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I had a ton of stuff ripped that I was prepared to share, but the more I've looked at it, the more I wonder "is this appropriate to put online?" Not that there is anything offensive in there, but some of this stuff may be available elsewhere in an official status. So I'm making a small post of two tracks that aren't available anywhere in an official status, at least not at the moment, though that doesn't look like it will change anytime terribly soon.

Below, you will find both sides of a remix 12" that Talking Heads released shortly after 1983's Speaking in Tongues album. This is sometimes credited as Slippery People / Making Flippy Floppy, though I generally just list it as Remixes. Both versions are credited as having been remixed by David Byrne and John "Jellybean" Benitez. Not sure why David gets his name listed first, but whatever.

It should be noted, if you bought Speaking in Tongues on cassette when it was released, it contained extended versions of several songs, including the aforementioned Slippery People and Making Flippy Floppy. All of the extended versions eventually made their way to the digital realm on CD reissues, though the initial CDs contained the same versions as the vinyl releases. That said, as I noted above, these two remixes are not currently available via any official platform for purchase or streaming, and are not the same as the extended album versions. They're not terribly different from the versions that were released either, being more mildly reworked for the dance floor, whereas the extended album versions were just longer edits that jammed on a bit longer. It's worth recalling that the market for 12" singles and club remixes was a really big deal in the early eighties, and Sire Records' stable of artists put out a lot of cool 12" singles, so I guess it only makes sense that they asked Talking Heads to issue a special 12" at the time. This became a bit more of a regular thing for them after Speaking in Tongues, with their last three studio albums all having 12"s issued for their singles, though those mixes became more about extending the track in less than subtle ways, most of which weren't terribly artful. Those mixes are all available for purchase and streaming, primarily because of their contract with EMI outside the US, but I find most of them rather forgettable. Of course, the two that should've been reissued are still sitting in a vault somewhere. Makes you wonder, with Warner Records so hot to trot on reissuing their catalog in multiple vinyl configurations, why skimp on the 12" singles? There are a lot of classics in that field. They could always do multi-disc vinyl comps of those mixes if they're not willing to make individual 12" singles available regularly. For now, I guess the only way to find these versions is two buy a used copy of the 12" or find them online. Kinda seems like they're ignoring easy money.





If you'd like more info on this release, here's the Discogs reference page.

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