The Talking Heads released their third album, "Fear of Music," in 1979. Their next album, the classic "Remain in Light," would come out in October 1980, two months after this concert. At the time of this concert, the band was finishing up the recording of the album. Their tour to support the album wouldn't start until mid-October, but this concert was an exception.
The band started with five songs from previous albums, and finished with two more such songs. But between that, they did four songs from the upcoming "Remain in Light" album: "Once in a Lifetime," "Houses in Motion," "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)," and "Crosseyed and Painless." It turns out this concert was the very first time these four songs were ever played in public. Furthermore, this was the first time the band performed on stage with the many additional musicians who would be part of the "Remain in Light" tour, so even the older songs sounded quite different. The band was radically transformed, and this concert was the public debut of their new sound.
Like the other albums from this festival, the sound quality is excellent, even though this remains unreleased. And this set didn't have any sound problems.
As an aside, you can see from the covers I've posted that the earlier sets took place during the daytime, but by the time this band finished, it had grown dark.
This album is an hour and six minutes long.
077 talk (Talking Heads)
078 Psycho Killer (Talking Heads)
079 Warning Sign (Talking Heads)
080 Stay Hungry (Talking Heads)
081 Cities (Talking Heads)
082 talk (Talking Heads)
083 I Zimbra (Talking Heads)
084 talk (Talking Heads)
085 Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads)
086 Houses in Motion (Talking Heads)
087 Born Under Punches [The Heat Goes On] (Talking Heads)
088 Crosseyed and Painless (Talking Heads)
089 talk (Talking Heads)
090 Life During Wartime (Talking Heads)
091 talk (Talking Heads)
092 Take Me to the River (Talking Heads)
The cover photo is from this exact concert.
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