Tom Waits - Closing Time (50th Anniversary Edition)LIMITED 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION DOUBLE LP PRESSING IN A DELUXE GATEFOLD JACKET, ON CLEAR VINYL HALF SPEED MASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD ON 45RPM Closing Time foreshadows the distinctly lyrical storytelling and original blending of jazz, blues, and folk styles that would come to be associated with Waits. It is on this debut album that Waits performs enduring classics of his career Ol 55 (famously covered by the Eagles), the heartbreaking Martha and the

stripped down arrangements and rudimentary production give a primitive sound that we thought suited the choice of songs

This is a lazy man’s shorthand but it still rings true

now he puts the microphone in the same place every time—trying to capture a song quickly

a drought resistant tree notably used to craft some of the first mallets and marimbas but also known for its culinary and medical uses

the remastered EP will not only be released as a CD but also

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Crocker’s own dexterous guitar appears on several cuts

which saw his move to Sweden

lasting from 1982 until the band's dissolution in 1991

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the last two years have seen the band featured in NME

This is also the FIRST time ‘Genesis’ is being released outside of the African continent