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- Rhino is releasing a 3xCD super-deluxe edition of Talking Heads' 1979 album Fear of Music on November 13, compiling a fresh remaster, alternate track versions, and unfinished outtakes.
- The set includes two previously unreleased full concerts from 1979: one at Boston's Berklee Performing Arts Center (August 24) and one at the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ (November 17).
- An accompanying Blu-Ray features footage from Talking Heads' appearance on BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test, plus a 60-page photo book with liner notes by Will Hermes, author of Love Goes to Buildings on Fire.
- The reissue launches in tandem with a new dedicated Talking Heads channel on SiriusXM Radio.
- This marks Rhino's second Talking Heads archival release of the year, following Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live, which compiled recordings from 1975 to 1977.
Why it matters: For collectors, the box set unlocks two complete 1979 concerts that have never officially circulated, while Will Hermes' liner notes and a 60-page photo book give the release archival weight beyond a standard remaster. The simultaneous SiriusXM channel launch signals Rhino is treating Talking Heads as an ongoing catalog project, not a one-off reissue.
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