TOM WAITS

 

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No

TITLE

RELEASED

1

Closing Time

03/73

2

The Heart Of Saturday Night

10/74

3

Nighthawks At The Diner [live]

10/75

4

Small Change

09/76

5

Foreign Affairs

09/77

6

Blue Valentine

09/78

7

Heart Attack And Vine

09/80

8

Bounced Checks [compilation, 4 previously unreleased tracks]

11/81

9

One From The Heart [OST]

02/82

10

Swordfishtrombones

09/83

11

Rain Dogs

09/85

12

Frank's Wild Years [OST]

08/87

13

Big Time [live]

09/88

14

The Early Years [recorded July to December 1971]

07/91

15

Night On Earth [OST]

04/92

16

Bone Machine

08/92

17

The Early Years Volume 2 [recorded July to December 1971]

02/93

18

The Black Rider

09/93

19

Mule Variations

04/99

20

Alice

05/02

21

Blood Money

05/02

22

Real Gone

10/04

23

Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards [compilation]

11/06

24

Glitter and Doom Live

11/09

25

Bad As Me

10/11


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1) CLOSING TIME

1.
2.
3.
4.
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6.

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9.
10.
11.
12.

Ol' 55
I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
Virginia Avenue
Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
Midnight Lullaby
Martha

Rosie
Lonely
Ice Cream Man
Little Trip To Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love)
Grapefruit Moon
Closing Time






Delbert Bennett
Shep Cooke
Arni Egilsson
Jesse Ehrlich
Peter Klimes
Bill Plummer
John Seiter
Tony Terran
Tom Waits

Producer:

Trumpet
Guitar, Vocals (Tracks 2,4)
Bass (Track 12)
Cello
Guitar
Bass
Drums, Backing Vocals
Trumpet (Track 12)
Vocals, Celeste, Piano, Guitar

Jerry Yester

2) THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

New Coat Of Paint
San Diego Serenade
Semi Suite
Shiver Me Timbers
Diamonds On My Windshield
(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night

Fumblin' With The Blues
Please Call Me, Baby
Depot, Depot
Drunk On The Moon
The Ghosts Of Saturday Night
(After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House)






Oscar Brashear
Jim Gordon
Bones Howe
Jim Hughart
Mike Melvoin

Arthur Richards
Tom Scott

Tom Waits

Producer:

Trumpet (Tracks 3,7,9,10)
Drums
Percussion (Track 2)
Bass, Double Bass
Piano (Track 1),
Electric Piano (Track 7)
Guitar (Tracks 1-4,7)
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 3,7,9,10), Clarinet (Track 7)
Vocals, Guitar, Electric Piano, Piano

Bones Howe

3) NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER

 
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.


7.
8.
9.

 
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

15.
16.
17.
18.

LP One
(Opening Intro)
Emotional Weather Report
Intro
On A Foggy Night
Intro
Eggs And Sausage
(In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)

Intro
Better Off Without A Wife
Nighthawk Postcards(From Easy Street)

LP Two
Intro
Warm Beer And Cold Women
Intro
Putnam County
Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission)

Nobody
Intro
Ballad Of Big Joe And Phantom 309
Spare Parts II (And Closing)






Pete Christlieb
Bill Goodwin
Jim Hughart
Mike Melvoin

Tom Waits

Producer:

Tenor Saxophone
Drums
Double Bass
Piano (Tracks 2,4,9,14,18),
Electric Piano (Tracks 6,8,11,13)
Vocals, Piano, Guitar

Bones Howe

 

Recorded live at Record Plant Studios, Hollywood, California, USA in front of a small invited audience on 30/31 July 1975

4) SMALL CHANGE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.

Tom Traubert's Blues
Step Right Up
Jitterbug Boy
I Wish I Was in New Orleans
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)

Invitation To The Blues
Pasties And A G-String
Bad Liver And A Broken Heart
The One That Got Away
Small Change
I Can't Wait To Get Off Work






Murray Adler
Israel Baker
Harry Bluestone
Samuel Boghossian
Jesse Ehrlich
Allan Harshman
Jim Hughart
Nathan Kaproff
George Kast
Ray Kelley
Marvin Limonick
Alfred Lustgarten
Edgar Lustgarten
Kathleen Lustgarten
Shelly Manne
Nathan Ross
Sheldon Sanov
David Schwartz
Lew Tabackin
Tom Waits

Producer:

Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Viola (Tracks 1,4)
Cello (Tracks 1,4)
Viola (Tracks 1,4)
Bass
Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Cello (Tracks 1,4)
Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Cello (Tracks 1,4)
Cello (Tracks 1,4)
Drums
Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Violin (Tracks 1,4)
Viola (Tracks 1,4)
Tenor Saxophone
Vocals, Piano

Bones Howe

5) FOREIGN AFFAIRS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.

