Tom Waits Franks Wild Years LP 1987 gatefold Canadian pressing NEAR MINT VINYL

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Tom Waits

Franks Wild Years

Island Records ISL-1129  LP 33RPM 12" 1987 (Canada)

Tom Waits wrote a song called "Frank's Wild Years" for his 1983 Swordfishtrombones album, then used the title (minus its apostrophe) for a musical play he wrote with his wife, Kathleen Brennan, and toured with in 1986. The Franks Wild Years album, drawn from the show, is subtitled, "un operachi romantico in two acts," though the songs themselves do not carry the plot. Rather, this is just the third installment in Waits' eccentric series of Island Records albums in which he seems most inspired by German art song and carnival music, presenting songs in spare, stripped-down arrangements consisting of instruments like marimba, baritone horn, and pump organ and singing in a strained voice that has been artificially compressed and distorted. The songs themselves often are conventional romantic vignettes, or would be minus the oddities of instrumentation, arrangement, and performance.

Tracklist
Act I
A1 Hang On St. Christopher
Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Greg Cohen
Drums – Michael Blair
Guitar – Marc Ribot
Horn [Alto Horn] – Greg Cohen
Pedalboard [Leslie Bass Pedals] – William Schimmel
Tenor Saxophone – Ralph Carney
Vocals – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
2:41
A2 Straight To The Top (Rhumba)
Congas – Michael Blair
Double Bass [Upright Bass] – Larry Taylor
Organ [Pump Organ] – William Schimmel
Pedalboard [Leslie Bass Pedals] – Greg Cohen
Saxophone – Ralph Carney
Vocals, Organ [Optigon], Congas – Tom Waits
Written-By – Greg Cohen, Tom Waits
2:27
A3 Blow Wind Blow
Glockenspiel – Michael Blair
Horn [Alto Horn] – Greg Cohen
Organ [Pump Organ] – Francis Thumm
Vocals, Organ [Pump Organ] – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
3:32
A4 Temptation
Arranged By [Horn Arrangements] – Greg Cohen
Arranged By [Vocal Arrangements] – Kathleen Brennan
Bass – Greg Cohen
Guitar – Morris Tepper, Marc Ribot
Organ [Optigon], Vocals, Guitar – Tom Waits
Percussion, Congas, Maracas [Marachas] – Michael Blair
Saxophone – Ralph Carney
Written-By – Tom Waits
3:44
A5 Innocent When You Dream (Barroom)
Bass – Greg Cohen
Organ [Pump Organ], Vocals – Tom Waits
Piano – William Schimmel
Violin – Ralph Carney
Written-By – Tom Waits
4:14
A6 I'll Be Gone
Accordion – William Schimmel
Bass – Greg Cohen
Guitar – Morris Tepper
Horn [Baritone Horn] – Ralph Carney
Marimba – Michael Blair
Vocals, Performer [Rooster] – Tom Waits
Written-By – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
3:10
A7 Yesterday Is Here
Bass – Larry Taylor
Vocals, Guitar, Tambourine – Tom Waits
Written-By – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
2:21
A8 Please Wake Me Up
Bass – Greg Cohen, Jay Anderson
Horn [Baritone Horn] – Ralph Carney
Vocals, Mellotron, Organ [Optigon] – Tom Waits
Written-By – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
3:28
A9 Franks Theme
Vocals, Organ [Pump Organ] – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
1:45
Act II
B1 More Than Rain
Accordion – William Schimmel
Bass – Greg Cohen
Bells [Orquestra Bells] – Michael Blair
Guitar – Morris Tepper
Horn [Baritone Horn] – Ralph Carney
Piano [Prepared Piano] – Francis Thumm
Vocals, Organ [Optigon] – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
3:39
B2 Way Down In The Hole
Backing Vocals – Angela Brown, Leslie Holland, Lynne Jordan
Bass – Greg Cohen
Guitar – Marc Ribot
Percussion – Michael Blair
Saxophone – Ralph Carney
Vocals – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
3:26
B3 Straight To The Top (Vegas)
Arranged By – Greg Cohen
Bass – Greg Cohen
Drums – Michael Blair
Piano [Cocktail Piano] – William Schimmel
Tenor Saxophone – Ralph Carney
Vocals [Vocal Stylings] – Tom Waits
Written-By – Greg Cohen, Tom Waits
3:24
B4 I'll Take New York
Bass – Greg Cohen
Drums – Michael Blair
Organ [Pump Organ] – William Schimmel
Saxophone – Ralph Carney
Vocals – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
4:08
B5 Telephone Call From Istanbul
Banjo – Marc Ribot
Bass – Greg Cohen
Drums – Michael Blair
Guitar – Morris Tepper
Vocals, Organ [Farfisa], Drums – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
3:08
B6 Cold Cold Ground
Accordion – David Hidalgo
Bass – Larry Taylor
Guitar, Vocals – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
4:04
B7 Train Song
Accordion – David Hidalgo
Bass – Larry Taylor
Horn [Alto Horn] – Greg Cohen
Piano, Vocals, Organ [Pump Organ] – Tom Waits
Written-By – Tom Waits
3:16
B8 Innocent When You Dream (78) 3:07
Companies, etc.
Copyright (c) – Island Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Inc.
Manufactured By – Island Records Of Canada Ltd.
Distributed By – MCA Records Canada
Published By – Jalma Music
Published By – Ackee Music, Inc.
Pressed By – Cinram
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Recorded At – Sunset Sound Factory
Recorded At – Universal Recording Studio
Mixed At – Sunset Sound
Mastered At – Masterdisk

Art Direction – Jeff Price
Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Catharina Masters-Bunch, Frankie Doctor
Design Concept [Conception], Photography By – J.B. Mondino
Engineer [Additional Engineers] – Bill Higley, David Glover, David Knight, Lorita Delacerna, Mike Kloster, Stephen Shelton, Tchad Blake
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By – Biff Dawes
Other [Make-up] – Mathilde Lemann
Producer – Tom Waits
Producer [Producer's Assistant] – Ellen Smith
Recorded By – Biff Dawes, Danny Leake

Gatefold sleeve.

© & ? Island Records, Inc.  TM owned by Antilles Communications Ltd.

Recorded at: Sunset Sound, Los Angeles; Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles; Universal Recording Corp., Chicago.

Mixed at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles.

Mastered at Masterdisk, New York.

Vinyl is NEAR MINT in a printed lyric sheet inner sleeve in a hard card picture sleeve in VERY GOOD condition (ring wear, corner bend, delete cut) in a plastic protector sleeve.

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