Talking Heads

Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live

Sire (RCV1 728178)
Sire (081227809003)
Rhino Records (RCV1 728178)
Rhino Records (081227809003)

1x Vinyl LP1x Vinyl 7" 45 RPM Stereo1x All Media Record Store Day Compilation Limited Edition

Release date: Nov 28, 2025, Worldwide

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.

Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (September 1975 Demo)

Talking Heads - Tentative Decisions (September 1975 Demo)

Talking Heads - No Compassion (September 1975 Demo)

Talking Heads - Warning Sign (September 1975 Demo)

Talking Heads - I’m Not In Love (1976 Demo)

Talking Heads - Thank You For Sending Me An Angel (1976 Demo)

Talking Heads - The Book I Read (1976 Demo)

Talking Heads - I Wish You Wouldn't Say That (1976 Demo)

Talking Heads - Love → Building On Fire (1976 Demo)

Talking Heads - Happy Day (1976 Demo)

Talking Heads - Artists Only (Live At The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY, August 17, 1976)

The Artistics - Psycho Killer