Tom Waits - Broadcast Collection 1973 - 1978

• Entire original KPFK-FM, 92 KWFM, KQRS-FM, WXRT-FM, KNEW-FM, WBCN-FM and PBS-TV Broadcasts

• Covering live performances from California (1973-75), Tucson (1975), Minneapolis (1975)

• Plus Chicago (1976), New York (1976), Boston (1977) and Austin (1978)

• Professionally re-mastered with background liners and rare archival photos

• On 7 CDs with over 100 Tracks and 20-page full-colour booklet

The release of Closing Time in March 1973 announced the arrival of a strikingly original singer-songwriter, delivering wry, digressive and bittersweet lyrics in a uniquely rasping voice, set to imaginative arrangements drawing on jazz, folk, blues and pop. This remarkable collection gathers nine superb live performances, originally broadcast between 1973 and 1978 and is accompanied by background notes and images

Tracklist

CD 1

Studio City, CA, KPFK-FM Broadcasts - 12th August 1973, 23rd July 1974 & 12th January 1975

12th August 1973:

• 1. Virginia Avenue
• 2. San Diego Serenade
• 3. Ol' 55
• 4. Semi Suite
• 5. Fumblin' With The Blues
• 6. Rosie
• 7. Depot, Depot
• 8. I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
• 9. Heart Of Saturday Night
• 10. Better Off Without A Wife
• 11. On A Foggy Night
• 12. Heart Of Saturday Night

23rd July 1974:

• 13. Semi Suite
• 14. Drunk On The Moon
• 15. San Diego Serenade
• 16. Rosie
• 17. Fumblin' With The Blues
• 18. New Coat Of Paint

12th January 1975:

• 19. Nobody
• 20. On A Foggy Night
• 21. The Heart Of Saturday Night
• 22. Fumblin' With The Blues
• 23. Better Off Without A Wife
• 25. Drunk On The Moon
• 26. Big Joe And Phantom 309

CD 2

Lee Furr's Studio, Tucson, 92 KWFM - 5th March 1975

• 1. Dave Gordon Intro
• 2. Diamonds On My Windshield
• 3. Rosie
• 4. New Coat Of Paint
• 5. Tom Gets Hustled At 9 Ball
• 6. Better Off Without A Wife
• 7. Truckdriver's Wife - Semi Suite
• 8. Travelling Salesman - On A Foggy Night
• 9. Formula 44 vs Nyquil - (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
• 10. Easy Street
• 11. Denver's Terminal Bar - Fumblin' With The Blues
• 12. Motel 6 Magic Fingers - San Diego Serenade
• 13. Bus Culture - The Ghost Of Saturday Night
• 14. Ice Cream Man
• 15. Drunk On The Moon
• 16. Big Joe And Phantom 309
• 17. Ol' 55
• 18. Nobody
• 19. Depot, Depot
• 20. Please Call Me, Baby
• 21. DJ Outro

CD 3

ASI Studios, Minneapolis, KQRS-FM - 16th December 1975

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Emotional Weather Report
• 3. Eggs & Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)
• 4. Better Off Without A Wife
• 5. Semi Suite
• 6. Spare Parts
• 7. The Ghosts Of Saturday Night (After Hours At Napoleone's Pizza House) - (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
• 8. New Coat Of Paint
• 9. Warm Beer & Cold Women
• 10. Virginia Avenue
• 11. San Diego Serenade
• 12. Putnam County
• 13. Ol '55

CD 4

Ivanhoe Theater, Chicago, WXRT-FM - 21st November 1976

• 1. Emotional Weather Report
• 2. Invitation To The Blues
• 3. Virginia Avenue
• 4. Jitterbug Boy
• 5. I Can't Wait To Get Off Work
• 6. Fumblin' With The Blues
• 7. Pasties & A G-String
• 8. Small Change
• 9. Eggs & Sausage
• 10. The Piano Has Been Drinking
• 11. Tom Traubert's Blues

CD 5

Nighthawks On The Radio, NY, KNEW-FM - 14th December 1976

• 1. Emotional Weather Report
• 2. A Sight For Sore Eyes
• 3. Step Right Up
• 4. Eggs & Sausage - Invitation To The Blues
• 5. Jitterbug Boy
• 6. Diamonds On My Windshield
• 7. San Diego Serenade
• 8. Tom Traubert's Blues
• 9. New Coat Of Paint
• 10. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
• 11. I Can't Wait To Get Off Work

CD 6

Paradise Theater, Boston, MA , WBCN-FM - 5th October 1977

• 1. WBCN Intro
• 2. Standing On The Corner
• 3. Muriel
• 4. Invitation To The Blues
• 5. Eggs & Sausage
• 6. Pasties & A G-String 7
• I Never Talk To Strangers
• 8. Fumblin' With The Blues
• 9. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
• 10. Small Change
• 11. I Can't Wait To Get Off Work
• 12. Bad Liver & A Broken Heart
• 13. Step Right Up
• 14. San Diego Serenade
• 15. WBCN Announcer
• 16. A Sight For Sore Eyes
• 17. WBCN Announcer
• 18. Big Joe And Phantom 309
• 19. WBCN Outro

CD 7

Austin, Texas, PBS-TV - 5th December 1978

• 1. Burma Shave
• 2. Annie's Back In Town - I Wish I Was In New Orleans
• 3. A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
• 4. On The Nickel
• 5. Romeo Is Bleeding
• 6. Silent Night - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Silent Night (reprise)
• 7. Small Change