TOP M- 1976 Orig TOM WAITS Small Change SMOKEY BLUES

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  MINTY CLEAN 1976 ORIGINAL SMOKEY BLUES CLASSIC

           TOM WAITS

           Small Change

                   USA - ASYLUM RECORDS - 7E 1078  

The highly respected...1976 FIRST PRESSING ...ORIGINAL 

Tom Waits brings you an invitation to the blues; a walk into a harsh reality with too many drinks, a bad liver and a broken heart. If he isn’t wasted and wounded, then he’ll probably serve you a drink or two, or perhaps a song. Sure, there are ups and downs in this lifestyle, but all in all it is impressive and relaxing to listen to.

As a true poet, Waits rhymes cleverly through both the spoken and the sung parts of Small Change, doing both with great enthusiasm. His lyrics tell about drinking, strippers, the hard life on the road and everything seems so authentic, perhaps because of his charismatic voice and persona. The quiet piano sets the relaxing mood that fills this album, and while the gentle strings sing along, you can almost hear Waits pouring up that next glass of whiskey.

Some of the numbers on Small Change are done in a beatnik fashion with Waits reciting his texts rather than singing them, which works really well. He almost raps along with the jazzy bass lines and distinctive drums in a way that only he can. Even though he isn’t singing, he still makes those brilliant little accents and remarks that seizes his very distinctive vibe. His almost growling voice is astonishing and at times surreal; the fact that he’s able to perform in this way is impressing, because it could sound like he has had few drinks and cigarettes too much. This is also a matter that the lyrics deals with, as on the silly, but amusing “The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)”, where he presents his drinking in a truly humorous way. The opening number tells about a hard night in a foreign town, which surely includes drinking. These confessions are joined by other clever songs such as “Jitterbug Boy”, a self-conscious bluesy tune that swings along nicely.

Mr. Waits’ hard lifestyle on road has hardened him, and even though this was released only three years after his debut album, he sounds like a real pro. His sound is old, heavy and so experienced that you would expect it to come from an aging black blues man, but Tom Waits pulls it off like a master himself.

1. Tom Traubert's Blues (Four Sheets To The Wind In Copenhagen)
2. Step Right Up
3. Jitterbug Boy
4. I Wish I Was In New Orleans (In The Ninth Ward)
5. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
6. Invitation To The Blues
7. Pasties And A G-String (At The Two O'Clock Club)
8. Bad Liver And A Broken Heart (In Lowell)
9. The One That Got Away
10. Small Change
11. I Can't Wait To Get Off Work

CONDITION: The cover is clean all over...top level M- with no bends, no writing and no split seams...no problems here...a keeper collectible from 35 years ago, not getting any easier to find...

The vinyl is all glossy clean and smooth M- looks outstanding and plays TOP level...with clean labels too.

                keeper copy!

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