Talking Heads – Speaking In Tongues
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Sire – 1-23771 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Funk / Soul |
Style: |
Funk |
Tracklist
| A1 | Burning Down The House | 4:00 | |
| A2 | Making Flippy Floppy | 4:36 | |
| A3 | Girlfriend Is Better | 4:25 | |
| A4 | Slippery People | 3:30 | |
| A5 | I Get Wild / Wild Gravity | 4:06 | |
| B1 | Swamp | 5:09 | |
| B2 | Moon Rocks | 5:04 | |
| B3 | Pull Up The Roots | 5:08 | |
| B4 | This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) | 4:56 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Communications
- Copyright © – Robert Rauschenberg
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records Company
- Copyright © – Sire Records Company
- Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Recorded At – Blank Tape Studios
- Overdubbed At – Com Point Studios
- Overdubbed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
- Mixed At – Com Point Studios
- Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound
- Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – △ 4430
- Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
Credits
- Design [Cover / Package] – Robert Rauschenberg
- Drums, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer – Chris Frantz
- Engineer [Assistant Mix] – Jay Mark
- Engineer [Assistant Recording] – John Convertino (2)
- Engineer [Recording] – Butch Jones
- Keyboards, Guitar, Backing Vocals – Jerry Harrison
- Lyrics By – David Byrne
- Management – Gary Kurfirst
- Mastered By – Ted Jensen
- Mixed By – Alex Sadkin
- Music By – Tina Weymouth
- Producer – Talking Heads
- Synthesizer, Bass [String Bass], Backing Vocals, Guitar – Tina Weymouth
- Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar, Bass, Percussion – David Byrne
Notes
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester pressing, indicated by "—◁" in the runouts.
Limited edition of 50,000. Clear vinyl.
The packaging, designed by Robert Rauschenberg, is a transparent plastic case with artwork and credits printed on 3 12" circular transparent collages, one per primary color.
Most copies originally came sealed with a round transparent sticker affixed on the sealing material, on the front at the top right hand corner :
Special Limited Edition
Talking Heads
Speaking in Tongues
1-23771
$ 12.98 H
Concept by Robert Rauschenberg
Some copies imported to Canada had a different, white rectangular sticker :
Imported For Distribution In Canada By /
Importées Et Pour Distribution Au Canada Par
WEA Music Of Canada Ltd.
1810 Birchmount R. Scarborough Ontario M1P2J1
The full-color source material at the bottom of the images page came from a blog post by David Byrne about the project that can be found here.
Runouts are etched except for "STERLING," which is stamped.
On the front case:
Basic tracks recorded at Blank Tapes N.Y.
Final overdubbing/mixing - Com Point Studios: Nassau Bahamas & Sigma Sound N.Y.
Originally Mastered at Sterling Sound N.Y.
Sire Records Company
Marketed By Warner Bros. Records Inc.
A Warner Communications Company
© 1983 Robert Rauschenberg
℗ 1983 Sire Records Company
Made in U.S.A.
On the labels:
© 1983 Sire Records Company
℗ 1983 Sire Records Company
Limited edition of 50,000. Clear vinyl.
The packaging, designed by Robert Rauschenberg, is a transparent plastic case with artwork and credits printed on 3 12" circular transparent collages, one per primary color.
Most copies originally came sealed with a round transparent sticker affixed on the sealing material, on the front at the top right hand corner :
Special Limited Edition
Talking Heads
Speaking in Tongues
1-23771
$ 12.98 H
Concept by Robert Rauschenberg
Some copies imported to Canada had a different, white rectangular sticker :
Imported For Distribution In Canada By /
Importées Et Pour Distribution Au Canada Par
WEA Music Of Canada Ltd.
1810 Birchmount R. Scarborough Ontario M1P2J1
The full-color source material at the bottom of the images page came from a blog post by David Byrne about the project that can be found here.
Runouts are etched except for "STERLING," which is stamped.
