Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night

Tom Wait’s Asylum years in vinyl. Closing Time, The Heart Of Saturday Night, Nighthawks At The Diner and Small Change arrive on 180-Gram vinyl from Rhino
After signing with Asylum 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 humour and profound longing. Nearly 40 years and several musical evolutions later, Waits’ Asylum years still hold a special place in the hearts of many fans.
Rhino will celebrate Waits this November by re-issuing the singer-songwriter’s first four Asylum albums on vinyl. Closing Time, The Heart Of Saturday Night, Nighthawks At The Diner and Small Change will be presented on 180-gram heavy vinyl and packaged with their original artwork with mastering supervised by Gavin Lurssen.
CLOSING TIME: Waits’ debut arrived in 1973 when the singer-songwriter was 23 years old. A number of artists covered songs from the album, starting a trend that would continue throughout Waits’ career. 'Martha' was recorded by Tim Buckley and frequently performed by Bette Midler, while the Eagles recorded a version of 'Ol’ ‘55' for the band’s 1974 album 'On The Border'.
THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT: After touring with several artists including Frank Zappa, Waits returned the following year with The Heart Of Saturday Night. Bones Howe produced the album and would go on to produce Waits’ next five albums with Asylum. The album was included in Rolling Stone‘s list of the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time'.
NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER: For his third release, Nighthawks At The Diner (1975), Waits recorded a double album of new music live in front of an audience at the Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles. The album features Waits setting up many songs by telling the stories behind them, a practice that remains an integral part of his live show to this day. Waits recorded this record with a jazz combo consisting of Mike Melvoin (piano), Pete Christlieb (tenor sax), Jim Hughart (bass) and Bill Goodwin (drums).
SMALL CHANGE: Released in 1976, Waits recorded Small Change at Wally Heider’s studio in Hollywood. The album opens with 'Tom Traubert’s Blues', one of the singer’s most enduring songs, and features memorable cuts such as 'I Wish I Was In New Orleans', 'Bad Liver And A Broken Heart' and 'The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)'.

Tracks:

Side A) 1 A New Coat Of Paint, 2 San Diego Serenade, 3 Semi Suite,
4 Shiver Me Timbers, 5 Diamonds On My Windshield, 6 (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night,
Side B) 1 Fumblin' With The Blues, 2 Please Call Me Baby, 3 Depot Depot, 4 Drunk On The Moon,
5 The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House),

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