cover of Waits, Tom - Blue Valentine

Tom Waits – Blue Valentine

1978, United States
00:49:32; 45M; 112JS; 90;
  1. Somewhere - 3:52
  2. Red Shoes By The Drugstore - 3:14
  3. Christmas Card From A Hooker I - 4:33
  4. Romeo Is Bleeding - 4:52
  5. $29.00 - 8:15
  6. Wrong Side Of The Road - 5:14
  7. Whistlin' Past The Graveyard - 3:17
  8. Kentucky Avenue - 4:49
  9. A Sweet Little Bullet From A P - 5:36
  10. Blue Valentines - 5:50

Bob Alcivar - arranged by, conductor [orchestra] [B3]
Harold Battiste - piano [B2, B4]
Roland Bautista - electric guitar [A2, A5]
Leonard Bernstein - written-by [A1]
Ron Coro - art direction, design
Ray Crawford - guitar [A4, B1, B5]
Terry Dunavan - mastered by
Scott Edwards - bass [B2, B4]
Bill Franks - typography [hand lettering]
Elliott Gilbert - photography
Dawilli Gonga - electric piano [electric grand piano] [A2, A3, A5]
Bobbye Hall - congas [A4]
Herb Hardesty - tenor saxophone [B2, B4]
Bones Howe - engineer, producer
Geoff Howe - engineer [assistant]
Jim Hughart - bass [A4, B1]
Charles Kynard - organ [A4, B1]
Ricky Lawson - drums [A2, A5]
Byron Miller - bass [A2, A5]
Ralph Osborn - engineer [assistant]
Earl Palmer - drums [B2, B4]
"Shine" Robinson - guitar [B2, B4]
Stephen Sondheim - written-by [A1]
Frank Vicari - tenor saxophone [A4, B1]
Tom Waits - electric guitar [A4 to B2, B4, B5], piano [A3, B3], vocals, written-by [A2 to B5]
Chip White - drums [A4, B1]

Production & sound by Bones Howe A.B.H. Production. Recorded to 2-track tape at Filmways/Heider. Recording, Hollywood, California on July 24, 25, & August 10, 17, 23, & 26, 1978.
Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Calif.
Thanks to MOJO for a great guitar and a great bottle of wine. Chuck E. Weiss for his support and encouragement. Louis "The Mug" Lista, Dee Barnett, Diane "Steal That Black Jockey Off The Lawn" Quinn, Mary Simon - Custom Car Painting and Design on the Thunderbird. Harold Battiste for his patience. Bones, Howe did we do it?

(C)1978 An Elektra/Asylum Recording.
Distributed by WEA Records Ltd.
A Warner Communications Company.
Sleeve printed and made in England by Gothic Press Ltd London SE9 2EQ.


"Made in UK" printed on labels

Asylum Records, K 53088
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