Tom Waits - Nighthawks On The Radio: FM Broadcast, Dec. 8th, 1976 (2 LP)
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Recorded on Vin Scelsa's "Idiot's Delight" radio show on December 14, 1976 for airing on December 18, 1976 on WNEW-FM (New York, NY).
In 1976, Tom Waits was promoting his fourth album, Small Change, when he popped into a New York recording studio with WNEW-FM radio host Vin Scelsa to do an interview and play a few songs. Waits was in a rare mood and delivered an intimate hourlong performance, in which he offered stripped-down but passionate versions of 11 of his songs, accompanied only by Ralph Elber on drums, as Waits added off-the-cuff lyrics on several songs and spun tall tales during the breaks. The performance became something of a collector's item among Waits fans lucky enough to record the radio broadcast of the session, and now the show has been released in full on the album Nighthawks on the Radio: Live. A fascinating document of Waits' early beatnik-influenced period, Nighthawks on the Radio is a spare but compelling performance that also finds him discussing his creative process and delivering plenty of his characteristic dry humor. ~ Mark Deming
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Rock, Blues
- Unofficial Release
- Import
- Double Black Vinyl
TRACKS
A1 Emotional Weather Report 7:45
A2 A Sight For Sore Eyes 3:20
A3 Step Right Up 6:45
B1 Eggs And Sausage/Invitation To The Blues 4:48
B2 Jitterbug Boy 6:35
B3 Diamonds On My Windshield 3:59
C1 San Diego Serenade 4:30
C2 Tom Traubert's Blues 8:58
D1 New Coat Of Paint 6:01
D2 The Piano Has Been Drinking 5:12
D3 I Can't Wait To Get Off To Work 4:05
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