Tom Waits - Used Songs (1973-1980)
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Release date: 23 October 2001
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- Heartattack and Vine
- Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac With Susan Michelson)
- A Sight for Sore Eyes
- Whistlin' Past the Graveyard
- Burma Shave
- Step Right Up
- Ol' '55
- I Never Talk to Strangers (feat. Bette Midler)
- Mr. Siegal
- Jersey Girl
- Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
- Blue Valentines
- (Looking For) The Heart of Saturday Night
- Muriel
- Wrong Side of the Road
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Tom Waits - Used Songs (1973-1980): Wikipedia Album Entry
1. Heartattack and Vine 4:44
(from Heartattack and Vine (1980)
Tom Waits vocals, electric guitar
Larry Taylor bass, John Thomassie drums
Plas Johnson tenor and baritone saxes
2. Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac With Susan Michelson) 4:23
(from Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)
Tom Waits vocals, piano
Mike Melvoin electric piano, Jim Hughart bass
Bill Goodwin drums, Pete Christlieb tenor sax
3. A Sight for Sore Eyes 4:41
(from Foreign Affairs (1977)
Tom Waits vocals, piano, Jim Hughart bass
4. Whistlin' Past the Graveyard 3:16
(from Blue Valentine (1978)
Tom Waits vocals, electric guitar
Alvin Shine Robinson electric guitar, Harold Battiste piano
Scott Edwards bass, Earl Palmer drums
Herbert Hardesty tenor sax
5. Burma Shave 6:33
(from Foreign Affairs (1977)
Tom Waits vocals, piano, Jim Hughart bass
Jack Sheldon trumpet
6. Step Right Up 5:40
( from Small Change (1976)
Tom Waits vocals Jim Hughart bass
Shelly Manne drums, Lew Tabackin tenor sax
7. Ol' '55 3:58
( from Closing Time (1973)
Tom Waits vocals, piano, Peter Klimes guitar
Bill Plummer bass, John Seiter drums, vocals
8. I Never Talk to Strangers (with Bette Midler) 3:38
( from Foreign Affairs (1977)
Tom Waits vocals, piano, Bette Midler vocals
Jim Hughart bass, Frank Vicari tenor sax
Bob Alcivar arranger, conductor
9. Mr. Siegal 5:14
(from Heartattack and Vine (1980)
Tom Waits vocals, electric guitar, Roland Bautista electric lead guitar
Ronny Barron piano, Larry Taylor bass, John Thomassie drums
10. Jersey Girl 5:10
( from Heartattack and Vine (1980)
Tom Waits vocals, electric guitar, Roland Bautista 12-string guitar
Victor Feldman keyboard glock, percussion, Greg Cohen bass
John Thomassie drums, Jerry Yester arranger, conductor
11. Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis 4:32
( from Blue Valentine (1978)
Tom Waits vocals, piano, DaWillie Gonga Yamaha electric grand piano
12. Blue Valentine 5:51
(from Blue Valentine (1978)
Tom Waits vocals, electric guitar,Ray Crawford electric guitar solo
13. (Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night 3:51
(from The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Tom Waits vocals, acoustic guitar, Jim Hughart bass
Jim Gordon foot tap, knee slap, Selma & Cahuenga streets
14. Muriel 3:34
(from Foreign Affairs (1977)
Tom Waits vocals, piano, Jim Hughart bass, Frank Vicari tenor sax
15. Wrong Side of the Road 5:14
(from Blue Valentine (1978)
Tom Waits vocals, electric guitar, Ray Crawford electric guitar
Charles Kynard organ, Jim Hughart bass
Chip White drums, Frank Vicari tenor sax
16. Tom Traubert's Blues
(Four Sheets to the Wind in Copenhagen) 6:35
(from Small Change (1976)
Tom Waits vocals, piano, Jim Hughart bass
Violins Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Marvin Limonick, Alfred Lustgarden, Nathan Ross, Sheldon Sanov, Violas Sam Boghossian, Allan Harshman, David Schwartz, Cellos Jesse Ehrlich, Ray Kelley, Ed Lustgarden, Kathleen Lustgarden, Jerry Yester arranger, conductor
Songs written by Tom Waits
Personnel
Vocals Tom Waits, Bette Midler, John Seiter
Acoustic Guitar Tom Waits, Roland Bautista, Peter Klimes