Cinny's Waltz
Muriel
I Never Talk To Strangers
Medley: Jack And Neal/California Here I Come
A Sight For Sore Eyes

Potter's Field
Burma Shave
Barber Shop
Foreign Affair






Gene Cipriano
Jim Hughart
Shelly Manne
Bette Midler
Jack Sheldon
Frank Vicari
Tom Waits

Producer:

Clarinet (Track 6)
Bass
Drums
Vocals (Track 3)
Trumpet
Tenor Saxophone
Vocals, Piano

Bones Howe

6) BLUE VALENTINE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Somewhere [from West Side Story]
Red Shoes By The Drugstore
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Romeo Is Bleeding
$29

Wrong Side Of The Road
Whistlin' Past The Graveyard
Kentucky Avenue
A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
Blue Valentines






Harold Battiste
Roland Bautista
Ray Crawford
Scott Edwards
Dawilli Gonga
Bobbye Hall
Herbert Hardesty
Jim Hughart
Charles Kynard
Ricky Lawson
Byron Miller
Earl Palmer
Shine Robinson
Frank Vicari
Tom Waits

Chip White

Producer:

Piano (Tracks 7,9)
Guitar (Tracks 2,5)
Guitar (Tracks 4,5,10)
Bass (Tracks 7,9)
Electric Grand Piano (Tracks 2,3,5)
Congas (Track 4)
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 7,9)
Bass (Tracks 4,6)
Organ (Tracks 4,6)
Drums (Tracks 2,5)
Bass (Tracks 2,5)
Drums (Tracks 7,9)
Guitar (Tracks 7,9)
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 4,6)
Vocals, Piano (Tracks 3,8),
Guitar (Tracks 4-7,9,10)
Drums (Tracks 4,6)

Bones Howe

7) HEART ATTACK AND VINE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.

Heart Attack And Vine
In Shades
Saving All My Love For You
Downtown
Jersey Girl

'Til The Money Runs Out
On The Nickel
Mr Siegal
Ruby's Arms






Ronnie Barron

Roland Bautista
Greg Cohen
Victor Feldman


Jim Hughart
Plas Johnson

Michael Lang
Big John
Thomassie
Larry Taylor
Tom Waits


Producer:

Organ (Tracks 2,4,6),
Piano (Track 8)
Guitar (Tracks 2,4-6,8,9)
Bass (Tracks 5,9)
Percussion (Tracks 1,5),
Bells (Track 1),
Glockenspiel (Track 5)
Bass (Track 3)
Tenor & Baritone Saxophone
(Track 1)
Piano (Track 7)
Drums (Tracks 1,2,4-6,8)

Bass (Tracks 1,2,4,6,8)
Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 1,2,4,5,8), Piano (Tracks 3,9)

Bones Howe

8) BOUNCED CHECKS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Heartattack And Vine
Jersey Girl [alternate master] *
Eggs And Sausage
I Never Talk To Strangers [duet with Bette Midler]
The Piano Has Been Drinking [live, Dublin 03/81] *

Whistlin' Past The Graveyard [alternate master] *
Mr Henry *
Diamonds On My Windshield
Burma Shave
Tom Traubert's Blues




Producer:



 

* previously unreleased

9) ONE FROM THE HEART [OST]

1a/b/c.

2.
3.
4.
5.

6.
7.
8a/b.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Tom's Piano Intro/Once Upon A Town/
The Wages Of Love
Is There Any Way Out Of This Dream?
Picking Up After You
Old Boyfriends
Broken Bicycles

I Beg Your Pardon
Little Boy Blue
Instrumental Montage: The Tango/Circus Girl
You Can't Unring A Bell
This One's From The Heart
Take Me Home
Presents

Original Issue


Reissue




Bob Alcivar
Ronnie Barron
Dennis Budimir
Larry Bunker
Gene Cipriano
Greg Cohen
Teddy Edwards

Victor Feldman
Chuck Findley
Crystal Gayle
Dick Hyde
Pete Jolly


Gayle LeVant
John Lowe
Shelly Manne
Lanny Morgan
Joe Porcaro
Emil Richards
Jack Sheldon
Big John
Thomassie
Les Thompson
Tom Waits


Don Waldrop

Producer:

Piano (Tracks 1b,2)
Organ (Track 7)
Guitar (Track 1c), Piano (Track 4)
Drums (Track 8a)
Tenor Saxophone (Track 8a)
Bass (Tracks 1b-10,12)
Tenor Saxophone
(Tracks 1c,2,6,8b,10)
Timpani (Track 9)
Trumpet (Track 8b)
Vocals (Tracks 1b-4,10)
Trombone (Track 8b)
Piano (Tracks 1c,3,5,6,10),
Accordion (Track 8b),
Celeste (Track 12)
Harp (Tracks 6,10,12)
Woodwind (Track 8b)
Drums (Tracks 1c,4)
Woodwind (Track 8b)
Glockenspiel (Track 12)
Vibraphone (Track 6)
Trumpet (Tracks 3,6,8,10)
Percussion (Track 7)

Harmonica (Track 8b)
Vocals (Tracks 1b/c,3,5-7,9,10),
Piano (Tracks 1a,8a,11),
Guitar
Tuba (Track 8b)

Bones Howe

10) SWORDFISHTROMBONES

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.

Underground
Shore Leave
Dave The Butcher [instrumental]
Johnsburg, Illinois
16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six
Town With No Cheer
In The Neighborhood

Just Another Sucker On The Vine [instrumental]
Frank's Wild Years
Swordfishtrombone
Down, Down, Down
Soldier's Things
Gin Soaked Boy
Trouble's Braids
Rainbirds [instrumental]






Randy Aldcroft

Ronnie Barron
Eric Bikales
Greg Cohen

Victor Feldman











Richard Gibbs
Carlos Guitarlos
Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges


Dick Hyde
Bill Reichenbach
Joe Romano
Clark Spangler
Anthony Clark Stewart
Fred Tackett

Larry Taylor

Francis Thumm

Tom Waits





Producer:

