Tom WaitsBlue Valentine

Label:

Anti- – 87570-1

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered , Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Blues

Style:

Tracklist

A1 Somewhere (From "West Side Story")
Written-ByStephen Sondheim
3:50
A2 Red Shoes By The Drugstore
BassByron Miller
DrumsRicky Lawson
Electric GuitarRoland Bautista
Electric Piano [Yamaha]Da Willie Gonga*
3:11
A3 Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Electric Piano [Yamaha Grand]Da Willie Gonga*
Piano [Acoustic]Tom Waits
4:30
A4 Romeo Is Bleeding
BassJim Hughart
CongasBobbye Hall
DrumsChip White
Electric GuitarTom Waits
OrganCharles Kynard
Tenor SaxophoneFrank Vicari
4:50
A5 $29.00
BassByron Miller
DrumsRicky Lawson
Electric GuitarTom Waits
Electric Piano [Yamaha Grand]Da Willie Gonga*
8:12
B1 Wrong Side Of The Road
BassJim Hughart
DrumsChip White
Electric GuitarTom Waits
OrganCharles Kynard
Tenor SaxophoneFrank Vicari
5:11
B2 Whistlin Past The Graveyard
DrumsEarl Palmer
Electric GuitarTom Waits
PianoHarold Battiste
Tenor SaxophoneHerbert Hardesty*
3:14
B3 Kentucky Avenue
Arranged By [Strings], ConductorBob Alcivar
PianoTom Waits
4:47
B4 A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
DrumsEarl Palmer
Electric GuitarTom Waits
PianoHarold Battiste
Tenor SaxophoneHerbert Hardesty*
5:34
B5 Blue Valentines
Electric GuitarTom Waits
Electric Guitar, SoloistRay Crawford
5:50

Companies, etc.

  • Manufactured ByAnti-
  • Distributed ByAnti-
  • Pressed ByIndependent Record Pressing
  • Mastered AtInfrasonic Sound

Credits

  • Mastered ByPete Lyman

Notes

Black Vinyl

Hype sticker reads: "Newly Remastered With Waits/Brennan" 87570-1

Recorded to 2-track tape at Filmways/Heider Recording, Hollywood, California on July 24, 25; & August 10, 17, 23 & 26, 1978.

Produced and Engineered by Bones Howe
2nd Engineers -Geoff Howe & Ralph Osbourne
Disc Mastering by Terry Donovan,
Elektra Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA

Art Direction and Design: Ron Coro
Hand Lettering: Bill Franks
Photography: Elliot Gilbert

Thanks to MOJO for a great guitar and a great bottle of wine, Chuck E. Weiss for his and encouragement, Louis "The Mug" Lsta, Dee Barnett, Diane "Steal That Black Jockey Off The Lawn" Quinn, Mary Simon -- Custom Car Painting and Design on the Thunderbird, Harold Battiste for his patience. Bones, Howe did we do it?

Remastering Supervised by Waits/Brennan and Karl Derfler
Mastered by Peter Lyman at Infrasonic Mastering

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 045778757015
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 87570-1 A IRP LP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): 87570-1 B IRP LP

Other Versions (5 of 123)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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Blue Valentine (Cassette, Album) Asylum Records 453 088, K 453 088 Europe 1978
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Blue Valentine (LP, Album, Stereo, SP - Specialty Pressing, Gatefold) Asylum Records 6E-162 US 1978
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Blue Valentine (LP, Album, Stereo, RCA Pressing, Gatefold Sleeve) Asylum Records 6E-162 Canada 1978
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Blue Valentine (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Asylum Records K 53088 UK 1978
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Blue Valentine (Cassette, Album, Winchester, Dolby System) Asylum Records TC-5162 US 1978

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  • dgropp's avatar
    dgropp
    Edited 2 years ago
    Sounds really good. Very warm and full sound. The vinyl is nice and heavy, and almost flat. The cover art could be better, print resolution not amazing and feels a tad cheap.

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