{"product_id":"david-byrne-true-stories-a-film-by-david-byrne","title":"David Byrne - True Stories: A Film By David Byrne","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn conjunction with The Criterion Collection’s special-edition DVD and Blu-ray release of David Byrne’s 1986 film\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, Nonesuch and Todomundo Records release a comprehensive soundtrack, collected for the first time in one package and in film sequence:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Stories, A Film by David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Byrne was inspired by tabloid headlines to make his sole foray into feature-film directing, an ode to the extraordinariness of ordinary American life and a distillation of what was in his own idiosyncratic mind. Byrne plays a visitor to Virgil, Texas, who introduces us to the citizens of the town during preparations for its Celebration of Specialness. As shot by cinematographer Ed Lachman, Texas becomes a hyper-realistic late-capitalist landscape of endless vistas, shopping malls, and prefab metal buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Stories,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eByrne uses his songs to stitch together pop iconography, voodoo rituals, and a singular variety show. Byrne calls the record “an immersive audio voyage into the little town of Virgil, Texas, in the mid-eighties.” He continues, “I always imagined that the music written for\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Stories\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshould be heard as it is in the film. It makes the most sense this way. Me singing the song that was written for John Goodman’s character, Louis Fine, always felt weird to me. It was written for that character, not for me.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Stories, A Film by David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eincludes twenty-three songs, many of which are on CD for the first time: one previously unreleased version of Talking Heads’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDream Operator,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom the film, with Annie McEnroe on lead vocals; three songs from the film that have previously been released only on the Talking Heads sets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDual Brick\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBonus Rarities and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOuttakes\u003c\/i\u003e; five songs from the companion 1986 Talking Heads studio album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue Stories\u003c\/i\u003e; 14 songs from the 1986 film soundtrack album\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSounds from True Stories: Music for Activities Freaks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– previously released only on LP and cassette – performed by a wide range of artists from Kronos Quartet to Meredith Monk to Pops Staples to John Goodman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"st__content-block st__content-block--text\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2LP - Double Heavyweight 140 Gram Vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"South Records Ltd","offers":[{"title":"2LP","offer_id":64322610561401,"sku":null,"price":17.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0973\/1463\/6153\/files\/david-byrne-true-stories-a-film-by-david-byrne-south-records-ltd_d62f667f-eeaa-4074-a05f-8a68115fb2a1.jpg?v=1787902545","url":"https:\/\/vinyl-relic.com\/products\/david-byrne-true-stories-a-film-by-david-byrne","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}