Just noticed that today is the birthday of an old favorite of mine (Tom Waits) and wanted to share this rare collection of live recordings from the late 70's. Some great stuff here, including some unusual versions of tracks from a few of his early records. Some tracks are just him and a piano or acoustic guitar, a few of them have bass, drums, sax or trumpet. He's in spectacular form though it all, working his classic beat-poet/barfly speaking/crooning mode...
I especially like the version of "Looking for the Heart of Saturday Night" with a lengthy monologue at the beginning. Some elements of the spoken bits contained on these numbers were used on various albums (particularly "Nighthawks at the Diner"), while others seem to be unique to this disc and were possibly improvised at the performances captured here.
Overall, it's a collection that fans should appreciate, despite the less-than-perfect fidelity (some numbers are better than others, and in general it isn't bad at all, if you ask me).
Track listing:
1. Eggs And Sausage ~ Semi Suite
2. Diamonds On My Windshield
3. Drunk On The Moon
4. Better Off Without A Wife
5. Nighthawk Postcards ~ Looking For The Heart Saturday Night
6. San Diego Serenade
7. Summertime
8. Annie’s Back In Town
9. On The Nickel
10. Romeo's Bleeding
11. Christmas Card From A Hooker in Minneapolis
Waiting for a midnight rendezvous?
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