THE ALBUMS







CLOSING TIME

Asylum Records
Released 1973
Produced by Jerry Yester
Cover photo by Ed Caraeff
Total time: 45.54
Ol’ ‘55
I Hope That I Don’t Fall in Love with You
Virginia Avenue
Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
Midnight Lullaby
Martha
Rosie
Lonely
Ice Cream Man
Little Trip to Heaven (On the Wings of Your Love)
Grapefruit Moon
Closing Time





THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT

Asylum Records
Released 1974
Produced by Bones Howe
Cover art by Napoleon
Total time: 41.36
New Coat of Paint
San Diego Serenade
Semi Suite
Shiver Me Timbers
Diamonds on My Windshield
(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night
Fumblin’ with the Blues
Please Call Me, Baby
Depot, Depot
Drunk on the Moon
The Ghosts of Saturday Night





NIGHTHAWKS AT THE DINER

Recorded live 1975
Asylum Records
Released 1975
Produced by Bones Howe
Cover photo by Norman Seeff
Total time: 73.57
Emotional Weather Report
On a Foggy Night
Eggs and Sausage

Better Off Without a Wife
Nighthawk Postcards
Warm Beer and Cold Women
Putnam County
Spare Parts I

Nobody
Big Joe and Phantom 309
Spare Parts II and Closing





SMALL CHANGE

Asylum Records
Released 1976
Produced by Bones Howe
Cover photo by Joel Brodsky
Total time: 50.02
Tom Traubert’s Blues
Step Right Up
Jitterbug Boy
I Wish I Was in New Orleans
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
Invitation to the Blues
Pasties and a G-String
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart
The One That Got Away
Small Change
I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work





FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Asylum Records
Released 1977
Produced by Bones Howe
Cover photo by George Hurrell
Total time: 42.09
Cinny’s Waltz
Muriel
I Never Talk to Strangers
Medley:
Jack & Neal
California, Here I Come
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Potter’s Field
Burma-Shave
Barber Shop
Foreign Affair





BLUE VALENTINE

Asylum Records
Released 1978
Produced by Bones Howe
Cover photo by Elliot Gilbert
Total time: 49.39
Somewhere
Red Shoes by the Drugstore
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Romeo Is Bleeding
$29,00
Wrong Side of the Road
Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard
Kentucky Avenue
A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun
Blue Valentines





HEARTATTACK AND VINE

Asylum Records
Released 1980
Produced by Bones Howe
Cover photo by Greg Gorman
Total time: 44.32
Heartattack and Vine
In Shades
Saving All My Love for You
Downtown
Jersey Girl
’Til the Money Runs Out
On the Nickel
Mr. Siegal
Ruby’s Arms





BOUNCED CHECKS

Compilation album (vinyl)
Asylum Records
Released 1991
Produced by Bones Howe
"Dedicated to Kathleen"
Heartattack and Vine
Jersey Girl (alt. master)
Eggs and Sausage
I Never Talk to Strangers
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Live)
Whistlin' Past the Graveyard (alt. master)
Mr. Henry
Diamonds on My Windshield
Burma-Shave
Tom Traubert's Blues





ONE FROM THE HEART

Columbia Records
Released 1982
Produced by Bones Howe
Cover photo by David Alexander
Total time: 42.08
Opening Montage:
Tom’s Piano Intro
Once Upon a Town
The Wages of Love
Is There Any Way Out of This Dream?
Picking Up After You
Old Boyfriends
Broken Bicycles
I Beg Your Pardon
Little Boy Blue
Instrumental Montage:
The Tango
Circus Girl
You Can’t Unring a Bell
This One’s from the Heart
Take Me Home
Presents





SWORDFISHTROMBONES

Island Records
Released 1983
Produced by Tom Waits
Cover by Michael Russ and Tom Waits
"Dedicated to my wife, Kathleen"
Total time: 41.45
Underground
Shore Leave
Dave the Butcher
Johnsburg, Illinois
16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six
Town With No Cheer
In the Neighborhood
Just Another Sucker on the Vine
Frank’s Wild Years
Swordfishtrombone
Down, Down, Down
Soldier’s Things
Gin Soaked Boy
Trouble’s Braids
Rainbirds





ASYLUM YEARS

Compilation album (vinyl)
Released 1984
Produced by Jerry Yester and Bones Howe
Martha
Rosie
Shiver Me Timbers
San Diego Serenade
Diamonds on My Windshield
(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night
The Ghosts of Saturday Night
Small Change
Step Right Up
Burma-Shave
Foreign Affair
Mr. Henry
The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me)
Potter's Field
Kentucky Avenue
Somewhere
On the Nickel
Ruby's Arms





