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Tom Waits - The Early Years, Vol. 2 Audio CD

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Tom Waits Band: Tom Waits
Title: The Early Years, Vol. 2
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Release Date: 1998-08-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love with You 2: Ol' 55 3: Mockin' Bird 4: In Between Love 5: Blue Skies 6: Nobody 7: I Want You 8: Shiver Me Timbers 9: Grapefruit Moon 10: Diamonds on My Windshield 11: Please Call Me, Baby 12: So It Goes 13: Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)

Tom Waits, The Early Years, Vol. 2

Five stars Amazon. Great CD as expected and shipping and delivery went like a cool breeze on a scorching summers day.
There are no more words.


A Great Compolation Album
Every song is good so you can listen to the album as a whole without having to skip every other track. This CD is great. A good album to listen to while sitting around your house for an afternoon or taking an early morning drive. If you like great raspy male vocals you'll love Tom Waits. This is a CD worth buying.


great cd
1 on amazon and decided to give them a listen. I'm really a huge tom waits fan I own alot of his albums i saw this as well as vol. i think they are both really good cds themselves and they give a goo picture of tom in his formative years an added bonus is to hear all the familiar songs which did make on to his records in what almost seem like demos. .


A new look at some classic tunes
Some of the songs on here, such as "I Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You" and "Ol' 55", would go on to become classics. These are mostly demo songs, some of which were never relased, from Wait's early years (no kidding). Some of these songs are actually better than the versions that were put on the albums, especially "Shiver Me Timbers," here turned into a piano-ballad romp, rather than the jazzy outting featured on HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT. THE EARLY YEARS, VOLUME 2 offers a good introduction into Waits's early music (sparse arrangements, beautiful lyrics), and is also a handy addition to previously-existing Waits collections.


Both volumes well worth owning, particularly for fan(atics).
In fact, a must listen for the fan as there's a few songs here now released on any other TOM WAITS record and those that are redone are stripped down versions, revealing the heart of the songs. Who could ask for more? Previously unreleased recordings, quite evidently very well recorded demos, of one of the great musical artists of the last 35 years? Well, here it is, each volume perfectly listenable. Closing Time, his first lp, is a bit stiff. In fact, it's my least favorite of his 70's albums only because the producer just got a somewhat stiffled sound out of the recordings. Fortunately, they solved that in spades on future records.

What's delightful is that these songs provide a chance to hear Mr. WAITS in his least gravely voice of his career and at his youngest of his career.

'Hope I Don't Fall In Love With You' is a sweet song that fulfills his common setting of being in a bar and some yearning for unattainable love. He's got a way of telling a tale that surprises and pleases and takes you to the smokey piano lounge where his music comes from.

I love a good cover. Who's know the EAGLES didn't write this 'Ol' 55'? To hear TOM do it makes me forget all about their version (gladly). 'Nobody' has always been a potent song lyrically. Now we get to hear it in his simple presentation. A nice mix.

'Diamonds On My Windshield' has always been a favorite given that me and many other folks I know have taken that same basic drive from San Diego to L. A. I've probably driven that 100's of times in 35 years and sometimes it was while listening to this song. Wot a treat.

'Please Call Me, Baby' is another plaintiff love song and, again, this album gives us the treat of hearing it with his younger voice and plain instrumental accompanyment.

Yes, do buy all his 70's albums first. It's unfortunate Mr. WAITS didn't wanna have this released. Who can blame him as an artist? However, as a fan, the songs on both volumes here are irreplaceable and to be cherished. Thanks for makin' the music TOM. chrisbct@hotmail. com
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