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THIS IS A BLACK FRIDAY 2025 EXCLUSIVE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE INSTORE ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28th FROM 10AM ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

IF THERE ARE ANY REMAINING COPIES THEY WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT 8AM ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 29th).

Talking Heads members Chris Frantz and David Byrne met as students at Rhode Island School of Design, and made music in their college band called The Artistics. In the spring semester of 1974, the band gathered in Frantz’s Benefit Street apartment to record a demo tape. The cassette featured tracks soon to be classics in the Talking Heads discography: 'Warning Sign' and 'Psycho Killer'. This new collection includes this newly discovered material alongside an additional 11 demo and live tracks recorded by the original trio lineup of the band (Bassist Tina Weymouth alongside Frantz and Byrne) in 1975 and 1976.

TRACK LISTING

1. PSYCHO KILLER (SEPTEMBER 1975 DEMO)
2. TENTATIVE DECISIONS (SEPTEMBER 1975 DEMO)
3. NO COMPASSION (SEPTEMBER 1975 DEMO)
4. WARNING SIGN (SEPTEMBER 1975 DEMO)
5. I’M NOT IN LOVE (1976 DEMO)
6. THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME AN ANGEL (1976 DEMO)
7. THE BOOK I READ (1976 DEMO)
8. I WISH YOU WOULDN’T SAY THAT (1976 DEMO)
8. LOVE GOES TO A BUILDING ON FIRE (1976 DEMO)
10. HAPPY DAY (1976 DEMO)
11. ARTISTS ONLY (LIVE AT THE OCEAN CLUB, NEW YORK, NY, AUGUST 17, 1976)

7":
1. PSYCHO KILLER - THE ARTISTICS
2. WARNING SIGN - THE ARTISTICS