Quincy Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 For those of you who don't own the vinyl, the double live classic The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads is going to be released on CD by Rhino sometime in the future. The whole catalog is getting the re-issue treatment btw. The news announcement was posted by Chris Frantz on the Tom Tom Club message board according to the Talking-Heads.net. As the double live LP was just a shade over 80 minutes long, the big question is whether they add bonus tracks or just trim applause. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 Great news, Quincy! I have the vinyl, but I'll gladly spring for a CD copy of this one just for the convenience. I generally only break out my vinyl of that period when I'm deep in the throes of nostalgia, which isn't often enough to hear this one! Quote
Brandon Burke Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 (edited) Well.......it's about damned time. Totally baffling to me why this was never issued on CD before. The two sets isseud on The Name of this Band is... are much better than Stop Making Sense in my opinion. I won't be buying a copy since I have the LP but it's certainly good news for CD buyers. Edited January 26, 2004 by Brandon Burke Quote
Big Al Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 Alright!!!! I got the box set for Christmas, which has the track “A Clean Break,” so I’m very excited to hear this! I guess I kinda figured their catalog would be getting the upgrade treatment. And if the box set is any indication, the upgrades oughta sound FANTASTIC! Me personally, I’ll pick up Fear of Music and Remain in Light if/when they become available. But I’m DEFINITELY gonna get TNOTBITH!!! Quote
Dmitry Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 The two sets isseud on The Name of this Band is... are much better than Stop Making Sense in my opinion. Coincidentally, Stop Making Sense DVD is the darling of the Hi-Fi expos. Seems like every company making high end a/v gear has one to show during their presentations. 'cause it IS damn good! Quote
minew Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 One big problem with the album "Stop Making Sense" is that it is only a sampling of songs from the movie "Stop Making Sense" leaving out some of the best numbers and disrupting the "plot" created by the film. SMS is not, like TNOTBITTH, a live recording of a concert. It's a soundtrack from a film. Quote
Alec Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 TNOTBITH on CD is great news. Back in the day I downloaded it from "a friend" N. A. Pster as well as Byrne's "Music for the Knee Plays." Now when is that going to be out on CD?! Quote
Brandon Burke Posted January 26, 2004 Report Posted January 26, 2004 The two sets isseud on The Name of this Band is... are much better than Stop Making Sense in my opinion. Coincidentally, Stop Making Sense DVD is the darling of the Hi-Fi expos. Seems like every company making high end a/v gear has one to show during their presentations. 'cause it IS damn good! I'm not interested in whether or not is sounds great on $10,000 theatre systems. I'm sure it probably does but, then again, so do Jerry Bruckheimer movies so that doesn't say anything to me. I simply don't care for the song selection on Stop Maksng Sense. I would rather have heard "Mind", "Cities", "Animals", "Warning Sign", "Born Under Punches", etc. Quote
Eric Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 (edited) Awesome news! Edited January 27, 2004 by Eric Quote
wulfman Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 Minew, are you confusing SMS and True Stories? That was the Talking Heads soundtrack to the David Byrne film. Quote
Brandon Burke Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 Minew, are you confusing SMS and True Stories? That was the Talking Heads soundtrack to the David Byrne film. Nope, the original release of the Stop Making Sense LP/CD/VHS only had a portion of the entire show. The latest reissue (the one from a couple of years ago) includes several extra songs interspersed (sp?) between the 'orignial' ones. This is to say, placed where they actually ocurred, with respct to the evening's proceedings, instead of tacked on as bonus material at the end. Quote
minew Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 Minew, are you confusing SMS and True Stories? That was the Talking Heads soundtrack to the David Byrne film. No I mean that SMS is not a concert record. The performances in the film were taken from several concerts and edited together. The sound was retouched in post production. The resulting music is a soundtrack for the film SMS more than it is "live" recording. The SMS album (as originally released) was a disappointing sampler from the movie. That said, I love the movie SMS and would like to have the full soundtrack. Of course, having the DVD would be just about as good. Quote
