Tom Waits RAIN DOGS Orig.1985 1st PRESS Masterdisk HW Island 90299 LP +Inner

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TOM WAITS
RAIN DOGS
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ISLAND Records 90299-1
Original 1985 issue • Stereo LP
1st PRESSING • 1-1 / 1-1 Matrix
Howie Weinberg MASTER DISK Master

VINYL is VG+
Clean, high gloss vinyl has a few scattered hairlines, surface scuffs that are mostly inaudible; nothing major, feelable or deep. LP plays very well, clear and bright with a bit of very low level background noise at beginning of sides, then EX+ to NM play the rest of the way. Labels are pristine both sides.
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COVER is VG+/EX
Extremely clean cover is generally superb, but has a small u.r. corner crease and 2 spots of wear on front at extreme left edge. Faintest shelf rub, barely perceptible. No soil, writing or other marks. Seams and spine completely intact with no splits.

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MINT(SEALED) / NM / EX(VG++) / VG+ / VG

MASTERDISK 1st PRESSING

MATRIX NUMBERS:
?Side One: ST-1L-855765-D  1-1 SM 1-1
?Side Two: ST-1L-855766-B  1-1 SM 1-1
"SRC" glyph and "MASTERDISK" also stamped in trail-off wax both sides
stylized "Hw" etched in trail-off wax side two.

Recorded at RCA Recording Studios
Mixed at Quad Recording Studios and RPM Studios
Mixed by Robert Musso
Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
Pressed by Specialty Records Corporation

Letters 'E - A - S - T' embossed around center hole on label, Side 2
Original 1985 Black Island labels

Original Custom Lyrics / Photo INNER SLEEVE is in EXCELLENT Condition
with 3" center split at bottom edge, otherwise NM w/NO creases, soil or marks.

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Keith Richards, John Lurie, Larry Taylor, Robert Quine, G.E. Smith, Robert Kilgore, Ralph Carney, Arno Hecht, Chris Spedding

TRACK LISTING


SIDE ONE Singapore
2:43 Clap Hands 3:45 Cemetery Polka 1:47 Jockey Full Of Bourbon 2:45 Tango Till They're Sore 2:50 Big Black Mariah 2:43 Diamonds & Gold 2:32 Hang Down Your Head 2:30 Time 3:55 SIDE TWO
Rain Dogs
2:53 Midtown (Instrumental) 1:01 9th & Hennepin 1:57 Gun Street Girl 4:37 Union Square 2:23 Blind Love 4:19 Walking Spanish 3:05 Downtown Train 3:50 Bride Of Rain Dog (Instrumental) 1:07 Anywhere I Lay My Head 2:47

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TOM WAITS at the peak of his powers ... giving even Captain Beefheart a run for his money.
NOT for the timid or easily disturbed.

"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. ... enough to qualify Rain Dogs as one of Waits' better albums."
 ~AllMusic Guide Review
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Disc inside separate anti-static lined inner sleeve to protect both the original inner and the vinyl Album kept in a protective, poly outer-sleeve
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