On April 21st, Rhino Records will release “Live! 8-24-1979“, a previously unreleased 1979 live performance by the B-52’s. It features the band performing a bunch of songs from their first two albums (The B-52’s and Wild Planet). The concert, which was recorded at the Berklee Center in Boston, was found in Warner Bros. Records’ vaults. hear these two tracks here
The band says:
We opened up for the Talking Heads just six weeks after our first record was released. We were a little scared of the audience so we kept our heads down and focused – and we danced like mad when there was a break! Ricky [Wilson] was so fierce on the guitar – so intense – it was all so raw and live and we loved it.
Read the Invisible Hits column “The Miracle of the B-52’s, Live in the Early Days”.
The Fat Angel Sings 