Brandon Burke Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 Oops. Goofed on that one. I guess I made the assumption that it was a continued narrative simply based on the fact that the added material on the reissue was indeed slipped into various spots within the original order. Quote
Dmitry Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 The two sets isseud on The Name of this Band is... are much better than Stop Making Sense in my opinion. Coincidentally, Stop Making Sense DVD is the darling of the Hi-Fi expos. Seems like every company making high end a/v gear has one to show during their presentations. 'cause it IS damn good! I'm not interested in whether or not is sounds great on $10,000 theatre systems. $10,000?! Where you been, boy? It takes more than that these days. Way more. Quote
BruceH Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 Great news, Quincy! I have the vinyl, but I'll gladly spring for a CD copy of this one just for the convenience. I generally only break out my vinyl of that period when I'm deep in the throes of nostalgia, which isn't often enough to hear this one! Same with me. And I too am a bit surprised that this hasn't been issued on CD before... But that's the music biz for ya! Quote
Brandon Burke Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 (edited) The two sets isseud on The Name of this Band is... are much better than Stop Making Sense in my opinion. Coincidentally, Stop Making Sense DVD is the darling of the Hi-Fi expos. Seems like every company making high end a/v gear has one to show during their presentations. 'cause it IS damn good! I'm not interested in whether or not is sounds great on $10,000 theatre systems. $10,000?! Where you been, boy? It takes more than that these days. Way more. Poor and in graduate school, my man. B) Either way, point taken. I hear ya. Edited January 27, 2004 by Brandon Burke Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 Fantastic news! Just a couple of weeks ago I was digging the expanded re-issue of STOP MAKING SENSE. I've held off on buying the studio CDs, and glad now that I did... REMAIN IN LIGHT and FEAR OF MUSIC head the priority list, followed closely by MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD. Quote
Patrick Posted January 27, 2004 Report Posted January 27, 2004 Hallelujah! I will eagerly replace my cassette dub of a store-bought cassette circa 1985. An excellent collection of material from their early days (Talking Heads: 77, etc.), including "Building on Fire" and "A Clean Break" which I believe don't appear elsewhere on official LPs (if we can still call them that), and material from the Remain in Light era which I think holds its own against SMS. As I understand it, issuing delays were caused at least in part by disagreements between Byrne and the rest of the band. The website mentioned above used to have threads discussing this [They may still be there, I will confess to not visiting this excellent site in years.] One of their FAQs even addresses the unavailability of this great album. The expanded SMS does improve it as a "concert document", but not to the level of The Name of this Band Is... . I'm looking forward to this one. ...you pulled me up, you pulled me up, you pulled me up, up, UP, UP Quote
BruceH Posted January 28, 2004 Report Posted January 28, 2004 Fantastic news! Just a couple of weeks ago I was digging the expanded re-issue of STOP MAKING SENSE. I've held off on buying the studio CDs, and glad now that I did... REMAIN IN LIGHT and FEAR OF MUSIC head the priority list, followed closely by MORE SONGS ABOUT BUILDINGS AND FOOD. More Songs About Buildings and Food is one of the great albums of all time. Maybe THAT would make a good non-jazz AOTW. Quote
Big Al Posted January 28, 2004 Report Posted January 28, 2004 More Songs About Buildings and Food is one of the great albums of all time. Maybe THAT would make a good non-jazz AOTW. I'll second that. "Found a Job" is worth the price of admission alone (pity this didn't make it to TNOTBITH). Quote
ghost of miles Posted August 14, 2004 Report Posted August 14, 2004 Out next Tuesday! NameofThisBand Quote
Jazzdog Posted August 14, 2004 Report Posted August 14, 2004 I've been waiting very patiently for the last 15 years or so for this to come out on cd. Good to see the playlist getting doubled up like this. An entire disk full of Adrian Belew twang-bar!! YIPPEEE Quote
Eric Posted August 14, 2004 Report Posted August 14, 2004 I have very hgh expectations for this one - got a copy for myself on pre-order and sent one to a friend. I love the original lps ... this should be desert island stuff ... Quote
gdogus Posted August 14, 2004 Report Posted August 14, 2004 Just ordered. Like y'all, I've been waiting a looooong time for this one... Quote
Big Al Posted August 15, 2004 Report Posted August 15, 2004 YES!!! "Found a Job" is on it!!! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!! Come onnnnn, TUESDAY!!! Quote
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