The B-52′s Stream Unearthed 1979 Live Album

On April 21, Rhino will release Live! 8-24-1979, a previously unreleased 1979 live performance by the B-52′s. It features the band performing a bunch of songs from their first two albums (The B-52′s and Wild Planet). The concert, which was recorded at the Berklee Center in Boston, was found in Warner Bros. Records’ vaults. Stream the entire live album below.

The band says:

We opened up for the Talking Heads just six weeks after our first record was released. We were a little scared of the audience so we kept our heads down and focused – and we danced like mad when there was a break! Ricky [Wilson] was so fierce on the guitar – so intense – it was all so raw and live and we loved it.

The latest issue of The Pitchfork Review includes a feature by T. Cole Rachel called “53 Miles West of Venus: The Enduring Queer Legacy of The B-52′s”. Read the Invisible Hits column “The Miracle of the B-52′s, Live in the Early Days”.

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