Will they ever re-master the Talking Heads albums??

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I mean, come on now. They remaster so many useless artists, how about the real important stuff.

― willbop, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 12:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Wait your turn, Prince hasn't been remastered yet.
What about the recent Talking Head boxset - surely they remastered those tracks - probably hoping for a successful response to that before reissuing the Talking Head catalogue

― Jedmond, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I think Jedmond's about right.
Apparently the Van Der Graaf Generator catalogue is being remastered now, after the box turned out to be a big success.

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah i thought the new box set was remastered too.

I've heard that the sabbath catalog was remastered in the U.K.

but the U.S. has been selling the same shit since the cd get go.

i've wondered, though, if the sabbath stuff was just plain ole recorded shitty.

― pheNAM (pheNAM), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:53 (twenty-two years ago)

The Castle remasters of the Black Sabbath discography sounds pretty nice to me, though they've been around for quite a few years now.
The debut - my favorite - sounds utterly bunly, and makes me very happy. But euh, I have crap ears and my opinion on remaster-matters probably don't matter in the least.

― Øystein H-O (Øystein H-O), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

U.S. Talking Heads remasters next year, I hear. Same with Sabbath, in a big ol' boxed set of the first eight albums. All courtest Rhino.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

That should be this year, sorry. '04. And I wouldn't hold your breath for Prince remasters, given the animosity between him and WB. Donchathink?

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Interesting, I'm just getting into the Heads at the minute. It all sounds great anyway, but maybe I'll get some remastered stuff in the future. What I really want is remastered Pixies.

― Chris Jones (Crackity Jones), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

The Beatles need remastered more than anybody.

― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 19:24 (twenty-two years ago)

No, Can need remastering first. Please? Please? Please?

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 19:36 (twenty-two years ago)

The Beatles need remastered more than anybody.

I thought the original albums were all remastered when issued on CD. Or are you talking re-remastering, maybe.

And I wouldn't hold your breath for Prince remasters, given the animosity between him and WB.

I was just talking with a pal about how said animosity is probably a factor in why no Time or Sheila E. comps to date.

― Lee G (Lee G), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 19:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Can are being remastered!

― tom west (thomp), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 20:40 (twenty-two years ago)

The box set is remastered and it sounds wonderful! For all the hatorade drunk up regarding this thing it is really great.

― scott m (mcd), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 21:41 (twenty-two years ago)

They are? Tom I love you.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Why bother? The first five (and of course all subsequent) albums can be found on vinyl in various second hand stores and markets for less than the price of a new CD for all of them. All pretty good nick too, and they sound better that way.

― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 22:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Remastered or not, will they EVER release "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" on CD?

― Scott Bloomfield, Wednesday, 7 January 2004 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm guessing yes, eventually--Rhino's really good about that kind of stuff. I'm hoping they put it out as a double CD with lotsa bonus stuff (the original 2LP is slightly over 80 minutes).

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 7 January 2004 22:36 (twenty-two years ago)

Talking Heads qualifies as "real important stuff"???

Besides, modern day "remaster" = compressed loudness, obliterated dynmaic range. Why waste even more money on inferior product?

Cf. Ulrike Meinhof and Konsumterror.

― Kjoerup, Thursday, 8 January 2004 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Nipper to thread!

― the headfox, Thursday, 8 January 2004 13:08 (twenty-two years ago)

six months pass...

Remastered or not, will they EVER release "The Name of This Band is Talking Heads" on CD?

AT LAST!

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:46 (twenty-one years ago)

LOS ANGELES - Rhino Records is pleased to offer two kinds of overviews of the career of one of the best-loved bands of the 1980s with the release of THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS and THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS on August 17. Both packages, assembled with the members' full involvement, are firsts for the band--THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS has never been available on CD before and THE BEST OF TALKING HEADS is the first single-disc collection of the band's most popular songs.

THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS offers an unusual take on the concert album--rather than a "souvenir of a single night's show," it captures the band's live evolution from 1977 to 1981. Originally released in 1982 as a double album, fans have waited nearly two decades for the CD release of THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING HEADS. This two-disc version doubles the original's contents by offering 13 previously unreleased tracks and a trio of rarities from a 1979 promotional only disc ("The Girls Want To Be With The Girls," an early version of "Drugs" called "Electricity," and "Found A Job"). In its expanded version, THE NAME OF THIS BAND provides a comprehensive portrait of Talking Heads as a live band, since it now includes a substantial number of songs from each of the band's first four studio albums.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

is it now the time
for me to complain again
about "the name of this..."?

with this re-release
my hipster vinyl copy
becomes redundant!

oh this narrow world,
valuing sad convenience
over MY COOLNESS

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Friday, 6 August 2004 17:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I swear to God when I think about this album being remastered & released I get a semi.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:00 (twenty-one years ago)

It's almost like This Is The Album Where Talking Heads Say...