Trombone (Track 2),
Baritone Horn (Tracks 1,7)
Organ (Track 9)
Organ (Track 11)
Bass (Track 4),
Acoustic Bass (Tracks 10,12,15)
Bass Marimba (Tracks 1,2),
Marimba (Tracks 2,10),
Shaker (Track 2),
Bass Drum with Rice (Track 2),
Bass Boo Bams (Track 3),
Brake Drum & Bell Plate (Track 5),
Snare (Tracks 5,11),
Organ, Snare Drum & Bells (Track 7),
Congas & Bass Drum (Track 10),
Dabuki Drum (Track 10),
Tambourine (Track 11),
African Talking Drum (Track 14)
Glass Harmonica (Track 15)
Guitar (Track 11)
Drums (Tracks 1,2,5,11,13),
Parade Drum & Cymbals (Track 7),
Parade Bass Drum (Track 14),
Glass Harmonica (Track 15)
Trombone (Track 7)
Trombone (Track 7)
Trombone (Track 5), Trumpet (Track 8)
Synthesiser (Track 6)
Bagpipes (Track 6)

Guitar (Tracks 1,5,13),
Banjo Guitar (Track 2)
Acoustic Bass (Tracks 1,2,5,7,9,11,13,14),
Electric Bass (Track 10)
Metal Aunglongs (Track 2),
Glass Harmonica (Track 15)
Vocals (Tracks 1,2,4,5-7,9-14),
Chair (Track 2), Organ (Track 3),
Piano (Tracks 4,15),
Harmonium (Tracks 6,8),
Synthesiser & Freedom Bell (Track 6)

Tom Waits

11) RAIN DOGS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.

Singapore
Clap Hands
Cemetery Polka
Jockey Full Of Bourbon
Tango Till They're Sore
Big Black Mariah
Diamonds & Gold
Hang Down Your Head
Time

Rain Dogs
Midtown [instrumental]
9th & Hennepin
Gun Street Girl
Union Square
Blind Love
Walking Spanish
Downtown Train
Bride Of Rain Dog [instrumental]
Anywhere I Lay My Head






Michael Blair






Ralph Carney


Crispin Cioe
Greg Cohen
Mickey Curry
Bob Funk
Tony Garnier
Arno Hecht
Stephen Taylor Arvizu Hodges
Robbie Kilgore
Tony Levin
Ross Levinson
Paul Litteral
John Lurie
Robert Musso
Bobby Previte
Robert Quine
Marc Ribot
Keith Richards

William Schimmel
GE Smith
Chris Spedding
Larry Taylor

Tom Waits







Producer:

Percussion (Tracks 1-4,7,8,13,17),
Marimba (Tracks 2,7,10,12),
Congas (Track 4),
Drums (Tracks 8,14,18),
Metal Percussion (Track 12),
Bowed Saw (Track 12),
Parade Drum (Track 19)
Baritone Saxophone (Tracks 4,14),
Saxophone (Tracks 11,18),
Clarinet (Track 12)
Saxophone (Tracks 11,19)
Double Bass (Tracks 5,12,13)
Drums (Track 17)
Trombone (Tracks 3,5,10,11,19)
Double Bass (Track 2)
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 11,19)
Drums (Tracks 1,2,4,6,10,11,15,
16), Parade Drums (Track 3)
Organ (Track 17)
Bass (Track 17)
Violin (Track 15)
Trumpet (Tracks 1,11,19)
Alto Saxophone (Track 16)
Banjo (Track 7)
Percussion & Marimba (Track 2)
Guitar (Tracks 15,17)
Guitar (Tracks 1-4,7,8,10)
Guitar (Tracks 6,14,15),
Backing Vocals (Track 15)
Accordion (Tracks 3,9,10)
Guitar (Track 17)
Guitar (Track 1)
Double Bass (Tracks 1,3,4,6,8-10,
15), Bass (Tracks 7,11,14,16)
Vocals (Tracks 1-10,12-17,19),
Guitar (Tracks 2,4,6,8-10,15-17),
Organ (Tracks 3,19),
Piano (Tracks 5,12),
Pump Organ (Track 8),
Banjo (Track 13),
Harmonium (Track 18)

Tom Waits

12) FRANK'S WILD YEARS [OST]

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.

Hang On St Christopher
Straight To The Top (Rhumba)
Blow Wind Blow
Temptation
Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
I'll Be Gone
Yesterday Is Here
Please Wake Me Up
Frank's Theme

More Than Rain
Way Down In The Hole
Straight To The Top (Vegas)
I'll Take New York
Telephone Call From Istanbul
Cold Cold Ground
Train Song
Innocent When You Dream (78)






Jay Anderson
Michael Blair


Angela Brown
Ralph Carney

Greg Cohen
David Hidalgo
Leslie Holland
Lynne Jordan
Marc Ribot
William Schimmel

Larry Taylor
Moris Tepper
Francis Thumm
Tom Waits



Producer:

Bass
Drums, Congas, Percussion,
Maracas, Marimba, Glockenspiel,
Orchestra Bells
Backing Vocals
Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Horn, Violin
Bass, Bass Pedals, Alto Horn
Accordion
Backing Vocals
Backing Vocals
Guitar, Banjo
Piano, Cocktail Piano, Accordion,
Pump Organ, Bass Pedals
Bass, Upright Bass
Guitar
Prepared Piano, Pump Organ
Vocals, Piano, Pump Organ,
Organ, Mellotron, Optigan, Guitar,
Rooster, Drums, Congas, Tambourine

Tom Waits

13) BIG TIME

 
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

 
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

LP Issue
16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six
Red Shoes
Cold Cold Ground
Way Down In The Hole
Falling Down
Strange Weather

Big Black Mariah
Rain Dogs
Train Song
Telephone Call From Istanbul
Gun Street Girl
Time

