Talking Heads - Live in Tokyo 1982

Talking Heads Live at the Kosei Nenkin Kaikan in Tokyo, Japan 28 April 1982 "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads Tour" Recording quality : A- (audience) Setlist: 00:00:00 - Psycho Killer 00:05:03 - Love - Building On Fire 00:08:20 - Cities 00:13:27 - Big Blue Plymouth 00:18:28 - Once in a Lifetime 00:24:09 - Mind 00:29:01 - My Big Hands 00:34:34 - Drugs 00:40:07 - I Zimbra 00:44:19 - Slink (cut) 00:47:29 - Houses in Motion 00:55:16 - What a Day That Was 01:01:59 - Life During Wartime 01:07:59 - Take Me to the River 01:14:46 - Crosseyed & Painless Notes : I always thought that it was cool and funny that Talking Heads toured in 1982 with no particular album to promote. At the time, both members were still heavily into their own solo projects and Sire Records just released the first live LP of the Heads, documenting both 1977/79 and 1980/81 live eras of the band on two separate LPs. The first leg of that tour happened around march/april of 1982 when the band regrouped for the first time since february of 1981 for a Japan tour. Since Adrian Belew was now part of King Crimson, the Heads asked for Alex Weir (of Brothers Johnson) to replace him on guitar. The japanese were very fond of Talking Heads, but what they really wanted was to see Tom Tom Club live. That's what I love about that tour : the band performed Talking Heads classics but also a bunch of solo stuff (from Byrne's "The Catherine Wheel" and Harrison's "The Red & The Black). During the Japan tour, the band had not started the writing & recording process of "Speaking In Tongues", that's why "Swamp" was not performed during this leg and only appeared later, for the Europe & then US tour. Instead, we get a funky rare 1982 live version of "Drugs", a song that was performed almost every show during the "Remain In Light" Tour, but was dropped after the Japan leg of that tour. All in all, this particular performance is great, although as an audience recording the sound is not always very clear. As always, kudos to the taper ! I might continue upload Talking Heads related stuff, 1982&83 tours, and Tom Tom Club shows from 1988/89. We'll see. Talking Heads 1982 were : David Byrne : vocals, guitar, effects Chris Frantz : drums, vocals Jerry Harrison : keyboards, guitar, vocals Tina Weymouth : bass, keyboards, vocals + Dolette McDonald : vocals, percussions Steve Scales : percussions Alex Weir : guitar Bernie Worell : keyboards