{"id":617870,"date":"2026-10-01T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617870\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T23:00:10","slug":"talking-heads-announce-massive-fear-of-music-reissue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/617870\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Heads Announce Massive \u2018Fear of Music\u2019 Reissue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201csuper deluxe edition,\u201d which comes in three CD\/Blu-ray or six LP vinyl, includes two concert sets from their 1979 tour<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/talking-heads\/\" id=\"auto-tag_talking-heads\" data-tag=\"talking-heads\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Talking Heads<\/a> are reissuing their 1979 classic Fear of Music as a massive \u201csuper deluxe edition.\u201d The new set will house rarities and previously unreleased music and arrives on Nov. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tEach edition will house a remastered version of the original album, accompanied by two full concerts from their Fear of Music tour. One was recorded at Berklee Performance Center on Aug. 24, 1979 in Boston, and the other was taped in New Jersey at Capitol Theatre on Nov. 17, 1979. Nearly all of the song performances are being released for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/TalkingHeads_FearOfMusic_6LP_DLX_Productshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFear of Music (Super Deluxe Edition) comes in three CD\/Blu-ray, six LP vinyl, and a 2LP version. The Blu-ray includes new Dolby Atmos, 5.1 surround sound, and high-resolution stereo mixes. It also features the band performing two songs in England for the BBC\u2019s Old Grey Whistle Test, where they performed \u201cLife During Wartime\u201d live, which the band shared on their YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe vinyl and CD Super Deluxe Editions will be packaged with a 60-page hardcover book that includes photos and liner notes by Will Hermes, author of\u00a0Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tArriving on Aug. 3, 1979, Fear of Music found Talking Heads \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/tina-weymouth\/\" id=\"auto-tag_tina-weymouth\" data-tag=\"tina-weymouth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tina Weymouth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/david-byrne\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-byrne\" data-tag=\"david-byrne\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Byrne<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/chris-frantz\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chris-frantz\" data-tag=\"chris-frantz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Frantz<\/a>, and Jerry Harrison \u2014 earning their highest spot on the Billboard 200 to date, where it peaked at Number 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201csuper deluxe edition,\u201d which comes in three CD\/Blu-ray or six LP vinyl, includes two concert sets from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[102440,3873,156,157,111,139,69,3878,102441],"class_list":["post-617870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-chris-frantz","tag-david-byrne","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-talking-heads","tag-tina-weymouth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}