TOM WAITS - BIG TIME LP - BEAUTIFUL AND RARE

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I OFFER FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE THIS

RARE ALBUM OF

TOM WAITS

BIG TIME

In the 1970s, Tom Waits combined a lyrical focus on desperate, lowlife characters with a persona that seemed to embody the same lifestyle, which he sang about in a raspy, gravelly voice. From the '80s on, his work became increasingly theatrical as he moved into acting and composing. Growing up in Southern California, Waits attracted the attention of manager Herb Cohen, who also handled Frank Zappa, and was signed by him at the beginning of the 1970s, resulting in the material later released as Th Early Years and The Early Years Vol. 2. His formal recording debut came with Closing Time (1973) on Asylum Records, an album that contained "Ol' 55," which was covered by labelmates The Eagles for their On the Border album. Waits attracted critical acclaim and a cult audience for his subsequent albums, The Heart of Saturday Night (1974), Nighthawks at the Diner (1975), Small Change (1976), Foreign Affairs (1977) , Blue Valentine (1978), and Heart Attack and Vine (1980). His music and persona proved highly cinematic, and, starting in 1978, he launched parallel careers as an actor and as a composer of movie music. He wrote songs for and appeared in Paradise Alley (1978), wrote the title song for On the Nickel (1980), and was hired by director Francis Coppola to write the music for One from the Heart (1982), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. While working on that project, Waits met and married playwright Kathleen Brennan, with whom he later collaborated.

Moving to Island Records, Waits made Swordfishtrombones (1983), which found him experimenting with horns and percussion and using unusual recording techniques. The same year, he appeared in Coppola's Rumble Fish and The Outsiders, and, in 1984, he appeared in the director's The Cotton Club. In 1985, he released Rain Dogs. In 1986, he appeared in Down by Law and made his theatrical debut with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre in Frank's Wild Years, a musical play he had written with Brennan. An album based on the play was released in 1987, the same year he appeared in the films Candy Mountain and Ironweed. In 1988, he released a film and soundtrack album depicting one of his concerts, Big Time. In 1989, he appeared in the films Bearskin: An Urban Fairytale, Cold Feet, and Wait Until Spring. His work for the theater continued in 1990 when he partnered with opera director Robert Wilson and beat novelist William Burroughs and staged The Black Rider in Hamburg, Germany. In 1991, he appeared in the films Queens' Logic, The Fisher King, and At Play in the Fields of the Lord. In 1992, he scored the film Night on Earth; released the album Bone Machine, which won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album; appeared in the film Bram Stoker's Dracula; and returned to Hamburg for the staging of his second collaboration with Robert Wilson, Alice. The Black Rider was documented on CD in 1993, the same year he appeared in the film Short Cuts.

AN AUST ISSUE ON ISLAND RECORDS LABEL RELEASED BY FESTIVAL IN 1985 - L-38962

THE UNLAMINATED SLEEVE LOOKS REALLY BEAUIFUL. THE OPENING EDGE, THE SEAMS AND THE SPINE ARE CLEAN AND SHARP.  THERE IS A LITTLE LIGHT SHELF WEAR ON THE BOTTOM SEAM. THERE IS A LITTLE VERY LIGHT RING WEAR.

THE SHINY VINYL IS BEAUTIFUL - ALMOST LIKE NEW - NOT A MARK ON IT

PLAYS LIKE IT LOOKS - BEAUTIFUL - LOUD AND CLEAN.

THE LABELS ARE BEAUT TOO - NO SPINDLE MARKS - NO WRITING - NO STICKERS. 

TRACKS ARE:

SIXTEEN SHELS FROM ATHIRTY-OUGHT-SIX == RED SHOES == COLD COLD GROUND == WAY DOWN IN THE HOLE == FALLING DOWN == STRANGE WEATHER == BIG BLACK MARIAH == RAIN DOGS == TRAIN SONG == TELEPHONE CALL FROM ISTANBUL == GUN STREET GIRL == TIME. 

EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND A COPY OF THIS

RARE ALBUM

IN ANY CONDITION

THIS ONE HAS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL SLEEVE AND

THE PRISTINE VINYL PLAYS BEAUTIFUL.

HAPPY BIDDING FANS

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