CD Issue
16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six
Red Shoes
Underground
Cold Cold Ground
Straight To The Top
Yesterday Is Here
Way Down In The Hole
Falling Down
Strange Weather
Big Black Mariah
Rain Dogs
Train Song
Johnsburg, Illinois
Ruby's Arms
Telephone Call From Istanbul
Clap Hands
Gun Street Girl
Time






Michael Blair

Ralph Carney

Greg Cohen
Richie Hayward
Marc Ribot

Willie Schwarz

Fred Tackett
Larry Taylor
Tom Waits


Producer:

Drums, Percussion, Bongos
(Tracks 1-7,9-18)
Saxophone, Clarinet, Horn
(Tracks 1-7,9-18)
Bass, Alto Horn (Tracks 1-7,9-18)
Drums (Track 8)
Banjo, Guitar, Trumpet
(Tracks 1-7,9-18)
Accordion, Congas, Organ, Sitar
(Tracks 1-7,9-18)
Guitar (Track 8)
Bass (Track 8)
Vocals, Guitar, Organ,
Percussion (Track 1)

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

 

Recorded live in November 1987 in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dublin, Stockholm and Berlin: except Falling Down which was recorded at Sunset Sound Studio, Los Angeles, California, USA.

14) THE EARLY YEARS

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

Goin' Down Slow
Poncho's Lament
I'm Your Late Night Evening Prostitute
Had Me A Girl
Ice Cream Man
Rockin' Chair

Virginia Ave
Midnight Lullabye
When You Ain't Got Nobody
Little Trip To Heaven
Frank's Song
Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again
So Long I'll See Ya








Producer:



 

Recorded in July-December 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA

15) NIGHT ON EARTH [OST]

1.
2.
3.
4.

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6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
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16.

Back In The Good Old World (Gypsy)
Los Angeles Mood (Chromium Descensions)
Los Angeles Theme (Another Private Dick)
New York Theme (Hey, You Can Have That Heartattack Outside Buddy)
New York Mood (A New Haircut & A Busted Lip)
Baby I'm Not A Baby Anymore (Beatrice Theme)
Good Old World (Waltz)
Carnival (Brunello del Montalcino)

On The Other Side Of The World
Good Old World (Gypsy Instrumental)
Paris Mood (Un de Fromage)
Dragging A Dead Priest
Helsinki Mood
Carnival Bob's Confession
Good Old World (Waltz)
On The Other Side Of The World (Instrumental)






Josef Brinckmann
Matthew Brubeck
Ralph Carney


Joe Gore
Mule Patterson
Clark Suprynowicz
Francis Thumm
Tom Waits

Producer:

Accordion
Cello
Trumpet, Alto & Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Panpipes, Baritone Horn
Guitar, Banjo
Drums, Percussion, Piano
Bass
Organ, Harmonium
Vocals

Tom Waits

16) BONE MACHINE

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.

Earth Died Screaming
Dirt In The Ground
Such A Scream
All Stripped Down
Who Are You?
The Ocean Doesn't Want Me
Jesus Gonna Be Here
A Little Rain (For Clyde)

In The Colosseum
Goin' Out West
Murder In The Red Barn
Black Wings
Whistle Down The Wind (For Tom Jans)
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Let Me Get Up On It
That Feel






Brain
Kathleen Brennan
Ralph Carney


Les Claypool
Joe Gore
David Hidalgo
Joe Marquez
David Phillips

Keith Richards
Larry Taylor

Waddy Wachtel
Tom Waits








Producer:

Drums (Tracks 3,9)
Sticks (Track 1)
Alto Saxophone (Tracks 2,3),
Tenor Saxophone (Tracks 2,3),
Bass Clarinet (Track 2)
Bass (Track 1)
Guitar (Tracks 4,10,12)
Violin & Accordion (Track 13)
Sticks (Track 1), Banjo (Track 13)
Pedal Steel Guitar (Tracks 8,13),
Steel Guitar (Track 16)
Guitar & Vocals Guitar (Track 16)
Upright Bass (Tracks 1,2,4,5,8-12,14,16), Guitar (Track 7)
Guitar (Track 16)
Vocals, Chamberlin (Tracks 1,6,9),
Percussion (Tracks 1,3-6,15),
Guitar (Tracks 1,3,5,12,14,16),
Sticks (Track 1),
Piano (Tracks 2,13),
Upright Bass (Track 7),
Conundrum (Track 9),
Drums (Tracks 10-12,16)

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

17) THE EARLY YEARS VOLUME 2

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

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9.
10.
11.
12.
13.

Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You
Ol' 55
Mockin' Bird
In Between Love
Blue Skies
Nobody
I Want You

Shiver Me Timbers
Grapefruit Moon
Diamonds On My Windshield
Please Call Me, Baby
So It Goes
Old Shoes








Producer:



18) THE BLACK RIDER

1.
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3.
4.
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20.

