TOM WAITS Foreign Affairs 1977 UK ASYLUM 1st PRESS MINT

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Feb 1, 2013 Sold Date

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TOM WAITS Foreign Affairs 1977 UK ASYLUM 1st PRESS MINT

BEAUTIFUL COPY - UNPLAYED - DEEP, RICH & WARM SOUND

TOM WAITS
Foreign Affairs

UK ASYLUM (K 53068) FIRST PRESSING (September 1977) OF TOM WAITS' "Foreign Affairs"
STUNNING COPY - APPERS TO HAVE NEVER BEEN PLAYED AND DELIVERS, CRYSTAL CLEAR, CLEAN AND BEAUTIFULLY WARM SOUND THROUGHOUT - VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED INDEED

Tom Waits gives one side of his fifth album, Foreign Affairs, to his more structured, bluesy ballads and the other to his jazz raps.
On Side One, you get his duet with Bette Midler on the singles-bar dialogue "I Never Talk to Strangers" and his take on his Beat predecessors Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassidy on "Jack & Neal."
On Side Two, you find the extended observations of "Potter's Field" and "Burma Shave."
Waits' voice is becoming ever more gravelly, but his basic musical approach remains the same, and by this point he'd attracted a steady cult audience that enjoyed his verbal flights and boozy philosopher persona.
By the way, that's Waits' then-girlfriend, the then-unknown Rickie Lee Jones, on the cover with him.

PRESSED WITH THE FIRST ISSUE "Made in UK" ASYLUM LABELS
MATRIX: K 53068 A1 (etched twice), 'ALLEN' / K 53068 B1, 'ALLEN'
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL SINGLE SLEEVE WITH A LIGHT GLOSS FINISH PRINTED BY “Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England”
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGNAL UK PATENTED PLAIN WHITE INNER SLEEVE

Side 1: Cinny's Waltz / Muriel / I Never Talk To Strangers / Medley: Jack & Neal - California, Here I Come / A Sight For Sore Eyes
Side 2: Potter's Field / Burma Shave / Barber Shop / Foreign Affair

LABELS: MINT
Clean, unmarked labels with no spindles or signs of use
VINYL Visual: MINT
Both surfaces are unmarked and shine like new
VINYL Audio: MINT
Beautiful copy - never been played prior to my play-check and the sound performance is superb - crystal clear, warm and finely detailed
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Clean and unmarked with unworn edges and spine - all spine text is clear and bold - just some light record impression and one small handling crease on the opening edge - lovely example

POST & PACKING:
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
UK: 1st Class: £4.50 (recorded delivery)
EUROPE: Airmail: £12.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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