Tom Waits – The heart of saturday night – Vinyl Lp

With his second album “Heart Of Saturday Night”, released in 1974, Tom Waits earned the reputation of an accomplished and versatile songwriter. His bluesy and often jazzy arrangements were mostly based on the use of bass, drums, saxophone and of course piano

The producer Bones Howe, whom David Geffen, head of Asylum Records, had arranged, played a decisive role in the recordings. Howe had worked in his career for artists as diverse as Elvis Presley, Ornette Coleman and Frank Sinatra. Like Howe, the studio musicians came from the vast realms between pop and jazz, which clearly took the production in the direction Waits wanted. However, this corresponded even less than the debut work “Closing Time” (1973) to the mainstream of the time. However, the “Rolling Stone” leads the record today in the list of the “500 best albums of all time” at number 339

After the release of “Heart Of Saturday Night,” Waits – at the instigation of his manager Herb Cohen – went on tour with Frank Zappa. Reluctantly. The audience’s reactions were moderate, but Waits had Zappa on his side, which gave him quite a reputation among colleagues.

Track 1: New Coat Of Paint
Track 2: San Diego Serenade
Track 3: Semi Suite
Track 4: Shiver Me Timbers
rack 5: Diamonds On My Windshield
Track 6: (Looking For)The Heart Of Saturday Night
Track 7: Fumblin’ With The Blues
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lease Call Me, Baby
9Depot, Depot
Track 10: Drunk On The Moon
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