Here's a nice one from the '77 Foreign Affairs - tour.

Actually, this is a good soundboard-direct-to-tape recording, but the tape was played quite often before transferred to CD, so the quality went "way down in the hole" over the years. After all, it's still nice to listen to, I would give it a B+.
There are some severe tape problems at the beginning of track one, but it's getting better after a few minutes. If you find it too disturbing, you might flip on to the second song...

I've selected this show for two main reasons:

- rare performance of "Potter's Field" ( track 14 )

- funny things happen in "Cupid" ( track 12 ) : Tom started to sing this quiet song with guitar accompaniment, stopped after one minute and complains about the noisy audience....saying something like that: " Shut up back there for christ sake, I'm trying to sing a goddamn song ! These people are trying to listen, you farmers back there making all that ... I mean, for christ sake....sounds like a farm workers convention back there ... I know... I remember my first beer and everything, I get a little rowdie too ! ..."
After that, he didn't finish the song but starts with "Heart Of Saturday Night" .

:-)

There is also an introduction to a local stripper named "Sherry Love" in "Pasties & A G-String" ( track 8 ); unfortunatly, this is not a video ! ;-))
According to drummer Chip White, tour manager John Forscha hired a stripper lady on Toms birthday show in dec.76 to enter the stage in the middle of the song. After that night, they hired a stripper in every town for the rest of the tour.


I did very little rework on the sound, just a little limiter and normalization, no noise or hiss reduction...I also have cut out a short segment at the beginning of track 15; there was a very loud and strange noise for about two seconds of no music.


SBD > tape (unknown gen.) > CDR > EAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > WAV > FLAC > Correct SBEs (TLH 2.4.1.160)


Tom Waits
Nov. 02 1977, The Ritz, Memphis, USA.

01 The One That Got Away
02 Step Right Up
03 Jitterbug Boy
04 New Coat Of Paint
05 The Piano Has Been Drinking
06 Depot Depot
07 I Never Talk To Strangers
08 Pasties And A G-String
09 Small Change
10 I Wish I Was In New Orleans
11 Eggs And Sausage
12 Cupid
13 The Heart Of Saturday Night
14 Potter's Field
15 San Diego Serenade

Running time: 71:35

Tom Waits: vocals, guitar, piano
Frank Vicari: tenor sax
Danny Trifan: upright bass
Chip White: drums & percussion, vibes


Artwork included ( made by Bob Elliot & taken from the dutchdogs artwork page )

NOT FOR SALE - TRADE FREELY


cheers, Pascal
www.waitswatcher.de.vu