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Name: Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues LP NM 1983 Original Sire Press Funk Indie New Wave Soul Rock Ultrasonic Cleaned
SKU: 19187
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Talking Heads ‎– Speaking In Tongues

Label: Sire ‎– 1-23883, Sire ‎– 9 23883-1

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Allied Pressing

Country: US

Released: Jun 1983

Genre: Rock, Funk / Soul

Style: New Wave, Pop Rock, Funk

Tracklist

A1	Burning Down The House Percussion – Steve ScalesSynthesizer – Wally Badarou	4:00
A2	Making Flippy Floppy Guitar – Alex WeirViolin – Shankar	4:36
A3	Girlfriend Is Better Synthesizer – Bernie Worrell	4:25
A4	Slippery People Backing Vocals – Dolette McDonald, Nona HendryxPercussion – Raphael DejesusSaxophone – Richard Landry	3:30
A5	I Get Wild / Wild Gravity Percussion – David Van Tieghem, Raphael Dejesus	4:06
B1	Swamp Guitar – Alex WeirSynthesizer – Wally Badarou	5:09
B2	Moon Rocks Guitar – Alex WeirPercussion – Steve Scales	5:04
B3	Pull Up The Roots Guitar – Alex WeirPercussion – Raphael Dejesus	5:08
B4	This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) Percussion – David Van TieghemSynthesizer – Wally Badarou	4:56

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sire Records Company
Copyright (c) – Sire Records Company
Recorded At – Blank Tape Studios
Overdubbed At – Compass Point Studios
Overdubbed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Mixed At – Compass Point Studios
Mixed At – Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – △3951
Pressed By – Allied Record Company – B-17863
Pressed By – Allied Record Company – B-17864
Record Company – Sire Records Company
Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Credits

Backing Vocals, Double Bass, Guitar, Synthesizer, Music By – Tina Weymouth
Backing Vocals, Drums, Synthesizer, Music By – Chris Frantz
Backing Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Music By – Jerry Harrison
Bass, Percussion, Guitar, Cover, Lyrics By, Music By, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – David Byrne
Engineer [Assistant Mix] – Franklin Gibson*, Jay Mark
Engineer [Assistant Recording] – John Convertino (2)
Engineer [Recording] – Butch Jones
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Mixed By, Engineer [Mix] – Alex Sadkin
Producer – Talking Heads

Notes

Allied Record Company pressing, denoted by “ɑ” stamp in runouts. Compare to Speaking In Tongues and Speaking In Tongues.

“SLM △” in the runout etching indicates that the lacquer disc was processed at, and the metal parts used to manufacture the record were made at Sheffield Lab Matrix.

Catalog number on inner labels: 1-23883
Catalog number on spine: 9 23883-1

First catalog number on labels, second catalog number on cover spine.

Basic tracks recorded at Blank Tapes, NY
Butch Jones: Engineer
Final overdubbing and mixing at Compass Point Studios and Sigma Sound, NY
Alex Sadkin: Engineer
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NY by Ted Jensen
Thanks to M&Co. and Adelle Lutz
Made in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 7599-23883-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout A etched / STERLING, ɑ stamped): STERLING 1-23883-A-SH1 1̶-̶2̶3̶7̶7̶1̶-̶A̶-̶S̶H̶1̶ ɑ B-17863-SH1 SLM △ 3951 1-1
Matrix / Runout (Runout B etched / STERLING, ɑ stamped): STERLING 1-23883-B-SH2 1̶-̶2̶3̶7̶7̶1̶-̶B̶-̶S̶H̶2̶ ɑ B-17864-SH2 SLM △ 3951-X 1-1