitch asses in big suits.

RipHer2Shreds said:

i've held off on buying copies of 'speaking in tongues', 'little creatures' and 'true stories' on CD (i've had 'em on cassette and/or vinyl for years) for just this reason. i couldn't hold off on 'fear of music' or 'remain in light', but i at least found 'em used for cheap.

How much?

x 10

This news also (taken from Teletext the other day):

DJ Fatboy Slim & Talking Heads singer David Byrne are writing a musical about former Phillipine First Lady Imelda Marcos, to be shown in March.

'Here Lies Love' will examine Mrs Marcos' passion for music and nightclubs.

Billed as a "timeless story with more contemporary resonances than are comfortable", it will premiere at Australia's Adelaide Festival.

Saw David Byrne last summer at the Bowl doing his "world music" thing - but he managed to squeeze in some Heads tunes

I miss them

onenitealone said:

and shoes?
This is going to rock.

Well, I picked up the Brick this weekend.

Damn you Anx, now I have to buy a home theater!

btw - the Remain in Light outtakes =
[Edited 10/22/05 16:57pm]

Stax said:

when we were on our wrecka stow hop in MPLS this weekend, i actually looked for 'the brick', though luckily the stores didn't have it in stock. cheapo's had a copy but they'd just sold it before i asked. i'm very glad for this, because i know i would have bought that sucker, even if it was way too rich for my blood (which i know it is).