Tom Waits ?Foreign Affairs Asylum Records ?– 7E-1117 1977

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Tom Waits ?– Foreign Affairs Asylum Records ?– 7E-1117 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album,  US Released: 1977 Genre: Jazz, Rock, Blues Style:   Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Cinny's Waltz 2:16 A2 Muriel 3:33 A3 I Never Talk To Strangers Featuring [Co-Starring] – Bette Midler 3:37 A4 Medley: Jack & Neal / California, Here I Come Written-By [California Here I Come] – Al Jolson, Buddy G. De Sylva, Joseph Meyer 5:00 A5 A Sight For Sore Eyes 4:39 B1 Potter's Field Clarinet, Soloist – Gene Cipriano Music By, Arranged By, Conductor – Bob Alcivar Words By – Tom Waits 8:38 B2 Burma-Shave 6:32 B3 Barber Shop 3:52 B4 Foreign Affair 3:46 Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records Record Company – Warner Communications Inc. Produced For – Mr. Bones Productions, Inc. Recorded At – Filmways/Heider Recording Mastered At – Elektra Sound Recorders Published By – Fifth Floor Music, Inc. Published By – Warner Bros. Inc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation Credits Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor – Bob Alcivar Art Direction, Design – Glen Christensen Bass – Jim Hughart Drums – Shelly Manne Engineer [2nd Engineer] – Geoff Howe Management [Bail Bonds & Bizness Affairs] – Herb Cohen Management [Orchestra] – Edgar Lustgarten (2), Jim Robak Mastered By [Disc Mastering] – Terry Dunavan Photography By – George Hurrell Piano, Vocals – Tom Waits Producer [Production And Sound], Engineer – Bones Howe Tenor Saxophone, Soloist – Frank Vicari Trumpet, Soloist – Jack Sheldon Written-By – Tom Waits (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B2 to B4) Notes "SP" in label matrix denotes a Specialty Records Corporation pressing. Labels with "Tom Waits" and "Foreign Affairs" on two lines above the tracklist. Printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
Every performance on this album was recorded simultaneously with the orchestra in the studio with no overdubbing or multi-tracking; and was mixed directly to the 2-track master tape as it was being performed. Recorded July 28, August 2, 11, 12, 15, 1977 at Filmways/Heider Recording, Hollywood.  Disc Mastering: Elektra Sound Recorders Los Angeles.
Chuck E. Weiss is back in town. Thanks to Norman Savage, David "Doe" Feuer and Bobby Savage. I'll see you in Coney Island. Thanks to Dee Barnett and Roberta McKernan.
Bette Midler appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corperation Bette, you're absolutely colossal! --Waits
Forward all my mail to the corner of Pork & Beans
? & © 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records [back cover] ? 1977 Asylum Records [labels]
All songs published by Fifth Floor Music, Inc. ASCAP, with the exception of "California, Here I Come" published by Warner Bros. Inc. ASCAP