On the front case:
Basic tracks recorded at Blank Tapes N.Y.
Final overdubbing/mixing - Com Point Studios: Nassau Bahamas & Sigma Sound N.Y.
Originally Mastered at Sterling Sound N.Y.
Sire Records Company
Marketed By Warner Bros. Records Inc.
A Warner Communications Company
© 1983 Robert Rauschenberg
℗ 1983 Sire Records Company
Made in U.S.A.
On the labels:
© 1983 Sire Records Company
℗ 1983 Sire Records Company
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): —◁
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 1): 1-1 23771 A SH3 SLM △ 4430 —◁
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 1): 1 23771 B SH4 SLM △ 4430-X —◁ 1-1 STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 2): 1 23771 A SH3 SLM △ 4430 1-1 -—◁ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 2): 1 23771 B SH4 SLM △ 4430-X · —◁ 1-1 STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout, variant 3): 1 23771 A SH3 SLM △ 4430 1-1 - —◁ STERLING
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout, variant 3): 1 23771 B SH3 SLM △ 4430-X · —◁ 1-1 STERLING
Other Versions (5 of 172)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Speaking In Tongues (LP, Album, Test Pressing, Allied Pressing) | Sire | 1-23883, 9 23883-1 | US | 1982 | |||
| Speaking In Tongues (LP, Album, Winchester) | Sire | 1-23883, 9 23883-1 | US | 1983 | |||
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Speaking In Tongues (LP, Album) | Sire | 92-3883-1 | UK & Europe | 1983 | ||
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Speaking In Tongues (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Clear) | Sire | 92-3771-1 | Europe | 1983 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Speaking In Tongues (Cassette, Album, Dolby B-Type, XDR) | Sire | 9 23883-4, 4-23883 | US | 1983 |
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Reviews
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Clear cover when bought. Now an amber/gold. Disc is brilliant clear, just like it still plays.
Plus it was great to see many of the songs on the 4K restoration of Stop Making Sense. Go see it in a theatre that plays it loud. -
I just got a copy of this with the gold case and am looking forward to a listen - but I can't get the darn thing open!
Any tricks to opening the plastic case? Mine seems to be stuck right in the middle where the plastic post is.
Thanks! -
Maybe I'm on the rock, but it's pitch is higher than any digital version I've heard, maybe by as much as 15 cents. Seems to be playing fast, but I'm pretty sure it's not my machine as none of my other vinyls have this issue. -
"Everybody, get in line!"
It's a bit awkward to place on a record shelf since there really isn't a spine, but it's still pretty awesome owning such a strangely packaged album. Legend has it, if you manipulate the collages just right, you can create one giant picture. But it beats me what that's supposed to be. I think it's just cool looking. It is a very Talking Heads way of packaging an album.
4/5-This is, for me at least, one of the grails of my collection. -
My copy has a couple small clear adhesive dots holding the blue and yellow rings together and one holding the bottom ring to the inside. Was this how they were packaged originally or did someone do this over time? They aren’t that noticeable and I can probably remove them with adhesive remover but don’t want to if it’s original.
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Can anyone who has owned this from new provide some details on sound quality? I bought one that had never been opened, and the vinyl is very noisy. I realise that I may have bought one that had been re-sealed, but the vinyl definitely looked unplayed. -
Exact same thing has happened to my clear vinyl copy ! Vinyl has yellowed and has transparent ring around first track on each side. Played it and it sounds fine still tho. -
I have had mine all these years and it has yellowed as well. I just pulled it off the shelf and it is about the same color as the first picture on discogs. Mine isn't exposed to light and the record has never been played and it is unaffected. It appears to be just the outer case. Still one of the great record jacket designs ever. -
Strange as it seems, my VINYL also changed color after about 33 years, although I kept it in it's case and that wasn't exposed to sunlight (exept when the record was played). The clear vinyl record has now a transparent red ring about the size of the first song - and then it goes back to clear.... (really spooky!)
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