Tom Waits - Bad As Me - VINYL LP

The collection of 56 songs went far beyond a simple career retrospective. It dipped back as far as 1984 with the bulk of it's songs hailing from the mid-nineties onward. Over 2/3 of the material had never been heard when originally released in 2006 and had 30 newly recorded songs. Orphans also featured a number of songs finding a home on a Waits' album for the first time. They included Waits' unique interpretations of songs by such diverse talents as The Ramones, Daniel Johnston, Kurt Weill & Bertolt Brecht and Leadbelly. These outtakes, rarities and the previously unreleased material were separately grouped into themes and named, Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards. And now these titles will be released individually. Brawlers is a collection of raucous blues and full-throated juke joint stomps Bawlers is a collection of Celtic and country ballads, waltzes, lullabies, piano and classic lyrical Waits' songs Bastards is a collection of experimental music and strange tales. Album Tracks 1. What Keeps Mankind Alive (Remastered) 2. Children's Story (Remastered) 3. Heigh Ho (Remastered) 4. Army Ants (Remastered) 5. Book of Moses (Remastered) 1. Bone Chain (Remastered) 2. Two Sisters (Remastered) 3. First Kiss (Remastered) 4. Dog Door (Remastered) 5. Redrum (Remastered) 1. Nirvana (Remastered) 2. Home I'll Never Be (Remastered) 3. Poor Little Lamb (Remastered) 4. Altar Boy (Remastered) 5. The Pontiac (Remastered) 6. Spidey's Wild Ride (Remastered) 1. King Kong (Remastered) 2. On the Road (Remastered) 3. Dog Treat (Remastered) 4. Missing My Son (Remastered)

Vinyl LP pressing. After signing with Asylum Records in the early 1970s, Tom Waits recorded a series of acclaimed albums whose noir tales about the after-midnight underworld transformed the seedy into the sublime in songs laced with both dark humor and profound longing. Decades and several musical evolutions later, Waits' Asylum years still hold a special place in the hearts of many fans. Waits' first seven albums on Asylum have been remastered and will be re-released via Anti-Records. Released in 1980, Heartattack and Vine was Waits' final album on Elektra Asylum and it built on the raw blues approach of Blue Valentine with the incendiary title track, the funky, organ driven InchDowntownInch and the stomping NOLA blues of InchMr. Siegal.Inch This album also contains some of Waits' most popular ballads, including InchJersey GirlInch which was famously a hit for Bruce Springsteen. InchOn the NickleInch is a moving song about the homeless people who lived on 5th street in downtown LA, and InchRuby's ArmsInch is a beautiful song with a lovely Bach-like melody. Album Tracks 1. Heartattack and Vine 2. In Shades 3. Saving All My Love for You 4. Downtown 5. Jersey Girl 6. 'Til the Money Runs Out 7. On the Nickel 8. Mr. Siegal 9. Ruby's Arms

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered for the first time ever from the original ½Inch flat master tape and personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. 2023 marks forty years since Tom Waits released Swordfishtrombones, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, Brennan. Waits went from '70's-era Inchbluesy, boozyInch wordsmith and melodist with seven albums behind him to sound sculptor, miner of the subconscious, abstract orchestrator, sonic cubist-while retaining his innate lyricism, melodic invention, humanity. It's a Waits-arranged pastiche, a variety of atmospheres from different sound planets. There is the warped, marching-army-ants music of InchUnderground,Inch an impressionist chant about people living below cities, but there was also the poignancy of the spare piano ballad, InchSoldier's Things,Inch the good bar yarn, InchFrank's Wild YearsInch, the tender, minimalist paean to Waits' wife and muse, Kathleen, InchJohnsburg, Illinois,Inch and the raggedy anthem to neighborhood chaos, InchIn the Neighborhood.Inch Album Tracks 1. Underground 2. Shore Leave 3. Dave the Butcher 4. Johnsburg Illinois 5. 16 Shells from a 30 6 6. Town with No Cheer 7. In the Neighbourhood 1. Just Another Sucker on the Vine 2. Frank's Wild Years 3. Swordfishtrombone 4. Down Down Down 5. Soldier's Things 6. Gin Soaked Boy 7. Trouble's Braids 8. Rainbirds