Talking Heads - Live in Toronto, ON (September 17th, 1977)

Talking Heads
Live at New Yorker Theatre
Toronto, ON, Canada
September 17th, 1977

Photo from one of the August CBGB shows, taken by David Godlis

Lineage (unknown taper): AUD (unknown gear) MAC ▶ low-gen (1st Gen?) cassette copy ▶ Maxell XLII-S 60 ▶ Nakamichi CR-5A (Dolby off) ▶ Edirol FA-66 ▶ Wavelab 2448 ▶ R8Brain ▶ CD-Wave ▶ TLH ▶ FLAC ▶ Davinci Resolve (EQ)
Credit: nfagdtrfb - transferring, BFOQ - providing tape

Reuploaded to fix a mistake in the thumbnail.

The group has returned to Toronto for the start of their Talking Heads: 77 tour, and their first album was released on the same day of this performance (technically not, but who cares)! Although the show was advertised as a midnight performance on September 16th, I have labelled this as 17th instead, as the show technically began on that day. An advertisement for this show claims that they will soon return to Europe for their next tour, but that late 1977 European tour would be postponed to January 1978 instead.

Love → Building On Fire returns as the opener for this tour, with Artists Only occasionally appearing in the setlist before being re-added in December to be in the middle of the set. David stops singing during this song for some reason, possibly due to a microphone issue. The Don't Worry About The Government/Take Me To The River medley has also returned tonight. Tina once again comes in to Take Me To The River one beat off, but Chris cleanly fixes this offset. It sounds like Chris drops a stick in the middle of Pulled Up.

00:00:00 - intro
00:01:26 - 01. Love → Building On Fire
00:05:18 - 02. Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
00:07:27 - 03. Who Is It?
00:10:10 - 04. Don't Worry About The Government
00:13:07 - 05. Take Me To The River
00:18:27 - 06. The Book I Read
00:24:02 - 07. Stay Hungry
00:29:32 - 08. New Feeling
00:33:03 - 09. Pulled Up
00:37:33 - 10. I'm Not In Love
00:42:40 - 11. Psycho Killer [cut]
(encore)
00:47:38 - tuning
00:48:46 - 12. Uh-Oh, Love Comes To Town
00:51:53 - 13. A Clean Break (Let's Work)