Electric Guitar Tom Waits, Ray Crawford, Roland Bautista, Alvin Shine Robinson Bass Jim Hughart, Larry Taylor, Greg Cohen, Scott Edwards, Bill Plummer Piano Tom Waits, Ronnie Barron, Harold Battiste
Electric Piano DaWillie Gonga, Mike Melvoin
Organ Charles Kynard Drums John Thomassie, Bill Goodwin, Shelly Manne, Earl Palmer, John Seiter, Chip White
Percussion Victor Feldman, Jim Gordon
Arranger Jerry Yester, Bob Alcivar
Conductor Jerry Yester, Bob Alcivar
Violin Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Nathan Kaproff, George Kast, Marvin Limonick, Alfred Lustgarden, Nathan Ross, Sheldon Sanov
Viola Sam Boghossian, Allan Harshman, David Schwartz
Cello Jesse Ehrlich, Ray Kelley, Ed Lustgarden, Kathleen Lustgarden
Trumpet Jack Sheldon
Tenor Saxophone Frank Vicari, Pete Christlieb, Herbert Hardesty, Plas Johnson, Lew Tabackin
Baritone Saxophone Plas Johnson
Released October 23, 2001.
Label Rhino Records
Producer Bones Howe
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Tom Waits - Used Songs (1973-1980) Lyrics
Tom Waits - Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis Lyrics
Hey Charlie I'm pregnant and living on the 9th street
Right above a dirty bookstore off Euclid Avenue
And I stopped takin' dope and I quit drinkin' whiskey
And my old man plays the trombone works out at the track
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Tom Waits - Looking For, The Heart Of Saturday Night Lyrics
You gassed her up behind the wheel
With your arm around your sweet one in your Oldsmobile
Barrelin' down the boulevard
Looking for the heart of Saturday night
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Tom Waits - Step Right Up Lyrics
Step right up
Step right up
Step right up
Everyone's a winner, bargains galore
Tom Waits - Burma Shave Lyrics
Yonder come-a Willie, he's a-passin' on a hill
He don't dress nice but he tries good to kill
Burma Shave, Burma Shave
Burma Shave, Burma Shave
Tom Waits - A Sight For Sore Eyes Lyrics
Sight for sore eyes it's a long time no see
Workin' hard hardly workin' hey man you know me
Water under the bridge, did you see my new car?
Well it's bought and it's payed for parked outside of the bar
Tom Waits - I Never Talk To Strangers Lyrics
Stop me if you've heard this one
I feel as though we've met before
Perhaps I'm mistaken
Tom Waits - Muriel Lyrics
Well Muriel since you left town the clubs closed down
there's one more burned out lamp post down on main street
Down where we used to stroll and Muriel I still hit all the same old haunts
And you follow me wherever I go
Tom Waits - Mr. Siegal Lyrics
I spent all my money in a Mexican whorehouse
Across the street from a catholic church
And then I wiped off my revolver
And I buttoned up my burgundy shirt
Tom Waits - Jersey Girl Lyrics
I got no time for the corner boys
Down in the street making all that noise
Or the girls out on the avenue
'Cause tonight I wanna be with you
Tom Waits - Heartattack And Vine Lyrics
Liar, liar with your pants on fire
White spades hangin' on the telephone wire
Gamblers reevaluate along the dotted line
You'll never recognize yourself on Heartattack and Vine
Tom Waits - Blue Valentines Lyrics
She sends me blue valentines all the way from Philadelphia
To mark the anniversary of someone that I used to be
And it feels like a warrant, out for my arrest
Baby you got me checkin' in my rear view mirror
Tom Waits - Whistlin' Past The Graveyard Lyrics
Well I come in on a night train
With an arm full of box cars
On the wings of a magpie
Cross a hooligan night
Tom Waits - Wrong Side Of The Road Lyrics
Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks
When the wolf bains
Bloomin' by the tressel
And get the eyeball of a rooster
Tom Waits - Ol' 55 Lyrics
Time went so quickly, I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' '55
Pulled away slowly, feelin' so holy
God knows I was feelin' alive
