TOM WAITS – BASTARDS (ORPHANS) (2LP VINYL)

Transparent, Indie Only, High Quality, Gatefold Sleeve, Half Speed
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 gentle acoustic folk of “I Hope That I Don’t Fall In Love With You”. Reissued for the first time as a double LP to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the landmark debut with newly half speed mastering at Abbey Road Studios.

1. Misery is the River of the World
2. Everything Goes To Hell
3. Coney Island Baby
4. All the World is Green
5. God’s Away On Business
6. Another Man’s Vine
7. Knife Chase
8. Lullaby
9. Starving In the Belly of a Whale
10. The Part You Throw Away
11. Woe
12. Calliope
13. A Good Man is Hard To Find