77 Box Set

On November 8th, 2024, Talking Heads will reissue their debut album, "Talking Heads : 77", with an unreleased live album from CBGB's and 12 other rarities.Out now is a rarity from the Rhino box set. “Psycho Killer (Acoustic Version)”, featuring Arthur Russell. In a press release, David Byrne says of the collaboration :

"We knew cellist and singer songwriter Arthur Russell from the downtown world. He died early from aids, and during his life, he released very disparate records, spacey tunes on the album "World Of Echo" and disco club tunes under the name Dinosaur L. He left a huge legacy of recordings, which are still filtering out 40 years after his passing. I remember seeing him play Philip Glass music for a Mabou Mines production of a Beckett play. I think Beckett’s folks hated it, as they didn’t want there to be music in his plays. So it wasn’t a huge stretch that we’d invite Arthur to arrange and play on an alternate version of 'Psycho Killer'. Somewhat perversely, I always saw the song as being a slightly more intimate folk rock thing rather than the rock song that folks seemed to love. So I had a special attachment to this version."

As well as the live album, which is exclusive to the deluxe CD and LP box sets, 2 unreleased tracks feature on the rarities disc1 “Pulled Up (Alternate Pop Version)” and another alternate version of “Psycho Killer.” The box set comes with an 80-page hardcover book with photos, fliers, artwork, and liner notes by each band member and recording engineer Ed Stasium.