TALKING HEADS PSYCHO KILLER UK 12" VINYL SIRE RECORDS 6078 610 FIRST PRESS 1977

	£		28
	$		37

Description

[JS]
Excellent condition 12" single, UK release pressed in Belgium. The vinyl is near mint, and the cover is very good, but there is some age-related discolouring along the top (see my photos of actual item). Still an excellent copy I think.
"Psycho Killer" is a song by the American band Talking Heads, released on their 1977 debut album Talking Heads: 77. The group first performed it as "The Artistics" in 1974.
In the liner notes for Once in a Lifetime: The Best of Talking Heads (1992), Jerry Harrison wrote of the B-side of the single, an acoustic version of the song that featured Arthur Russell on cello, "I'm glad we persuaded Tony [Bongiovi] and Lance [Quinn] that the version with the cellos shouldn't be the only one."
The band's "signature debut hit" features lyrics which seem to represent the thoughts of a serial killer. Originally written and performed as a ballad, "Psycho Killer" became what AllMusic calls a "deceptively funky new wave/no wave song" with "an insistent rhythm, and one of the most memorable, driving basslines in rock & roll."
"Psycho Killer" was the only song from the album to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 92. It reached number 32 on the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1989, and peaked at number 11 on the Dutch singles chart in 1977. The song is included in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.
Some info from discogs:-
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer Label: Sire – 6078 610 Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM Country: UK & Europe Released: 1977 Genre: Rock Style: Indie Rock
Tracklist
A Psycho Killer
B1 Psycho Killer (Alternate Version) B2 I Wish You Wouldn't Say That
Companies, etc. Marketed By – Phonogram Ltd. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sire Records, Inc. Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Credits Music By, Lyrics By – Byrne* Producer – Lance Quinn, Talking Heads, Tony Bongiovi
Notes Made in Belgium
Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, etched ): 6078610-A Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, etched): 6078610-B Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 6078.610.1 Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 6078.610.2 Rights Society: Sabam

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