Speaking of the best band in the known universe how’d I nearly miss this . . . . again from ATSE

Heatwave Festival, Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Canada, 8-23-1980, Part 5: Talking Heads 

Nearly missed this one and Paul over at Albums That Should Exist has posted several from the Heatwave Festival in Canada and this is my pick of the crop    but head over and   

   see what else he has there

This is the fifth part of the 1980 Heatwave Festival.

The Talking Heads released their third album, "Fear of Music," in 1979. Their next album, the classic "Remain in Light," would come out in October 1980, two months after this concert. At the time of this concert, the band was finishing up the recording of the album. Their tour to support the album wouldn't start until mid-October, but this concert was an exception. 

The band started with five songs from previous albums, and finished with two more such songs. But between that, they did four songs from the upcoming "Remain in Light" album: "Once in a Lifetime," "Houses in Motion," "Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)," and "Crosseyed and Painless." It turns out this concert was the very first time these four songs were ever played in public. Furthermore, this was the first time the band performed on stage with the many additional musicians who would be part of the "Remain in Light" tour, so even the older songs sounded quite different. The band was radically transformed, and this concert was the public debut of their new sound.

Like the other albums from this festival, the sound quality is excellent, even though this remains unreleased. And this set didn't have any sound problems.

As an aside, you can see from the covers I've posted that the earlier sets took place during the daytime, but by the time this band finished, it had grown dark.

This album is an hour and six minutes long. 

•  talk (Talking Heads)
•  Psycho Killer (Talking Heads)
•  Warning Sign (Talking Heads)
•  Stay Hungry (Talking Heads)
•  Cities (Talking Heads)
•  talk (Talking Heads)
•  I Zimbra (Talking Heads)
•  talk (Talking Heads)
•  Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads)
• Houses in Motion (Talking Heads)
•  Born Under Punches [The Heat Goes On] (Talking Heads)
• Crosseyed and Painless (Talking Heads)
•  talk (Talking Heads)
•  Life During Wartime (Talking Heads)
•  talk (Talking Heads)
•  Take Me to the River (Talking Heads)