Tom Waits Rain Dogs LP 1985 Island Canada NEAR MINT VINYL

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Tom Waits

Rain Dogs

Island Records ISL_1065  LP 33RPM 12" 1985 (Canada)

Rain Dogs is the eighth album by American singer-songwriter Tom Waits, released in September 1985 on Island Records. A loose concept album about "the urban dispossessed" of New York City, Rain Dogs is generally considered the middle album of a trilogy that includes Swordfishtrombones and Franks Wild Years.

The album, which includes appearances by guitarists Keith Richards and Marc Ribot, is noted for its broad spectrum of musical styles and genres, described by Rolling Stone as merging "Kurt Weill, pre-rock integrity from old dirty blues, [and] the elegiac melancholy of New Orleans funeral brass, into a singularly idiosyncratic American style."

The album peaked at #29 on the UK charts and #188 on the US Billboard Top 200. In 1989, it was ranked #21 on the Rolling Stone list of the "100 greatest albums of the 1980s." In 2003, the album was ranked number 397 on the magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".

Tracklist
A1 Singapore
Guitar – Chris Spedding
2:43
A2 Clap Hands
Double Bass – Tony Garnier
Marimba – Michael Blair
Percussion, Marimba – Robert Previte
3:45
A3 Cemetery Polka
Accordion – William Shimmel
Drums [Parade] – Stephen Arvizu Taylor Hodges
Organ [Farfisa] – Tom Waits
Trombone – Bob Funk
1:47
A4 Jockey Full Of Bourbon
Bass Saxophone – Ralph Carney
Congas – Michael Blair
2:45
A5 Tango Till They´re Sore
Double Bass – Greg Cohen
Piano – Tom Waits
Trombone – Bob Funk
2:50
A6 Big Black Mariah
Guitar – Keith Richards
2:43
A7 Diamonds And Gold
Banjo – Robert Musso
Bass – Larry Taylor
Marimba – Michael Blair
2:32
A8 Hang Down Your Head
Drums – Michael Blair
Organ [Pump] – Tom Waits
Written-By – Kathleen Brennan
2:30
A9 Time
Accordion – William Shimmel
3:55
B1 Rain Dogs
Accordion – William Shimmel
Lead Guitar – Marc Ribot
Marimba – Michael Blair
Trombone – Bob Funk
2:53
B2 Midtown (Instrumental)
Arranged By – The Uptown Horns
Bass – Larry Taylor
Saxophone – Crispin Cioe, Ralph Carney
Tenor Saxophone – Arno Hecht
Trombone – Bob Funk
Trumpet – Hollywood Paul Litteral
1:01
B3 9th & Hennepin
Clarinet – Ralph Carney
Double Bass – Greg Cohen
Marimba, Percussion [Metal], Saw [Bowed] – Michael Blair
Piano – Tom Waits
1:57
B4 Gun Street Girl
Banjo – Tom Waits
Double Bass – Greg Cohen
4:37
B5 Union Square
Bass – Larry Taylor
Bass Saxophone – Ralph Carney
Drums – Michael Blair
Guitar – Keith Richards
2:23
B6 Blind Love
Guitar – Robert Quine
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Keith Richards
Violin – Ross Levinson
4:19
B7 Walking Spanish
Alto Saxophone – John Lurie
Bass – Larry Taylor
3:05
B8 Downtown Train
Bass – Tony Levine
Drums – Mickey Curry
Guitar – G.E. Smith, Robert Quine
Mixed By – Jeff Lippay
Organ – Robert Kilgore
3:50
B9 Bride Of Rain Dog (Instrumental)
Drums – Michael Blair
Harmonium – Tom Waits
Saxophone – Ralph Carney
1:07
B10 Anywhere I Lay My Head
Arranged By – The Uptown Horns
Baritone Saxophone – Crispin Cioe
Drums [Parade] – Michael Blair
Organ [Pump] – Tom Waits
Tenor Saxophone – Arno Hecht
Trombone – Bob Funk
Trumpet – Hollywood Paul Litteral
2:47

Arranged By – Tom Waits
Art Direction [Album Cover Direction] – Peter Corriston
Coordinator [Production Coordination] – Valerie Goodman
Double Bass – Larry Taylor (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6, A8 to B1, B6)
Drums – Stephen Arvizu Taylor Hodges (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A6, B1, B2, B6, B7)
Engineer, Mixed By – Robert Musso
Guitar – Marc Ribot (tracks: A1 to A4, A7, A8), Tom Waits (tracks: A2, A4, A6, A8 to B1, B6 to B8)
Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
Mixed By [Quadrasonic Assistant] – Tom Gonzales
Mixed By [Rpm Assistant] – Jeff Lippay
Percussion – Michael Blair (tracks: A1 to A4, A7, A8, B4, B8)
Photography By [Back Cover Photo] – Robert Frank
Photography By [Cover Photo] – Anders Peterson
Producer, Written-By – Tom Waits
Recorded By [Rca Assistant] – Dennis Ferrante
Vocals – Tom Waits (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B8, B10)

Runouts have 'CP' etched in a circle.

Recorded at RCA Studios. Mixed at Quadrasonic Studio and RPM Studio. Mastered at Masterdisk. Published by Jalma Music (ASCAP).

Special Thanks to: Ellen Smith, Holly Ferguson. Dedicated to Kathleen.

TM owned by Antilles Communications Ltd. Manufactured by Island Records of Canada. © and ? 1985 Island Records Inc.

Vinyl is NEAR MINT in a plastic inner sleeve in a hard card picture sleeve in EXCELLENT condition in a plastic protector sleeve.

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