TOM WAITS Swordfishtrombones 1983 UK ISLAND w/INNER NEAR MINT
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Mar 16, 2022
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TOM WAITS Swordfishtrombones 1983 UK ISLAND w/INNER NEAR MINT
TOM WAITSSwordfishtrombones
1983 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9762) FIRST PRESSING
SUPERB COPY WHICH HAS SEEN LITTLE USE AND PLAYS LIKE-NEW
PRESSED WITHHE FIRST ISSUE "MIDNIGHT" ISLAND LABELS
MATRIX: IILPS 9762 A-1U - 1 - 1 - JS KENDUN / ILPS 9762 B-1U - 1 - 1 JS KENDUN
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN A SINGLE LIGHTLY GLOSSY COVER
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PRINTED ISLAND ADVERTISING INNER SLEEVE
Between the release of Heartattack and Vine in 1980 and Swordfishtrombones in 1983, Tom Waits got rid of his manager, his producer, and his record company. And he drastically altered a musical approach that had become as dependable as it was (to him, now) unexciting.
Swordfishtrombones has none of the strings and much less of the piano work that Waits' previous albums had employed; instead, the dominant sounds on the record were low-pitched horns, bass instruments, and percussion, set in spare, close-miked arrangements (most of them by Waits) that sometimes were better described as "soundscapes."
Lyrically, Waits' tales of the drunken and the lovelorn have been replaced by surreal accounts of people who burned down their homes and of Australian towns bypassed by the railroad -- a world (not just a neighbourhood) of misfits now have his attention.
The music can be primitive, moving to odd time signatures, while Waits alternately howls and wheezes in his gravelly bass voice.
He seems to have moved on from Hoagy Carmichael and Louis Armstrong to Kurt Weill and Howlin' Wolf (as impersonated by Captain Beefheart).
Waits seems to have had trouble interesting a record label in the album, which was cut 13 months before it was released, but when it appeared, rock critics predictably raved: after all, it sounded weird and it didn't have a chance of selling.
Actually, it did make the bottom of the best-seller charts, like most of Waits' albums, and now that he was with a label based in Europe, even charted there - thanks to "The Tube' exposure.
Artistically, Swordfishtrombones marked an evolution of which Waits had not seemed capable (though there were hints of this sound on his last two Asylum albums), and in career terms it reinvented him
Side One:
Underground
Shore Leave
Dave The Butcher
Johnsburg Illinois
16 Shells From A 30.6
Town With No Cheer
In The Neighbourhood
Side Two:
Just Another Sucker On The Vine
Franks Wild Years
Swordfishtrombone
Down Down Down
Soldiers Things
Gin Soaked Boy
Trouble Braids
Rainbirds
LABELS: MINT / NEAR MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with one light spindle trace on one side
VINYL Visual: MINT / NEAR MINT
Both surfaces shine like new with just one small wispy hairline on one side
VINYL Audio: NEAR MINT
Plays beautifully throughout with superb sound quality.
Some tiny low-level ticks noted but nothing major.
A really nice original copy and in my experience they really don't come any better
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Apart from a little rub on the edges/corners the cover is crisp, clean and unmarked with clear spine text
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: £5.00 (Recorded Delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £15.00 (International Tracked)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £25.00 (International Tracked)
DUE TO THE CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES I WILL ONLY BE POSTING ONCE A WEEK ON FRIDAY
ALL RECORDS ARE PLAY-CHECKED UNLESS THEY ARE SEALED
Combined Post: Additional records £1 (UK) £2 (Europe) £3 (International)
Guarantee: All records are unconditionally guaranteed (including sealed and/or unplayed) and I will offer a complete, no quibble refund upon return of the item should you not be pleased with it in any way
1318 (GS 8.4 (1318))
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