Did The Talking Heads ever release the True Stories orig.Cast recoring?

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In the liner notes to the True Stories, in which the actual band performs the songs found in the movie, David Byrne writes that in addition to releasing an album of the film's incidental music (which I have - features Merideth Monk's brilliant "Road Song" etc) and the band recordings there will also be a release of an album where the cast performs the songs as they do in the movie. John Goodman singing, etc. Did this ever get released? Is it bootlegged?

― Havelander, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Didn't it (or at least part of it) get released as the b-sides?

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:01 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm 99.9% sure there was an album of it.

Not sure if it's ever made it onto CD.

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:02 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.talking-heads.net/truesoundtrack.html

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link

The incidental music soundtrack was vinyl only. I've never seen it on CD. I've never ever seen anything that seemed to be the cast recording. Would love to hear it (can't pull it from the DVD because often there's other characters in the crowd talking during the songs).

― Havelander, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:06 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.talking-heads.net/truesoundtrack.html

this is the incidental music soundtrack.

― Billy, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link

I'd rather hear the cast sing those songs than the TH.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:08 (nineteen years ago) link

"I'd rather hear the cast sing those songs than the TH. "

Exactly why my search is of the utmost importance.

― Haveelander, Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link

Well, I remember when he said that, and I thought "Hmm, three albums? From one film? Not even Prince would swing that one..."

― mark grout (mark grout), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:12 (nineteen years ago) link

My search for Pop Staples' (totally superior) version of
Papa Legba continues.

― peepee (peepee), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link

I've got John Goodman's version of "People Like Us" on the B-side of "Wild Wild Life". According to this John Goodman fan site:

A 'true' soundtrack to this one does not exist. There is an album of the music from the movie but it's all performed by the Talking Heads. The liner notes from the album say that the soundtrack version would be coming out soon but it never did. John does a great job on "People Like Us" and there are two ways it can be found. Either on the 'B' side of "Wild Wild Life" or on the 12-inch remix of "Wild Wild Life". Check eBay , cause it popps up there from time to time..

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 15:21 (nineteen years ago) link

"True Stories" is the only TH album which helps me understand why David Byrne is still dismissed as patronizing and smug. John Goodman singing "People Like Us" is a case in point.

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 16:13 (nineteen years ago) link

I didn't realise "True Stories" was originally recorded by Cast.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Wednesday, 4 May 2005 20:03 (nineteen years ago) link

the film version of "hey now" with the 4-H kids is on the b-side of Radio Head

― Kevin Erickson, Thursday, 5 May 2005 02:03 (nineteen years ago) link

five years pass...

My search for Pop Staples' (totally superior) version of
Papa Legba continues.

This finally got released on the last released version of this.

― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 12 February 2011 07:50 (thirteen years ago) link

seven years pass...

23 (!) song soundtrack coming with the new remastered True Stories Blu Ray on Criterion in November!

― piscesx, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link

Link:
https://www.criterion.com/films/29038-true-stories

― piscesx, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 22:01 (five years ago) link

I wanna video
I wanna rock and roll
Take me to the shopping Mall!
By me a.. a rubber ball now.
Hey now! Hey now! Hey now now!

― Britain's Sexiest Cow (jed_), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 22:13 (five years ago) link

So great this. I wish they’d put out the Storytelling Giant on a proper DVD next.

― piscesx, Wednesday, 15 August 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link

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