New Tom Waits

Posted by: Diccus62 on 10 September 2006

Must admit this one slipped me by but then again its not out until the end of November. I guess its a good time to release a Tom record. The summer and Tom Waits just don't go together

Anyway this from the Observer today..........

Tom Waits
Orphans
Anti, Nov 20

A triple CD set featuring 54 songs from Waits's vaults including 30 that have never been heard before, Orphans covers everything from rockabilly stomps to broken-down ballads, subterranean rumbas to mutated cover versions. Grouped generically by CD, the album comprises Brawlers, a collection of full-throated blues-based rockers; Bawlers , a jumble of seasick ballads, off-kilter waltzes and woozy love songs; and Bastards, a blend of avant-garde instrumentals and spoken-word interludes. Threaded through each album are the various songs and sound pieces that Waits has recorded for films, stage plays and other odd projects, such as Hal Willner's album of Disney covers. 'Heigh Ho', a song made famous by seven Disney dwarves, is a highlight, grotesque and scary, while his nightmarish 'Poor Little Lamb' should not be played in the presence of nervous children. Or adults for that matter.
S'OH

He says: 'Orphans are rough and tender tunes. They grew up hard ... They don't bite, they just need attention.'

Buy this if you liked: Tom Waits's last album, Real Gone.

Diccus

Posted on: 16 September 2006 by SteveGa

quote:
Originally posted by Skip:
"Wicked Grin" by John Hammond with Tom Waits's band.

Really good album - a bit of a shock to those used to Waits singing his songs but Hammond brings the Blues to the songs. His growling voice sounds fantastic against Waits production. "Murder In The Red Barn", "Jockey Full Of Bourbon" and "16 Shells From A Thirty Ought Six" are particular favourites.

Skip have you come across

Holly Cole - Temptation a kind of lazy, jazzy take on Waits songs. Once it sinks in what she is doing this is a good one as well - a Sunday morning kind of album:
* 1. Take Me Home
* 2. Train Song
* 3. Jersey Girl
* 4. Temptation
* 5. Falling Down
* 6. Invitation To The Blues
* 7. Cinny's Waltz
* 8. Frank's Theme
* 9. Little Boy
* 10. I Don't Wanna Grow Up
* 11. Tango Til They're Sore
* 12. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
* 13. Soldiers Things
* 14. I Want You
* 15. Good Old World
* 16. The Briar And The Rose
* 17. Shiver Me Timbers
some 30 seconds samples here

Posted on: 16 September 2006 by Skip

I have the Holly Cole Temptation. I want to like Holly Cole, and have much of her stuff, and I know her heart is in the right place, but something about her delivery usually wears me out before the CD is over. I prefer the original Waits' version of every song on Temptation, and I think I have heard him do all but a couple of them. And I think I prefer Hammonds' version of every song on Wicked Grin.

Have you heard "One From the Heart"? It is more the Asylum sound, from the early 80's movie from Zoetrope Studios, before Waits into that current junkyard sound of his. Very cool soundtrack with Crystal Gale. Great on vinyl (33 only on this one) , ok on CD. Worth having.

Posted on: 17 September 2006 by SteveGa

quote:
Originally posted by Skip:
I have the Holly Cole Temptation. I want to like Holly Cole, and have much of her stuff, and I know her heart is in the right place, but something about her delivery usually wears me out before the CD is over. I prefer the original Waits' version of every song on Temptation, and I think I have heard him do all but a couple of them. And I think I prefer Hammonds' version of every song on Wicked Grin.

Have you heard "One From the Heart"? It is more the Asylum sound, from the early 80's movie from Zoetrope Studios, before Waits into that current junkyard sound of his. Very cool soundtrack with Crystal Gale. Great on vinyl (33 only on this one) , ok on CD. Worth having.

I tend to agree with your comments on Holly Cole. It is an album I always pull before the end (although I listened to it yesterday all the way through). It strikes me as great "dinner party music".

