TOM WAITS

Here’s another one of those if- you- haven’t- heard- of- him- you- should- just- stop- trying- to- pretend- you- know- about- music posts.

Tom Waits was born in California in 1949. He began his professional recording career in 1973, with an album of bluesy beat-poet style songs. Over the years he has evolved into an avant garde singer-songwriter (and actor) whose style spans the range of jazz, folk, blues, experimental, rock and funk. And probably a few more that aren’t popping to mind at the moment. But then, you already knew all that.

A couple years back, he released a three disc set of rarities (highly recommended), but as expansive as that was, there’s still quite a bit that didn’t get covered in that set. Here’s a few other things for those die hard fans:

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Tom Waits - “The Fall of Troy” (solo radio session) Recorded March 31st, 1998 at KCRW studios. Released on Rare On Air, Vol. 4.
Ken Nordine with Tom Waits - “Thousand Big Bangs” Taken from Ken’s album Devout Catalyst.
Tom Waits - “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” (live James Brown cover) Recorded at Massey Hall. Toronto, Canada. October 7, 1987.
Tom Waits - “It’s Alright with Me” (Cole Porter cover) From the tribute album Red Hot + Blue.
Thelonious Monster with Tom Waits - “Adios Lounge” From Thelonious Monster’s self titled album.
John Hammond with Tom Waits - “I Know I Been Changed” (traditional) Released on John’s album Wicked Grin.

Tom Waits discography: (while all of these are recommended, my top five are *)

Closing Time, 1973 (buy)
The Heart of Saturday Night, 1974 (buy)
Nighthawks at the Diner, 1975* (buy) (live)
Small Change, 1976 (buy)
Foreign Affairs, 1977 (buy)
Blue Valentine, 1978 (buy)
Heartattack and Vine, 1980 (buy)
One From the Heart, 1982 (soundtrack)
Swordfishtrombones, 1983 (buy)
Rain Dogs, 1985* (buy)
Frank’s Wild Years, 1987 (buy)
Big Time, 1988 (buy) (live, but they chopped out all the monologues)
Night On Earth, 1992 (soundtrack)
Bone Machine, 1992* (buy)
The Black Rider, 1993 (buy)
Mule Variations, 1999* (buy)
Blood Money, 2002 (buy)
Alice, 2002 (buy)
Real Gone, 2004 (buy)
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards, 2006* (buy) (rarities collection)

For further info, I recommend the Tom Waits Library.

THE POGUES

Part Two

They just announced a Pogues box set will be released next year. It’s currently slated for St. Patrick’s Day. No track listing has been given, yet, so I don’t know if any of these songs will be on it.

Which brings me to a small point. All of the songs I post here are in good quality, but not CD quality. That’s on purpose. If a Pogues fan downloads these, they will be worth it. But if that same fan buys the official releases of the same songs, they will be better quality, and so worth the money.

Anyway, this is part two of The Pogues songs not issued on the expanded remasters. Enjoy. And save up your money for the box set.

The Pogues - “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” (Ennio Morricone cover) Released on the Straight To Hell soundtrack, but not on the more recent Straight To Hell Returns expanded soundtrack. (buy)
The Pogues - “The Ballinalee” (Live in Switzerland, 1987) An unreleased instrumental.
The Pogues with After Tonight - “A Message To You” (Live) Recorded on St. Patrick’s Day 1987 and released on the video Live at the Town and Country.
The Pogues - “Fiesta” (single version) An alternate recording. The original is on If I Should Fall From Grace With God. (buy)
The Pogues - “Maggie May” (Live Rod Stewart cover) Released on the “Fairytale of New York” single.
Steve Earle with The Pogues - “Johnny Come Lately” From Steve’s album Copperhead Road. (buy)
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - “Miss Otis Regrets / Just One of Those Things” (Cole Porter covers) Issued on the tribute album Red Hot + Blue. (buy)

**Many files deleted due to their inclusion on the now released box set. Buy it. Believe me, it's well worth the money.**