Lucky Day (Overture)
The Black Rider
November
Just The Right Bullets
Black Box Theme
'Tain't No Sin
Flash Pan Hunter (Intro)
That's The Way
The Briar And The Rose
Russian Dance

Gospel Train ("Orchestra")
I'll Shoot The Moon
Flash Pan Hunter
Crossroads
Gospel Train
Interlude
Oily Night
Lucky Day
The Last Rose Of Summer
Carnival






Gerd Bessler
The Boners
Hans-Jorn Braudenberg
Kathleen Brennan
Matthew Brubeck
Clive Butters
William S Burroughs
Ralph Carney


Greg Cohen





Linda Deluca
Bill Douglas

Joe Gore

Volker Hemken
Joe Marquez
Christoph Moinian
Don Neely
Nick Phelps

Kevin Porter
Larry Rhodes

Stefan Schäfer
Henning Stoll


Francis Thumm

Kenny Wolleson


Tom Waits










Producer:

Viola (Track 14)
? (Track 17)
Organ (Tracks 8,9)

Noises [boots] (Track 10)
Cello (Tracks 1,4,5,11-13,17,18)
Noises [boots] (Track 10)
Voice (Track 6)
Saxophone (Tracks 1,12,17), Bass Clarinet (Tracks 4,11,13,15,17), Tuba (Track 18)
Bass (Tracks 2,3,6,14,15,19,20),
Banjo & Viola (Track 2),
Percussion (Tracks 2,15),
Accordion (Track 3),
Clarinet (Track 6),
Sampler (Track 6)
Viola (Tracks 10,11,17)
Bass (Tracks 1,4,5,11-13,15,17,18)
Banjo (Tracks 1,4,5,13,17),
Guitar (Tracks 12,17,18)
Clarinet (Tracks 7-9,16)
Noises [boots] (Track 10)
French Horn (Track 16)
Saw (Tracks 3,5)
French Horn (Tracks 1,5,10,11,17)
Trombone (Tracks 1,10-12,17)
Bassoon (Tracks 4,5,10,11,13),
Contra Bassoon (Track 17)
Bass (Tracks 7-9)
Contra Bassoon (Track 7),
Viola (Tracks 8,9),
Bassoon (Track 16)
Organ (Tracks 4,12,13),
Noises [boots] (Track 10)
Percussion (Tracks 1,4,5,11,13,17),
Marimba (Track 12)
Vocals (Tracks 1-4,12-15,18,19),
Calliope (Track 1),
Organ (Tracks 2,18,19),
Piano (Tracks 3,4),
Banjo (Track 3),
Chamberlain (Tracks 5,14,19,20),
Marimba (Track 6),
Sampler (Tracks 6,10,11,20), Noises [boots] (Track 10),
Guitar (Track 14),
Train Whistle (Track 15),
Congas (Track 15),
Log Drum (Track 15)

Gerd Bessler (Tracks 2,3,5-9,14,16,19,20),
Tchad Blake (Tracks 1,4,10-13,15,17,18)

 

Music for the German play The Black Rider

19) MULE VARIATIONS

 
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LP One
Big In Japan
Lowside Of The Road
Hold On
Get Behind The Mule

House Where Nobody Lives
Cold Water
Pony
What's He Building?

LP Two
Black Market Baby
Eyeball Kid
Picture In A Frame
Chocolate Jesus

Georgia Lee
Filipino Box Spring Hog
Take It With Me
Come On Up To The House

Cover


CD Booklet




Andrew Borger

Kathleen Brennan
Ralph Carney



Les Claypool
Greg Cohen

Linda Delucia-Gbidossi
Dalton Dillingham III
Joe Gore
Chris Grady
John Hammond
Stephen Hodges
Smokey Hormel

Jacquire King
Larry LaLonde
Brain Mantia
Christopher Marvin
Charlie Musselwhite
Nik Phelps

DJ M. Mark Reitman
Larry Rhodes
Marc Ribot
Jeff Sloan

Larry Taylor

Tom Waits








Producer:

Drums (Tracks 9,14,16), Percussion (Track 14)
Boner (Track 14)
Trumpet (Track 1),
Saxophone (Tracks 1,11,16),
Bass Clarinet (Track 10),
Reeds (Tracks 8,9)
Bass (Track 1)
Bass (Tracks 11,12,15),
Percussion (Track 10)
Violin (Track 13)
Bass (Track 13)
Guitar (Tracks 3,16)
Trumpet (Tracks 2,14)
Harp (Track 7)
Percussion (Tracks 3,4)
Guitar (Track 4), Dobro (Track 7),
Chumbus & Dousengoni (Track 2)
Programming (Tracks 2,14)
Guitar (Track 1)
Drums (Track 1)
Drums (Track 6)
Harp (Tracks 4,12,14,16)
Baritone Saxophone
(Tracks 11,16)
Turntable (Tracks 8-10,14)
Contrabassoon (Track 10)
Guitar (Tracks 3,5,6,9,10,14)
Percussion (Track 8),
Boner (Track 14)
Bass (Tracks 3-6,14,16),
Guitar (Tracks 5,14)
Vocals, Organ (Track 3),
Pump Organ (Track 7),
Piano (Tracks 5,11,13,15,16),
Chamberlain (Track 9),
Optigan (Track 2),
Guitar (Tracks 1-3,6,7,9,12),
Percussion (Tracks 9,10),
Boner (Track 14)

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

20) ALICE

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Alice
Everything You Can Think
Flower's Grave
No One Knows I'm Gone
Kommienezuspadt
Poor Edward
Table Top Joe
Lost In The Harbour

We're All Mad Here
Watch Her Disappear
Reeperbahn
I'm Still Here
Fish And Bird
Barcarolle
Fawn






Tim Allen
Ara Anderson

Myles Boisen
Andrew Borger

Matthew Brubeck

Bent Clausen

Stewart Copeland
Joe Gore
Dawn Harms

Carla Kihlstedt
Eric Perney
Nick Phelps

Bebe Risenfors






Gino Robair


Matthew Sperry
Colin Stetson



Larry Taylor


Tom Waits










Producer:

Scraper (Track 5)
Trumpet (Tracks 1,13),
Baritone Horn (Tracks 11,13)
Banjo (Track 11)
Frame Drums, Oil Drums &
Percussion (all Track 5)
Cello (Tracks 2-6,8,10,12,13),
Bass (Track 14)
Swiss Hand Bells (Track 2),
Piano (Tracks 7,14)
Trap Kit (Track 7)
Guitar (Track 7)
Violin (Tracks 3,4,10,12,14),
Stroh Violin (Tracks 4,6,8,13)
Violin (Tracks 8,9,11,15)
Bass (Track 1)
Trumpet (Track 2),
French Horn (Track 2)
Stroh Violin (Track 2),
Alto Viola (Tracks 3,4),
Clarinet (Tracks 3,13),
Bass Clarinet (Track 5),
Bass (Tracks 5,7),
Marimba & Percussion (Track 5),
Viola (Track 6), Fiddle (Track 8)
Drums (Track 1),
Percussion (Tracks 9,11),
Marimba (Track 15)
Bass (Tracks 9,11,14,15)
Saxophone (Tracks 1,14),
Baritone Saxophone (Track 5),
Bass Clarinet (Tracks 9,11,15),
Clarinet (Track 12)
Bass (Tracks 2-8,13),
Guitar (Tracks 2,5,7),
Percussion (Track 5)
Vocals (Tracks 1-14),
Piano (Tracks 1,3,6,9,11-15),
Mellotron (Track 2),
Chamberlain (Tracks 2,11,14),
Percussion (Tracks 2,5),
Pump Organ (Tracks 3,4,7,8,10,13),
Circular Violin (Track 9),
Stomping (Track 5),
Toy Glockenspiel (Track 13),
Vibes & Cymbal (Track 14)

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

21) BLOOD MONEY

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Misery Is The River Of The World
Everything Goes To Hell
Coney Island Baby
All The World Is Green
God's Away On Business
Another Man's Vine

Knife Chase
Lullaby
Starving In The Belly Of A Whale
The Part You Throw Away
Woe
Calliope
A Good Man Is Hard To Find






Ara Anderson
Myles Boisen
Andrew Borger
Matthew Brubeck

Bent Clausen


Stewart Copeland
Joe Gore
Dawn Harms

Charlie Musselwhite
Mule Patterson
Nick Phelps

Dan Plonsey
Bebe Risenfors



Gino Robair


Matthew Sperry
Colin Stetson






Larry Taylor

Casey Waits
Tom Waits







Producer:

Trumpet (Tracks 3,7,13)
Guitar (Track 7)
Marimba (Tracks 6,13)
Cello (Tracks 3,4,8-11),
Bass (Tracks 10,13)
Marimba (Track 4),
Pod (Track 5),
Bass Drum (Track 7)
Drums & Log Drum (Track 5)
Guitar (Track 5)
Violin (Tracks 8-11),
Stroh Violin (Tracks 8,11,13)
Harmonica (Tracks 5,9)
Pod (Track 1)
Trumpet (Tracks 5,12),
Baby Tuba (Track 5)
Clarinet (Track 2)
Bass Clarinet (Tracks 1,7),
Accordion (Track 2),
Saxophone (Track 7),
Clarinet (Track 13)
Marimba, Bells & Gong (all Track 1), Bongos & Timpani (Track 2), Floor Toms (Track 9)
Bass (Track 2)
Baritone Saxophone (Track 2),
Clarinet (Tracks 3,4,10),
Bass Clarinet (Tracks 5,9),
Baritone Horn (Track 6),
Alto Saxophone (Track 6),
Tenor Saxophone (Track 6),
Saxophone (Track 7)
Bass (Tracks 1,3-7,9),
Guitar (Tracks 7,13)
Drums (Track 7)
Vocals (Tracks 1-6,8-11,13),
Piano (Tracks 1,3,6,7,9,10),
Calliope (Tracks 1,12,13),
Guitar (Tracks 2,4,5,8-10),
Mellotron (Tracks 2,3,9),
Toy Piano (Track 12),
Pump Organ (Track 13)

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

 

Songs written for the play Woyzeck, based on the play of the same name by Georg Büchner.

22) REAL GONE

 
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LP One
Top Of The Hill
Hoist That Rag
Sins Of My Father

Shake It
Don’t Go Into That Barn
How’s It Gonna End
Metropolitan Glide

LP Two
Dead And Lovely
Circus
Trampled Rose
Green Grass

Baby Gonna Leave Me
Clang Boom Steam
Make It Rain
Day After Tomorrow
Chickaboom [hidden track]






Brain

Les Claypool
Harry Cody
Mark Howard
Marc Ribot

Larry Taylor

Casey Waits



Tom Waits


Trisha Wilson

Producer:

Percussion (Tracks 1-5,7,10,12),
Handclaps (Track 4)
Bass (Tracks 2,4,12)
Guitar (Tracks 5,7), Banjo (Track 6)
Handclaps (Track 4), Bells (Track 9)
Guitar (Tracks 1-4,8,11,12,14,15),
Banjo (Tracks 3,10)
Bass (Tracks 1,3,5-8,10,11,14,15),
Guitar (Tracks 4,5)
Turntables (Tracks 1,7),
Percussion (Tracks 2,5),
Handclaps (Track 4),
Drums (Tracks 8,9,14)
Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 3,6,7,11,15),
Percussion (Track 5),
Chamberlain (Track 9)
Handclaps (Track 4)

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

23) ORPHANS: BRAWLERS, BAWLERS AND BASTARDS

 
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LP One - Brawlers
Lie To Me
Low Down
2:19
Fish In The Jailhouse

