M- '74 Orig TOM WAITS Saturday Night BEAKNIK Blues Jazz

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       STILL IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAP!

1974 SCARCE ORIGINAL...all about the jazzy Bluesy Beaknik thing     

           TOM WAITS

  The Heart Of Saturday Night 

                         USA -ASYLUM RECORDS - 7E 1015   

VERY CLEAN....scarce 1974 ORIGINAL first pressing:

***STILL IN THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SHRINK WRAPPER*** 

Contains the elusive original LYRICS insert

This 1974 album offers a very varied and interesting listen and showcases an artist effortlessly producing music at an early stage in his development. This album, just like the debut, is very accessible and would be a good start point for anyone interested in discovering what Tom Waits has to offer. Jazzy, bluesy, brilliant vocals and interesting lyrics.

Tom Waits? One thing you can say about his early stuff is that it's cool. Not like the experimental stuff isn't, but this... it's just a different kind of cool. The jazz connection definitely has something to do with it but just as important is the early Tom Waits persona. On later records, he comes off as a creep. An interesting creep, but a creep regardless. Here, he seems just... well, cool, a hipster who's genuinely hip, a Humphrey Bogart-esque Grizzled Embodiment of Awesome singing about the nightlife.

And man, this is the PEAK of the early period, even higher than more acclaimed (and great, of course) albums like Closing Time and Small Change. This is the epitome of Tom Waits' appeal, and quite possibly the best of his albums. The ballads here, particularly "San Diego Serenade" and "Shiver Me Timbers," are better than anything Mr. Waits has ever done in the idiom except for "Tom Traubert's Blues" (and "Ol' 55" and "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You"). Besides, "Shiver Me Timbers" brings back fantasy memories of being a pirate. You can try to resist the charms of a song like "Drunk on the Moon" = love that stand-up bass.

The finest moments of this record are when Tom just lets his bad-ass jazz hipster side loose. "New Coat of Paint" is probably the strongest of a fantastic lot -- all for the cynical lyrics, the magnetic beat, and the MOOD of the thing. It gives the feel of walking around the streets at night like you own the place. That feeling never goes away, either, and often comes in at full force ("Semi Suite," and especially "Drunk on the Moon," which might even be better. The speedy bit sounds like John Coltrane circa Blue Trane). Tom's unforgettable vocals are at their best on "Depot, Depot," and he pulls the beatnik thing off excessively well on both "Diamonds on My Windshield" and "The Ghost of Saturday Night."

CONDITION: The cover =  MINT ...is still in the original factory shrink wrap (small top corner piece of outer cellophane is missing, but 99% all the rest front & back tightly fit and 'there' ... a TOP copy with no split seams, no bends, no writing...36 years old and scarce!

The vinyl is all shiny clean and clear on both sides M- looks and plays WONDERFUL...with CLEAN labels too.... 

                keeper copy!

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record