One From The Heart - I saw the film, indeed I think I've got it somewhere. Anyone in the UK interested in this it is here

While we are on the subject of cover versions:

Rod Stewart

"Hang on St. Christopher"
'Spanner In the Works'
pop/rock: (1995) Warner Bros. 7599 45867 2

"Tom Traubert's Blues"
'Unplugged ... And Seated'
pop/rock: (1993) Warner Bros. 45289-2

"Downtown Train"
'The Mercury Anthology'
pop/rock: (1992) Polygram 512805

'Downtown Train' (a subset of Storyteller)
pop/rock: (1990) Warner Bros 2-26158

'Storyteller - Complete Anthology'
pop/rock: (1989) Warner Bros 2-25987

Steve

Posted on: 17 September 2006 by Skip

I have not paid much attention to Rod Stewart since the Wake Up Maggie days. Doubt I will either, Tom Waits or not.

Posted on: 24 October 2006 by Diccus62

Orphans

Now streaming

here

Diccus

Posted on: 24 October 2006 by Wolf

I remember seeing him as a character in a recent Vampire film he was the toady put in jail as he was waiting for the master to appear. Really strange and probably not too far from the truth....LOL

Posted on: 19 November 2006 by Diccus62

Has anyone seen this, again a bargain at HMV.co.uk for £4.99. Crackin tracklisting.

1. Big Mama Thornton - Hound Dog (Leiber/Stoller)
2. Ray Charles - It Should Have Been Me (Curtis)
3. Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (Lewis Allan)
4. Miles Davis - 'Round Midnight (Monk, Hanighen, Williams)
5. Lightnin' Hopkins - Abilene (S. Hopkins)
6. Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie)
7. Thelonious Monk - Straight, No Chaser (Monk)
8. Harry Partch - The Street (H. Partch)
9. Jack Kerouac - On The Road (extract) (Kerouac)
10. Allen Ginsberg - A Supermarket In California (Ginsberg)
11. John Brim - Ice Cream Man (Brim)
12. Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (H. Arlen, J. Mercer)
13. Harry Partch - Ring Around The World: Phase One (H. Partch)
14. Nat King Cole - Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Don Redman, Andy Razaf)
15. Louis Armstrong - Mack The Knife (Kurt Weill, E. Bertolt Brecht, Marc Blitzstein)
16. Charles Bukowski - Last Days Of The Suicide Kid (Bukowski)
17. Howlin' Wolf - Evil (Is Goin' On) (Burnett)
18. Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground (Johnson)
19. Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine (Johnson)
20. Harry Partch - Ring Around The World: Phase Four (H. Partch)
21. Charlie Parker - Embraceable You (Ira & George Gershwin)
22. Jack Kerouac - Leavin' Town (Kerouac)
23. Lord Buckley - The Train (Buckley)
24. Johnny Cash - Goodnight Irene (Huddie Ledbetter/John A. Lomax)
25. Lead Belly - Black Betty (Huddie Ledbetter)

Regards

diccus

Posted on: 19 November 2006 by Skip

Not available on Amazon in the US. Is it foreign release only?

Posted on: 20 November 2006 by Diccus62

quote:
Originally posted by Skip:
Not available on Amazon in the US. Is it foreign release only?

Skip

No idea mate, you could still be able to buy it from HMV.

Diccus

Posted on: 21 November 2006 by Skip

Ordered the Jukebox from HMV. No free shipping to the US.

Posted on: 22 November 2006 by thirty three and a third

NPR just had a real cool interview with Mr. Waits. It can be heard here.

Posted on: 14 December 2006 by Skip

Tom Waits' Jukebox. 4.99 at HMV.

Anybody heard this "unauthorized" compilation? Looks interesting. How does it sound? I am trying to decide whether to keep it or give it away unopened.

Posted on: 14 December 2006 by Diccus62

It's unauthorised but I think it is pretty good,If i'd known it was unauthorised I prob wouldnt have bought it. Give it a whirl Skip

Diccus

Posted on: 20 January 2007 by Skip

This Jukebox CD is a lot of fun. Among my better compilations. Thanks for the tip.

Posted on: 21 January 2007 by Diccus62