Bottom Of The World
Lucinda
Ain't Goin' Down To The Well
Lord I've Been Changed

LP Two - Brawlers
Puttin' On The Dog
Road To Peace
All The Time

The Return Of Jackie And Judy
Walk Away
Sea Of Love
Buzz Fledderjohn
Rains On Me

LP Three - Bawlers
Bend Down The Branches
You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Long Way Home
Widow's Grace
Little Drop Of Poison
Shiny Things

World Keeps Turning
Tell It To Me
Never Let Go
Fannin Street

LP Four - Bawlers
Little Man
It's Over
If I Have To Go
Goodnight Irene
The Fall Of Troy

Take Care Of All My Children
Down There By The Train
Danny Says
Jayne's Blue Wish
Young At Heart

LP Five - Bastards
What Keeps Mankind Alive
Children's Story
Heigh Ho
Army Ants
Books Of Moses

Bone Chain
Two Sisters
First Kiss
Dog Door
B4
Redrum

LP Six - Bastards
Nirvana
Home I'll Never Be
Poor Little Lamb
Altar Boy
The Pontiac
Spidey's Wild Ride

King Kong
On The Road
Dog Treat
Missing My Son

LP Seven - Bonus
Crazy 'Bout My Baby
Diamond In Your Mind
Cannon Song

Pray
No One Can Forgive Me
Mathie Grove

CD One - Brawlers
Lie To Me
Low Down
2:19
Fish In The Jailhouse
Bottom Of The World
Lucinda
Ain't Goin' Down To The Well
Lord I've Been Changed
Puttin' On The Dog
Road To Peace
All The Time
The Return Of Jackie And Judy
Walk Away
Sea Of Love
Buzz Fledderjohn
Rains On Me

CD Two - Bawlers
Bend Down The Branches
You Can Never Hold Back Spring
Long Way Home
Widow's Grove
Little Drop Of Poison
Shiny Things
World Keeps Turning
Tell It To Me
Never Let Go
Fannin Street
Little Man
It's Over
If I Have To Go
Goodnight Irene
The Fall Of Troy
Take Care Of All My Children
Down There By The Train
Danny Says
Jayne's Blue Wish
Young At Heart

CD Three - Bastards
What Keeps Mankind Alive
Children's Story
Heigh Ho
Army Ants
Books Of Moses
Bone Chain
Two Sisters
First Kiss
Dog Door [featuring Sparklehorse]
Redrum
Nirvana
Home I'll Never Be
Poor Little Lamb
Altar Boy
The Pontiac
Spidey's Wild Ride
King Kong
On The Road
Dog Treat
Missing My Son






Dave Alvin
Anges Amar
Ara Anderson
Ray Armando
Bobby Baloo

Bobby Black
Michael Blair

Andrew Borger
Brain
Matt Brubeck
Dan Cantrell
Ralph Carney
Crispin Cioe
Bent Clausen

Les Claypool
Jimmy Cleveland
Harry Cody
Greg Cohen
Eddie Davis
Darrel Devore
Seth Ford-Young
Steve Foreman
Mitchell Froom
Bob Funk
Joe Gore
Chris Grady
Brett Gurewitz
Ron Hacker
John Hammond
Arno Hecht
Billy Higgins
Art Hillery
Stephen Hodges
Bart Hopkins
Trevor Horn
Carla Kihlstedt
Guy Klesevik
Gary Knowlton
Mike Knowlton
Larry LaLonde
Adam Lane
Mark Linkous

Paul Litteral
Charlie Musselwhite
Tom Nunn

Eric Perney
Nic Phelps
Dan Plonsey
Steve Prutsman
Bebe Risenfors
Marc Ribot
Gino Robair
Mike Silverman
Jeff Sloan
Nolan Smith
Matthew Sperry
Colin Stetson
Larry Taylor
Francis Thumm
Leroy Vinnegar
Casey Waits
Sullivan Waits
Tom Waits



Richard Waters
Tom Yoder

Producer:

Guitar (Tracks 1-16)
Whistle (Tracks 1-16)
Trumpet (Tracks 37-56)
Percussion (Tracks 17-36)
Performer [Boulders],
Cowbell (Tracks 1-16)
Steel Guitar (Tracks 17-36)
Drums, Percussion
(Tracks 37-56)
Percussion (Tracks 1-36)
Percussion (Tracks 1-16,37-56)
Bass (Tracks 17-56)
Accordion (Tracks 17-36)
Saxophone (Tracks 1-36)
Saxophone (Tracks 37-56)
Piano (Tracks 37-56),
Banjo (Tracks 17-36)
Bass (Tracks 1-16)
Trombone (Tracks 17-36)
Banjo (Tracks 17-36)
Bass (Tracks 17-56)
Banjo (Tracks 37-56)
Circular Violin (Tracks 37-56)
Bass (Tracks 1-36)
Percussion (Tracks 1-16)
Chamberlain (Tracks 37-56)
Trombone (Tracks 37-56)
Guitar (Tracks 1-36)
Trumpet (Tracks 17-36)
Guitar (Tracks 1-36)
Guitar (Tracks 1-16)
Harmonica (Tracks 1-16)
Saxophone (Tracks 37-56)
Drums (Tracks 17-36)
Piano (tracks: 2-1 to 2-20)
Percussion (Tracks 1-16)
Bamboo Clarinet (Tracks 37-36)
Bass (Tracks 17-36)
Violin (Tracks 17-36)
Accordion (Tracks 37-56)
Keyboards (Tracks 37-56)
Guitar (Tracks 37-56)
Guitar (Tracks 37-56)
Bass (Tracks 17-36)
Guitar, Drums, Bass
(Tracks 37-56)
Trumpet (Tracks 37-56)
Harmonica (Tracks 1-16)
Performer [The Bug]
(Tracks 17-36)
Bass (Tracks 17-36)
Horn (Tracks 17-36)
Clarinet (Tracks 17-36)
Piano (Tracks 17-36)
Clarinet (Tracks 17-36)
Guitar (Tracks 1-16,37-56)
Percussion (Tracks 1-36)
Bass (Tracks 17-36)
Percussion (Tracks 1-16)
Trumpet (Tracks 17-36)
Bass (Tracks 17-36)
Saxophone (Tracks 37-56)
Bass
Piano (tracks: 2-1 to 2-20)
Bass (Tracks 17-36)
Drums (Tracks 1-16,37-56)
Guitar (Tracks 17-36)
Vocals, Guitar (Tracks 1-16),
Keyboards (Tracks 1-16),
Percussion (Tracks 1-16,37-56),
Pump Organ (Tracks 37-56)
Waterphone (Tracks 37-56)
Trombone (Tracks 17-36)

