The trio of David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth; better known as the Talking Heads are releasing a sneak peak into their early days as a band with “Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live”.

The 3CD collection features demos and live recordings from the band from 1975.

A black vinyl “Tentative Decisions: Demos & Love” is also being made available.  Featuring 10 early demos plus a live track from 1976; the package comes with a 7” single of “Psycho Killer” and “Warning Sign” by the Artistics.

The Talking Heads are celebrating 50 years of music by deep diving into their archives and releasing long hidden music.

Talking Heads began as The Artistics – a cover band to entertain fellow Rhode Island School of Design students in 1974.  The trio relocated to New York City and became the Talking Heads.

“Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live” track listing:
CD 1
1. Psycho Killer (September 1975 Demo)
2. Tentative Decisions (September 1975 Demo)
3. No Compassion (September 1975 Demo)
4. Warning Sign (September 1975 Demo)
5. I’m Not in Love (1976 Demo)
6. Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (1976 Demo)
7. The Book I Read (1976 Demo)
8. I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That (1976 Demo)
9. Love Goes to a Building on Fire (1976 Demo)
10. Happy Day (1976 Demo)
11. Artists Only (Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY, 8/17/76)
12. Psycho Killer
13. Warning Sign

CD 2
14. Psycho Killer (CBS/Columbia Demo)
15. Sugar on My Tongue (CBS/Columbia Demo)
16. Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (CBS/Columbia Demo)
17. I Want to Live (CBS/Columbia Demo)
18. I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That (CBS/Columbia Demo)
19. The Girls Want to Be With the Girls (CBS/Columbia Demo)
20. Who Is It? (CBS/Columbia Demo)
21. With Our Love (CBS/Columbia Demo)
22. Stay Hungry (CBS/Columbia Demo)
23. Tentative Decisions (CBS/Columbia Demo)
24. Warning Sign (CBS/Columbia Demo)
25. I’m Not in Love (CBS/Columbia Demo)
26. The Book I Read (CBS/Columbia Demo)
27. Love Goes to a Building on Fire (CBS/Columbia Demo)
28. No Compassion (CBS/Columbia Demo)

CD 3
29. Artists Only (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
30. 1, 2, 3 Red Light (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
31. Happy Day (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
32. Don’t Worry About the Government (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
33. Psycho Killer (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
34. Love Goes to a Building on Fire (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
35. Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
36. With Our Love (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
37. Pablo Picasso (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
38. I’m Not in Love (Live at Max’s Kansas City, New York, NY, 10/9/76)
39. No Compassion (Live at the Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77)
40. New Feeling (Live at the Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77)
41. Psycho Killer (Live at the Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77)
42. A Clean Break (Let’s Work) [Live at the Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77]
43. Sugar on My Tongue (Live at the Jabberwocky Club, Syracuse, NY, 1/26/77)
44. I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That (Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY, 8/17/76)
45. Take Me to the River (Live at the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club, New York, NY, 8/17/76)