Talking Heads to Release New Rarities Compilation on Record Store Day Black Friday

Talking Heads have gathered some of their early rarities on a new compilation album for Record Store Day’s 2025 Black Friday event. Tentative Decisions features demos of songs that would later appear on the band’s first two albums—1777’s Talking Heads: 77 and 1978’s More Songs About Buildings and Food—alongside a live recording of “Artists Only” from the Lower Manhattan Ocean Club and versions of “Psycho Killer” and “Warning Sign” credited to David Byrne and Chris Frantz’s first band, the Artistics. The LP will exclusively be available at participating record stores beginning this Friday, November 28.

To celebrate their 50th anniversary as a band earlier this year, Talking Heads shared a new music video for “Psycho Killer” directed by Mike Mills and starring Saoirse Ronan. They also reissued Talking Heads: 77 in 2024.

Talking Heads’ Original Lineup on Stop Making Sense, Their Early Days, and the Future

Tentative Decisions: Demos & Live:

01 Psycho Killer (September 1975 Demo)
02 Tentative Decisions (September 1975 Demo)
03 No Compassion (September 1975 Demo)
04 Warning Sign (September 1975 Demo)
05 I’m Not in Love (September 1975 Demo)
06 Thank You for Sending Me an Angel (1976 Demo)
07 The Book I Read (1976 Demo)
08 I Wish You Wouldn’t Say That (1976 Demo)
09 Love Goes to a Building on Fire (1976 Demo)
10 Happy Day (1976 Demo)
11 Artists Only (Live at the Ocean Club, New York, NY, August 17, 1976)
12 Psycho Killer (The Artistics)
13 Warning Sign (The Artistics)