Between 1980, year of the recording of Remain In Light, and 1983, when Speaking In Tongues was recorded, the band doesn't make any new album. But in the meantime appears a double LP with live recordings from Talking Heads.

The first LP, "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads 1977-1979" contains songs recorded live during the first years of the band. The first side was recorded on the Northern Studio, Maynard, Massachusetts, on 17-11-1977. The second side was recorded on the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey, on 17-11-1979:

New Feeling - A Clean Break - Don't Worry About The Government - Pulled Up - Psycho Killer - Artists Only - Stay Hungry - Air - (Love Goes To) Building On Fire - Memories (Can't Wait)

The second LP, "The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads 1980-81" contains several live recordings made on the Emerald City, Cherry Hill, New Jersey (8-9-1980); on Central Park, New York (27-8-1980); and on the Sun Plaza Concert Hall, Tokyo, Japan (27-2-1981):

I Zimbra - Drugs - Houses In Motion - Life During Wartime - Take Me To The River - The Great Curve - Crosseyed And Painless