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

oh god it's about time; one could consider this the only talking heads album worth owning

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:09 (twenty-one years ago)

I got the LP for $4 at a shitty indianapolis record store, was it ever really a hipster rarity?

ps this is great news, obvs

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:27 (twenty-one years ago)

one could consider this the only talking heads album worth owning

Really? I like the Talking Heads a lot (More Songs, et al) but have never heard this.

― mcd (mcd), Friday, 6 August 2004 18:29 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

Man, the extra material is amazing, especially the stuff on disc 2. KILLER version of 'Born Under Punches'.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Monday, 23 August 2004 20:47 (twenty-one years ago)

Why bother? The vinyls are cheap, plentiful, and sound great.

― Sasha (sgh), Monday, 23 August 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

Because, there's a shitload of extra stuff on the CDs. CD2 for example contains the full setlist the expanded band played every night on that tour. And right awesome it is, too.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Tuesday, 24 August 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmmm...this sounds very interesting. How does this compare to Stop Making Sense, which I find to be much overhyped?

― Star Cauliflower (Star Cauliflower), Thursday, 26 August 2004 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i love stop making sense but the name of this band is talking heads definitely rocks harder, faster, stronger and isn't quite as um, yuppified (?), as sms. new reissue has 'i'm not in love' on it - i am psyched.

― cinniblount (James Blount), Thursday, 26 August 2004 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

'The Name of this Band...' is definitely sloppier than 'Stop Making Sense' but I'm finding this new reissue far more rewarding than the Stop Making Sense soundtrack, great though SMS is.

Cinniblount, you need to hear it ASAP. 'Born Under Punches' is fucking mighty, and is quite different from the 'Remain In Light' version. On the same disc, 'Animals' is head, shoulders, feet and ankles above the Fear Of Music cut.

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:10 (twenty-one years ago)

ankles and feet, even

― retort pouch (retort pouch), Thursday, 26 August 2004 03:12 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

They did such a good job with the reissue. I've hardly listened to anything else since I got it - specifically the second disc. Though I was disappointed I'd already heard the bonus version of Born Under Punches (there's another good live version from that tour on SLSK with slightly lesser sound quality), the bonus versions of Stay Hungry (one of my favorite Heads songs! - most underrated?) and Warning Sign are incredible. And though I don't know why people keep implying the studio recording of Animals is subpar, this new live version is indeed unstoppable.

Also, it sounds better!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Friday, 10 September 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

seven months pass...

YES!

Rhino leaks bonus tracks for Talking Heads re-issues

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 27 April 2005 06:25 (twenty years ago)

five months pass...

Here it comes >

Talking Heads : Brick Box Set (October 4th 2005) come anticipate and generally freak out here.

― piscesboy, Friday, 30 September 2005 11:33 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

the first 5 albums are coming out in the uk as 2 disc re-issues (with all the same attendant vids and extras as on THE BRICK box) on jan 16th.

― piscesboy, Monday, 9 January 2006 18:41 (twenty years ago)

mwoo-fucking-hah! really? i got the two-disc "the name of this band" from a friend for christmas and it was fucking mindblowing.

they're a band i've always liked, but until very recently i don't think i fully appreciated them at all. suddenly i have developed a strong taste for them. just like what happened with single malt whisky.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 9 January 2006 18:47 (twenty years ago)

I thought the original albums were all remastered when issued on CD.

Only from "Help!" onwards. And they were using mid 80s technology, which is pretty much useless today. The technology Warner Bros used for mastering the Prince CDs is probably way superior to what EMI used for the Beatles remasters.

Other acts that are in desperate need of a remaster treatment are Kate Bush, U2 and The Cars.

Anyway, the Talking Heads remasters are a good thing anyway. About time.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 9 January 2006 18:57 (twenty years ago)

isn't there a new remastered Hounds of Love coming out soon?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 9 January 2006 19:36 (twenty years ago)

The Beatles need remastered more than anybody. --Mr. Snrub

Right on. You too, Geir. :)

Will EMI ever get off their asses and remaster the Beatles' catalogue? What are they waiting for? I mean, even Mötley Crue's albums and fucking Poison's Look What the Cat Dragged In have been remastered. And yet we're still having to make due with the original 1987 CDs for the Beatles. THE BEATLES! Goddamn it. Come on already!

