Tom Waits Closing Time LP 1974 NEAR MINT VINYL
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Tom Waits
Closing Time
Asylum Records SD-5061 LP 33RPM 12" 1974 (Canada)
AllMusic: Tom Waits' debut album is a minor-key masterpiece filled with songs of late-night loneliness. Within the apparently narrow range of the cocktail bar pianistics and muttered vocals, Waits and producer Jerry Yester manage a surprisingly broad collection of styles, from the jazzy "Virginia Avenue" to the up-tempo funk of "Ice Cream Man" and from the acoustic guitar folkiness of "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You" to the saloon song "Midnight Lullaby," which would have been a perfect addition to the repertoires of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett. Waits' entire musical approach is stylized, of course, and at times derivative -- "Lonely" borrows a little too much from Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" -- and his lovelorn lyrics can be sentimental without being penetrating. But he also has a gift for gently rolling pop melodies, and he can come up with striking, original scenarios, as on the best songs, "Ol' 55" and "Martha," which Yester discreetly augments with strings. Closing Time announces the arrival of a talented songwriter whose self-conscious melancholy can be surprisingly moving.
Tracklist
A1 Ol' '55 3:55
A2 I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You 3:52
A3 Virginia Avenue 3:22
A4 Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards) 3:41
A5 Midnight Lullaby 3:10
A6 Martha 4:26
B1 Rosie 3:56
B2 Lonely 3:11
B3 Ice Cream Man 3:05
B4 Little Trip To Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love) 3:55
B5 Grapefruit Moon 4:46
B6 Closing Time 3:58
Manufactured By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
Distributed By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records
Copyright (c) – Asylum Records
Mixed At – Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
Produced For – Third Story Productions
Published By – Third Story Productions
Design [Package Design] – Cal Schenkel
Engineer – Richie Moore
Photography By – Ed Caraeff
Producer – Jerry Yester
Written-By – Tom Waits
Red Vinyl is NEAR MINT, in a plastic inner sleeve in a hard card picture sleeve in VERY GOOD condition in a plastic protector sleeve.
Note About Shipping To The U.S.
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