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

24) GLITTER AND DOOM LIVE

 
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LP One
Lucinda/Ain't Goin Down
Singapore
Get Behind The Mule

Fannin Street
Dirt In The Ground
Such A Scream
Live Circus

LP Two
Goin' Out West
Falling Down
The Part You Throw Away
Trampled Rose

Metropolitan Glide
I'll Shoot The Moon
Green Grass
Make It Rain
Story
Lucky Day

CD One
Lucinda/Ain't Goin Down
Singapore
Get Behind The Mule
Fannin Street
Dirt In The Ground
Such A Scream
Live Circus
Goin' Out West
Falling Down
The Part You Throw Away
Trampled Rose
Metropolitan Glide
I'll Shoot The Moon
Green Grass
Make It Rain
Story
Lucky Day

CD Two
Tom Tales
Picture In A Frame [hidden track]






Seth Ford-Young
Vincent Henry

Omar Torez
Casey Waits
Sullivan Waits
Tom Waits
Patrick Warren

Producer:

Double Bass
Woodwind, Harmonica, Saxophone,
Guitar
Guitar, Cigar Box Banjo, Mandolin
Drums, Percussion
Saxophone, Clarinet
Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Piano, Reed Organ, Chamberlain, Mellotron

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

 

Recorded live at:
Track 1: Alabama Theater, Birmingham, Alabama, USA on 3 July 2008
Tracks 2,10: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland on 28 July 2008
Tracks 3,8: Brady Theatre, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA on 25 June 2008
Tracks 4,12: Civic Auditorium, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA on 29 June 2008
Track 5: Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan, Italy on 19 July 2008
Track 6: Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan, Italy on 18 July 2008
Track 7: Moran Theatre, Jacksonville, Florida, USA 1 July 2008
Track 9: Grand Rex, Paris, France on 25 July 2008
Track 11: Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland on 1 August 2008
Track 13: Grand Rex, Paris, France Paris on 24 July 2008
Tracks 14,19: Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland on 27 July 2008
Tracks 15,17: Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 5 July 2008
Track 16: Ohio Theatre, Columbus, Ohio, USA on 28 June 2008

25) BAD AS ME

 
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CD One - standard & Deluxe editions
Chicago Raised Right Men
Talking At The Same Time
Get Lost
Face To The Highway
Pay Me
Back In The Crowd
Bad As Me
Kiss Me
Satisfied
Last Leaf
Hell Broke Luce
New Year's Eve

CD Two - Deluxe edition
She Stole The Blush
Tell Me
After You Die






Will Bernard
Les Claypool
Flea
Chris Grady
Dawn Harms
David Hidalgo



Ben Jaffe


Clint Maedgen
Augie Meyers

Charlie Musselwhite
Marc Ribot
Keith Richards

Gino Robair

Marcus Shelby
Zack Sumner
Larry Taylor

Casey Waits
Tom Waits





Patrick Warren
James Whiton

Producer:

Guitar (Tracks 6,12)
Bass (Track 10)
Bass (Track 2,12)
Trumpet (Tracks 3,12,13)
Violin (Track 5)
Accordion, Bass,
Guitar (Tracks 3,4,6,7,12),
Violin (Track 6), Percussion (Track 7),
Backing Vocals (Track 13)
Bass Clarinet (Track 1),
Trombone (Tracks 1,3,4),
Tuba (Tracks 12,13)
Saxophone (Tracks 1,3,4,8,10,12,13)
Organ (Track 2), Piano (Track 3),
Accordion (Track 6)
Harmonica (Tracks 1,2,8,10,12)
Guitar (Tracks 1–8,10–12)
Guitar (Tracks 1,10–12),
Vocals (Track 11)
Percussion (Tracks 3,5,10),
Vibraphone (Track 6)
Bass (Track 9)
Bass (Track 13)
Guitar (Tracks 1,2),
Bass (Tracks 1,4)
Drums (Tracks 1,2,4,5,7,8,10,12)
Vocals (Tracks 1–13),
Guitar (Tracks 1–4,6,7,9–11,13),
Piano (Tracks 1,6,8,9),
Percussion (Tracks 1,4,5,12),
Banjo (Track 1), Tabla (Track 2),
Pump Organ (Track 11)
Keyboards (Tracks 3–5,10,13)
Bass (Tracks 3,5–7,11)

Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits