TOM WAITS Bone Machine ORIGINAL 1992 RARE UK PRESS MINT
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£ 143
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Jan 19, 2012
Sold Date
Jan 9, 2012
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TOM WAITS Bone Machine ORIGINAL 1992 RARE UK PRESS MINT
SUPERB UNPLAYED COPY COMPLETE w/LYRIC INNER SLEEVE
TOM WAITSBone Machine
ORIGINAL UK ISLAND (ILPS 9993) PRESSING (September 1992) OF TOM WAITS' "Bone Machine" LP
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT COVER (WHICH HAS A SLIGHTLY ROUGH TEXTURED FEEL)
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL LYRIC INNER SLEEVE PRINTED ON THICK CARD
MATRIX: DFI 92 7 ILPS 9993 A\ / DFI 92/ 7 ILPS 9993 B
THE RECORD IS IN UNPLAYED/MINT CONDITION
Perhaps Tom Waits' most cohesive album, Bone Machine is a morbid, sinister nightmare, one that applies the quirks of his experimental '80s work to stunningly evocative, and often harrowing effect -- Bone Machine is obsessed with decay and mortality and with the ease which earthly existence can be destroyed.
The arrangements are accordingly stripped of all excess flesh; the very few, often non-traditional instruments float in distinct separation over the clanking junkyard percussion that dominates the record.
It's a chilling, primal sound made all the more disquieting by Waits' raspy falsetto and often-distorted roars and growls. Matching that evocative power is Waits' songwriting, which is arguably the most consistently focused it's ever been.
Rich in strange and extraordinarily vivid imagery, many of Waits' tales and musings are spun against an imposing backdrop of apocalyptic natural fury, underlining the insignificance of his subjects and their universally impending doom. Death is seen as freedom for the spirit, an escape from the dread and suffering of life in this world -- which he paints as hellishly bleak, full of murder, suicide, and corruption.
The chugging, oddly bouncy beats of the more uptempo numbers make them even more disturbing -- there's a detached nonchalance beneath the horrific visions. Even the narrator of the catchy, playful "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" seems hopeless in this context, but that song paves the way for the closer "That Feel," an ode to the endurance of the human soul (with ultimate survivor Keith Richards on harmony vocals). The more upbeat ending hardly dispels the cloud of doom hanging over the rest of Bone Machine, but it does give the listener a gentler escape from that terrifying sonic world. All of it adds up to Waits' most affecting and powerful recording, even if it isn't his most accessible
Side One:
Earth Died Screaming (3:38)
Dirt In The Ground (4:08)
Such A Scream (2:08)
All Stripped Down (3:03)
Who Are You (3:57)
The Ocean Doesn't Want Me (1:51)
Jesus Gonna Be Here (3:21)
A Little Rain(2:58)
Side Two:
In The Colosseum (4:50)
Goin' Out West (3:20)
Murder In The Red Barn (4:29)
Black Wings (4:37)
Whistle Down The Wind (4:35)
I Don't Wanna Grow Up (2:31)
Let Me Get Up On It (0:55)
That Feel (3:12)
LABELS: MINT
Factory-fresh labels with no spindles or signs of use
VINYL Visual: MINT
Apart from a superficial brush mark on Side One (which is also present on my own personal copy - present from manufacture) the surfaces are unmarked and shine like-new - the brush mark has no audio impact whatsoever
VINYL Audio: MINT
Unplayed prior to my one careful play-check the audio is flawless throughout
SLEEVE: MINT-
As good as new with just one tiny knock to the top spine corner (very minor)
INNER SLEEVE: MINT
Untouched with no seam splits
ALL RECORDS ARE PACKAGED WITH THE VINYL OUTSIDE OF THE SLEEVE TO PREVENT ANY 'KNIFING' DURING TRANSIT
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
POST & PACKING
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457 (GS 6.3.2 (457))
