Music : The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227648923
Format: Extra tracks, Live
Label: Rhino / Wea
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: Rhino / Wea
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Sales Rank: 3262
Studio: Rhino / Wea
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Formed in NYC in the mid-'70s by David Byrne, Chris Franz, Tina Weymouth, and ex-Modern Lover Jerry Harrison, Talking Heads soared out of their humble CBGB's beginnings to become Rock and Roll Hall of Famers and one of the most adventurous and influential bands ever. The onstage energy that propelled their rise to fame was documented in the 1982 double-LP set THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS, now available on CD for the first time. Following them through several early evolutions from '77-'81, this live gem - a 1982 Top 40 Billboard Album- is a riveting portrait of a stellar band on the rise. For its CD debut it's been expanded with over 30 minutes of rare and mostly previously unreleased bonus material.
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My first way over-long Amazon.com review of Rhino's 2004 double CD extended version of "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads" was an unfocused diatribe concerning the dynamics of the group that eventually split them apart, and may have resulted in this CD package being, shall we say, not quite the masterpiece that it perhaps could have been. It is 98.9 percent perfect, a glorious representation of America's most important and influential post-punk new wave art rock band, an idiom that Talking Heads more or less invented all on their own. If nothing else, this CD package is a glorious representation of their development from a (first three piece then) four piece idiosyncratic proto-punk band into the musical powerhouse Pop Art rock band that produced their big hits. And even with it's one glaring flaw it is a much more satisfying "live album" experience than their big hit "Stop Making Sense". If you are a follower of Talking Heads music, you simply must obtain this CD collection, period.
The good news first, and it is VERY good news: The first CD covering their live act from their 1977 CBGB era through the 1979 urban angst satirist period whilst collaborating with Brian Eno is impeccable. The expanded tracks are all very welcome additions to what had been sort of a "Talking Heads Lite" rundown on the original 1982 LP/cassette release -- which by the way is still worth hanging onto, but more about that later. Not only have the original recordings been marvelously ... Read More
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Retail Nightmare really is a nightmare. They never mailed my CD i ordered - and when I asked them - they said OH sorry we mailed 3 others that day and no problems with them. They said they would mail it out again which is wierd, it seems like they would be wondering where the copy they initially mailed was.
I month later - credit card charged - no CD.
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I can't really add much that hasn't already been written except to reinforce that this is one toe-tapping, kinetic album. I'm glad it finally appeared after all these years.
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I ordered this CD as a gift. It came quickly and was everything I expectected.
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Best album of the early days of talking heads. An absolut must for friends of live recordings.
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