Before they were the Talking Heads , they were the Artistics. And as the Artistics, singer and guitarist David Byrne , drummer Christ Frantz, and bassist David Anderson recorded an early demo of future hit “Psycho Killer” in 1974 while studying at the Rhode Island School of Design. This month, that demo will be released for Record Store Day Black Friday this week.

The “Psycho Killer” demo was recorded in March 1974 in Frantz’s apartment along with tracks “Warnin’ Sign” and “Spin Spin.” The three-song reel-to-reel was first mailed off to their teacher Alan Sondheim, who had a radio show on WBAI in New York City, according to an interview with Frantz in The Boston Globe . Sondheim may have never played the tape on his show but he did keep it. It was purchased by the RISD Museum in 2

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