TOM WAITS LP “Rain Dogs” ISLAND ’85 orig 1st press SRC Masterdisk NICE COPY
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Description
Artist: TOM WAITS
Title: “Rain Dogs”
Label: ISLAND ~ # 90299-1. Label is black with silver text, with yellow and blue “i” logo. Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl. “SRC” and “Masterdisk” are in the deadwax on each side, indicating this is a first pressing.
Year: 1985.
Condition:
DISC: Vinyl is EXCELLENT with full original gloss. Has been played a small number of times and handled with care. There are a couple slight hairline scuffs but no serious or audible marks or distractions. Plays beautifully with superb fidelity. Labels are clean. This hard-to-find LP is one that you will never need to upgrade.
JACKET: Jacket is EXCELLENT with nice bright artwork. Panels are clean and bright; front has a bit of sticker residue at the top right. Seams, spine, and corners have some light wear. Reverse is clean with no writing, stickers, or cutout indications. Overall a very fine jacket.
Printed factory inner sleeve is included. One side is torn completely; otherwise would grade Near Mint. No writing or stickers.
Track Listing:
Side One:
- Singapore
- Clap Hands
- Cemetery Polka
- Jockey Full of Bourbon
- Tango Till They’re Sore
- Big Black Mariah
- Diamonds & Gold
- Hang Down Your Head
- Time
Side Two:
- Rain Dogs
- Midtown (instrumental)
- 9th & Hennepin
- Gun Street Girl
- Union Square
- Blind Love
- Walking Spanish
- Downtown Train
- Bride of Rain Dog (instrumental)
- Anywhere I Lay My Head
Review:
“With its jarring rhythms and unusual instrumentation -- marimba, accordion, various percussion -- as well as its frequently surreal lyrics, Rain Dogs is very much a follow-up to Swordfishtrombones, which is to say that it sounds for the most part like The Threepenny Opera being sung by Howlin' Wolf. The chief musical difference is the introduction of guitarist Marc Ribot, who adds his noisy leads to the general cacophony. But Rain Dogs is sprawling where its predecessor had been focused: Tom Waits' lyrics here sometimes are imaginative to the point of obscurity, seemingly chosen to fit the rhythms rather than for sense. In the course of 19 tracks and 54 minutes, Waits sometimes goes back to the more conventional music of his earlier records, which seems like a retreat, though such tracks as the catchy "Hang Down Your Head," "Time," and especially "Downtown Train" (frequently covered and finally turned into a Top Ten hit by Rod Stewart five years later) provide some relief as well as variety. Rain Dogs can't surprise as Swordfishtrombones had, and in his attempt to continue in the direction suggested by that album, Waits occasionally borders on the chaotic (which may only be to say that, like most of his records, this one is uneven). But much of the music matches the earlier album, and there is so much of it that that is enough to qualify Rain Dogs as one of Waits' better albums.”
(review courtesy of William Ruhlmann, allmusic.com)
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