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Books about Talking Heads

The following books about (or by) Talking Heads have been published over the years. Most of them are (long) out of print and hard to find.

Talking Heads Tourbook (Australia)
(c) 1979 Playbill
16 pages

Interviews and photos

 

Talking Heads
By Miles
(c) 1981 Omnibus Press
49 pages

Interviews

isbn 0 86001 799 0

The Name of this Book is Talking Heads
by Krista Reese
(c)1982 Proteus Publishing, inc.
128 pages

Biography + discography

isbn 0 86276 057 7 (p/b)

UK Tourbook 1982 (Talking Heads & Tom Tom Club)
(c) 1982 The Concert Publishing Company (UK)
20 pages

Photos

Tutti I Testi, Con Traduzione a Fronte
Introduction by Paolo Bertrando
(c) 1983 Arcana Editrice S.r.L. (Italy)
191 pages

Biography + lyrics in English and Italian

isbn 88 85008 51 8

the Knee Plays from the CIVIL warS : a tree is best measured when it is down
by Robert Wilson and David Byrne
(c) 1984 Walker Art Center
33 pages

Lyrics and behind the scenes

isbn 0 935640 14 2

Out of print

 

Stop Making Sense
by Talking Heads
(c) 1984 Sire/Talking Heads Films
20 pages

Tourbook/freebie with ltd. edition LP

Talking Heads: The Band and Their Music (1st print)
By David Gans
(c) 1985 Avon Books
160 pages

Biography + discography

isbn 0 380 89954-X

Talking Heads: The Band and Their Music
By David Gans
(c) 1986 Omnibus Press
160 pages

Biography + discography

isbn 0 7119 0980 6

Talking Heads Anthology
(c) 1986 Warner Bros. Publications
108 pages

Music and tabs

VF1294

Talking Heads - A Biography
by Jerome David
(c) 1986 Omnibus Press
146 pages

Biography + discography

isbn 0 7119 1116 9

True Stories
by David Byrne
(c) 1986 Penguin books
191 pages

Script + photos "True Stories" movie

isbn 0 14 00 9230 7

Out of print

Stay up Late
by Maira Kalman and David Byrne
(c) 1987 Viking Pinguin

"Stay up Late" illustrated by Maira Kalman
Foreword by David Byrne

isbn 0 670 81895-X

Out of print

What the Songs Look Like
By Frank Olinsky & Talking Heads
(c) 1987, Perennial Library
125 pages

Contemporary artists interpret Talking Heads songs

isbn 0 06 096205 4

Out of print

Guitar Superstar Series: Talking Heads
by Jesse Gress
(c) 1987, Warner Bros. Publications
96 pages

Music and tabs

GF0313

David Byrne - Rock Manuali
by Paolo Bertrando, Elena Neri
(c) 1987 Arcana Editrice (Italy)
160 pages

Biography, interview + discography

isbn 88 85859 20 8

Escape from New York tourbook
By Sandy Horvat, Andrea Starr
(c) 1990 Overland productions
16 pages

Photos Tom Tom Club, Jerry Harrison, Blondie, Ramones

 

American Originals: David Byrne
by John Howell
(c) 1992 Publishers Group west
129 pages

Biography, interview, David Byrne tourdiary and discography

isbn 1 56025 031 3

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Talking Heads
By Jerome Davis (Turkish translastion by Korsan)
(c) 1993 Korsan Yayincilik
192 pages

Biography, discography (same as Davis' 1986 book, with two pages info up to 1992)

isbn 975 7417 28 9

Davidenryb
By Jean Baptiste Mondino & David Byrne
(c) 1994, Moldy fig music, bmi.
48 pages

Lyrics and photos. Limited edition of 5000 (including "davidenryb" CD)


Sacred Objects - Sleepless Nights
By Stills Galery, David Byrne
(c) 1994, Stills Galery & Todo Mundo
32 pages

Exhibition catalogue (foreword by David Byrne plus photoworks)

 

 

David Byrne & Talking Heads: Tutti I Testi 1975-1994
by Paolo Bertrando
(c) 1994 Arcana (Italy)
187 pages

Biography + lyrics in English and Italian

isbn 88 7966 031 4

Strange Ritual
By David Byrne
(c) 1995 Chronical Books

Photoworks

isbn 0 8118 1046 1

Out of print

David Byrne - Tuji Ritual / Strange Ritual
By Galerija Anonimus
(c) 1996, Galerija Anonimus, Lubljana, Slovenia
16 pages

Exhibition catalogue (photos, bio, lyrics)

 

Your Action World
By David Byrne
(c) 1999, David Byrne
128 pages

Photoworks

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Talking Heads
by Jorge Arnaiz y Jose Manuel Gomez
(c) 2000, Ediciones Cátadra
252 pages

Spanish biography

This Must be the Place (The Adventures of Talking Heads in the 20th Century)
By David Bowman
US Edition (c) Harper Collins 2001,
352pages

Biography

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Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (idem as "This Must be the Place")
By David Bowman
UK Edition (c) Bloomsbury 2001,
352 pages

Biography

 

The New Sins / Los Nuevos Pecados
By David Byrne
(C) McSweeney's 2001
186 pages

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We are the Noise between Stations
By Sytze Steenstra
Published by Mixed Media vof, Maastricht
416 pages

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