{"product_id":"talking-heads-tentative-decisions-demos-live-cd","title":"Talking Heads - Tentative Decisions: Demos \u0026 Live [3CD]","description":"\u003cp\u003eTentative Decisions: Demos \u0026amp; Live gathers Talking Heads' earliest recordings across three CDs in a digibook, capturing the art-school trio turned quartet before their debut album made them New York's most unusual new band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1975 and 1977, David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz were playing CBGB and the city's smaller clubs, with Jerry Harrison joining along the way. This 2025 collection brings together demos cut for labels that passed or circled, plus live tapes from Max's Kansas City and other early stages, so you can hear the songs taking shape before the world knew them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsycho Killer appears in several forms, including a stark September 1975 demo that already has Byrne's twitchy menace fully in place. Love Goes to a Building on Fire and The Book I Read show the band's odd, nervy romanticism, all clipped guitar and earnest yelps. On stage, a cover of Take Me to the River hints at the deep funk and soul grooves that would carry them through the decade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sound is lean and wiry, closer to minimalist garage rock than the polyrhythmic sprawl of their later albums, and that is exactly the fun of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Remain in Light and beyond, this is a revealing look at where it all started.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57439082152241,"sku":"603497809523","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/2026\/7313\/files\/1200x1200bb_defa805a-6e2d-4e0c-b940-e2034dd3f593.jpg?v=1794152004","url":"https:\/\/vinyl.com\/products\/talking-heads-tentative-decisions-demos-live-cd","provider":"Vinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}