Talking Heads - Live at CBGB (August 25th, 1977)

Talking Heads
Live at CBGB
New York, NY, USA
August 25th, 1977

Photo from one of the August CBGB shows, taken by Directphoto

Lineage (unknown taper): AUD (unknown gear) MAC ▶ Reel ▶ Cassette via BFOQ ▶ XLI-S ▶ Nakamichi CR5A (no Dolby) ▶ Edirol FA-66 ▶ Wavelab 2448 ▶ R8Brain ▶ CD-Wave ▶ TLH ▶ FLAC ▶ Davinci Resolve (EQ)

The band has returned to CBGB for some of their final shows at this venue. The first night of this August run has been taped.

They've temporarily brought back Artists Only as the opener for these CBGB shows. It's kind of weird to hear Jerry playing the section of the song at 0:33 in a higher octave; I can see why he lowered it later on. Stay Hungry has been refined and has slightly different lyrics compared to their 1976 rendition (this is actually their first known performance of the song since then), but it is still structured the same way and hasn't been re-done yet, like with later versions. David has a funny little squawk at 36:25 and 1:04:18. Before I'm Not In Love, David thanks the audience, to which someone replies, "You're welcome, David, work it!" Some guy in the audience right by the taper yells the exact same way after every single song, and it definitely isn't annoying at all.

SET 1:
00:00:02 - 01. Artists Only
00:05:17 - 02. Stay Hungry
00:10:50 - 03. The Book I Read
00:15:13 - 04. Happy Day
00:19:40 - 05. New Feeling
00:22:46 - 06. Warning Sign
00:27:37 - 07. A Clean Break (Let's Work)
00:32:41 - 08. Pulled Up
(encore)
00:38:33 - 09. No Compassion

SET 2:
00:44:27 - 10. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
00:47:23 - 11. With Our Love
00:51:30 - 12. Don't Worry About The Government
00:55:11 - 13. The Girls Want To Be With The Girls
00:58:57 - 14. Tentative Decisions
01:02:31 - 15. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
01:04:44 - 16. Who Is It?
01:06:52 - 17. I'm Not In Love
(encore)
01:13:23 - 18. Love → Building On Fire
01:16:15 - 19. Psycho Killer