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During late September the group began to consider Sire Records again, and asked advice from Danny Fields, the Ramones' manager. Fields praised Sire despite them having the normal flaws of a record label. On November 1 the trio met with Seymour Stein again at Shulman's office, and signed a recording deal with Sire, with an advance allowing the trio to make music their full-time career. | During late September the group began to consider Sire Records again, and asked advice from Danny Fields, the Ramones' manager. Fields praised Sire despite them having the normal flaws of a record label. On November 1 the trio met with Seymour Stein again at Shulman's office, and signed a recording deal with Sire, with an advance allowing the trio to make music their full-time career. | ||
== Promotion == | |||
In November of 1977, ''Manchester Evening News'' held a contest to "Win the latest Talking Heads album," readers could send in the answers to the following questions in hopes of winning a free album: | |||
* "Name the girl member of the group" (A: Tina Weymouth) | |||
* "Name at least one other group with whom the Talking Heads share a common record label" (A: The article directly mentions the Ramones, so any other Sire Records group would do) | |||
* "Talking Heads appeared on a Phonogram compilation of punk new-wave music. Name one other group which was on this album titled New Wave" (A: See [[New Wave (1977 Compilation Album)|''New Wave'' (1977 Compilation Album)]])<ref>Manchester Evening News. “Win the Latest Talking Heads Album.” ''Manchester Evening News'', 29 Nov. 1977, ghostarchive.org/archive/FG318. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.</ref> | |||
== Critical Reception == | == Critical Reception == | ||