Rhino are too continue their Talking Heads reissue campaign with special super deluxe reissues of the band’s 1978 album “More Songs About Buildings and Food”. An expanded, Super Deluxe Edition of Talking Head’s second album, including discs of studio outtakes & live recordings from the period. The 3-CD & one-Blu-ray set will be available on July 25th & marks the band’s first collaboration with producer Brian Eno, who’d go on to work with the group on their two follow-up LPs, including the pivotal ‘Remain in Light’.
The 1978 album also includes Talking Heads’ first Top 40 single, a cover of Al Green’s “Take Me to the River” that reached #26. The upcoming reissue features a disc of rarities, most of them previously unreleased, including alternative versions of the album’s 11 songs. You can hear “Found a Job” from the new set below.
This set features the remastered album alongside a disc of rarities, including four previously unreleased alternate versions of album tracks. The set also includes a live recording of the band’s August 1978 show at New York’s Entermedia Theatre. Footage from that show and another at Sproul Plaza at the University of California, Berkeley, both appear on the Blu-ray set.
Additionally, there are Dolby Atmos and 5.1 surround sound mixes by E.T. Thorngren (R.I.P.) and Jerry Harrison, plus a high-resolution stereo version of the album. This comes packaged in a large format 60-page hardcover book with previously unseen photos and new liner notes with recollections from Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Harrison.
In addition to the 3CD+blu-ray edition there will be a 4LP super deluxe which has the remastered album, the rarities and the live show. A 2LP vinyl edition is also available.
This reissue of “More Songs About Buildings and Food” is released on 25th July 2025 via Rhino.
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