I wish that, whenever it does happen, EMI's Beatles reissue program would be similar to the Rolling Stones' ABKCO records Hybrid SACD remasters. Listening to Beggars Banquet in 5.1 SACD quality for the first time was such a revelation (esp. "No Expectations"). I want Revolver or Rubber Soul to sound that good. (Imagine Revolver in 5.1 surround sound!) In fact, I even sent an executive at EMI a long, detailed email about all this when the Dark Side of the Moon Hybrid SACD reissue sparked a hope that EMI might consider that format for reissuing the Beatles' catalogue. Even if they weren't up to the standard of that glorious Beggars Banquet remaster, they'd still be a whole lot better than the 1987 CDs sound anyway. She told me they were considering their options for the remastering/reissuing of the catalogue. Uh-huh. That was like three years ago. And we're still waiting... *pouts*

/rant over

― Mama Roux, Monday, 9 January 2006 21:33 (twenty years ago)

mono rules, fules

― detoxyDancer (sexyDancer), Monday, 9 January 2006 21:42 (twenty years ago)

Those Stones remasters are amazing....my Between the Buttons is prolly the CD I own that sounds most like LP....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Monday, 9 January 2006 21:46 (twenty years ago)

Isn't there a new remastered Hounds of Love coming out soon?

That album was remastered for EMI's 100th anniversary in 1997, and as such, it is the one Kate Bush album that needs remastering the least.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 9 January 2006 23:37 (twenty years ago)

In a way one might hope for the Beatles remasteres not to arrive until EMI have dropped that annoying copy protection though.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 9 January 2006 23:38 (twenty years ago)

the production on between the buttons is fucking amazing, i would certainly hope the CD sounds like the LP! that woozy bass buckling all around the shop.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 9 January 2006 23:58 (twenty years ago)

The Cars have been remastered. Look for copies with the HDCD logo on the back.

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 00:10 (twenty years ago)

"Between The Buttons" is possibly the most improved remaster I have ever heard. Of course this is also because of the fact that the 1986 remaster was absolutely dreadfully awful.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 00:28 (twenty years ago)

Btw. they are hardly part of the "canon", but it would still be great to see the albums by Camel and Alan Parsons Project remastered too. Not least because both represent genres of music where audio quality play an important part.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 02:09 (twenty years ago)

I bought a used copy of Brick last month, and had to return it, because all the discs skipped in my player. They weren't scratched. I believe it's the DualDiscs -- my player just didn't like 'em. Looks like the U.S. single albums will be DualDiscs too, dammit. Guess I'll have to get the UK double CDs.

Another disappointment -- while the DVDs feature the albums in 5.1 (which I think is overrated), the bonus videos across the discs are of just a couple live performances. I'd hoped for the original videos.

― Fastnbulbous (Fastnbulbous), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 04:20 (twenty years ago)

can't wait, I've been bugging my record store.

thanx for the tip about the UK imports, I'll look for those.

― sleeve (sleeve), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 05:41 (twenty years ago)

In a way one might hope for the Beatles remasteres not to arrive until EMI have dropped that annoying copy protection though.

Good point, Geir. I hope so, too.

― Mama Roux, Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:33 (twenty years ago)

Has anyone noticed the version of Memories Can't Wait has a completely different vocal take on the surround mix, it's really disconcerting to hear such a different version of your favourite TH song, in fact the mixes are quite different on quite a few songs, it's almost like hearing the album again for the first time.

― mzui (mzui), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 13:17 (twenty years ago)

So, who's bought these and what are the new mixes like? I need to know if it's worth my money replacing the old CDs.

― Cracks (Crackity), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:21 (twenty years ago)

wait, the mixes are actually different? that is weird and wrong.

― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:46 (twenty years ago)

I meant the remasters. Meh.

― Cracks (Crackity), Monday, 16 January 2006 18:52 (twenty years ago)

The surround mixes are different, they were done by Jerry Harrison. The remastered albums are the same as you would remember them, I just thought it odd initially that JH would choose a different vocal take in Memories Can't Wait.

― mzui (mzui), Monday, 16 January 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

are these things going to come out as something other than fucking dualdiscs? NONE of my cd players can play the "more songs about buildings and food" I just bought.

― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 7 May 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)

they are available as a CD+DVD double disc package in the UK. I got my Remain In Light that way, the others are out there also.

― sleeve (sleeve), Sunday, 7 May 2006 18:52 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Amazon mp3 has the remastered version of More Songs About Buildings And Food including the bonus tracks for $3.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0012EGDZY/ref=dm_ty_alb

― turkey, Saturday, 12 January 2008 09:14 (eighteen years ago)

Weird. They're only actually selling the first 3 tracks. The rest are free.

― drench, Saturday, 12 January 2008 13:17 (eighteen years ago)

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