ASYLUM YEARS

Compilation album (CD)
Released 1986
Produced by Jerry Yester and Bones Howe
Diamonds on My Windshield
(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night
Martha
The Ghosts of Saturday Night
Grapefruit Moon
Small Change
Burma-Shave
I Never Talk to Strangers
Tom Traubert's Blues
Blue Valentines
Potter's Field
Kentucky Avenue
Somewhere
Ruby's Arms





RAIN DOGS

Island Records
Released 1985
Produced by Tom Waits
Cover photo by Anders Peterson
"Dedicated to Kathleen"
Total time: 54.06
Singapore
Clap Hands
Cemetery Polka
Jockey Full of Bourbon
Tango Till They’re Sore
Big Black Mariah
Diamonds and Gold
Hang Down Your Head
Time
Rain Dogs
Midtown
9th & Hennepin
Gun Street Girl
Union Square
Blind Love
Walking Spanish
Downtown Train
Bride of Rain Dogs
Anywhere I Lay My Head





FRANKS WILD YEARS

Island Records
Released 1987
Produced by Tom Waits
Cover by J.B. Mondino
"Dedicated to Kathleen"
Total time: 56.49
Hang On St. Christopher
Straight to the Top (Rhumba)
Blow Wind Blow
Temptation
Innocent When You Dream (Barrroom)
I’ll Be Gone
Yesterday Is Here
Please Wake Me Up
Franks Theme
More Than Rain
Way Down in the Hole
Straight to the Top (Vegas)
I’ll Take New York
Telephone Call from Istanbul
Cold Cold Ground
Train Song
Innocent When You Dream (78)





BIG TIME

Recorded live 1987
Released 1988
Produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Cover by Lucinda Cowell and Bruce Peterson
Total time: 67.43
16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six (live)
Red Shoes (live)
Underground (live)
Cold Cold Ground (live)
Straight to the Top (Rhumba) (live)
Yesterday Is Here (live)
Way Down in the Hole (live)
Falling Down
Strange Weather (live)
Big Black Mariah (live)
Rain Dogs (live)
Train Song (live)
Johnsburg, Illinois (live)
Ruby’s Arms (live)
Telephone Call from Istanbul (live)
Clap Hands (live)
Gun Street Girl (live)
Time (live)





NIGHT ON EARTH

Soundtrack album
Island Records
Released 1991
Produced by Tom Waits
Total time: 52.50
Back in the Good Old World
Los Angeles Mood
Los Angeles Theme
New York Theme
New York Mood
Baby I’m Not a Baby Anymore
Good Old World (waltz)
Carnival
On the Other Side of the World
Good Old World (gypsy instrumental)
Paris Mood
Dragging a Dead Priest
Helsinki Mood
Carnival Bob’s Confession
Good Old World (waltz) vocal
On the Other Side of the World (instrumental)





THE EARLY YEARS

Recorded 1971
Edsel Records
Released 1991
Produced by Robert Duffey
Cover design by Gag!
Total time: 43.44
Goin’ Down Slow
Poncho’s Lament
I’m Your Late Night Evening Prostitute
Had Me a Girl
Ice Cream Man (early version)
Rockin’ Chair
Virginia Avenue (early version)
Midnight Lullaby (early version)
When You Ain’t Got Nobody
Little Trip to Heaven (early version)
Frank’s Song
Looks Like I’m Up Shit Creek Again
So Long I’ll See Ya





THE EARLY YEARS VOL. 2

Recorded 1971 Edsel Records
Released 1992
Cover design by Moses
Total time: 44.20
Hope I Don’t Fall in Love with You (early version)
Ol’ ’55 (early version)
Mockin’ Bird
In Between Love
Blue Skies (early version)
Nobody (early version)
I Want You
Shiver Me Timbers (early version)
Grapefruit Moon (early version)
Diamonds on My Windshield (early version)
Please Call Me, Baby (early version)
So It Goes
Old Shoes (early version)





BONE MACHINE

Island Records
Released 1992
Produced by Tom Waits
Associate producer: Kathleen Brennan
Cover by Tom Waits and Jesse Dylan
Total time: 53.43
Earth Died Screaming
Dirt in the Ground
Such a Scream
All Stripped Down
Who Are You
The Ocean Doesn’t Want Me
Jesus Gonna Be Here
A Little Rain
In the Colosseum
Goin' Out West
Murder in the Red Barn
Black Wings
Whistle Down the Wind
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
Let Me Get Up On It
That Feel





THE BLACK RIDER

Island Records
Released 1993
Produced by Tom Waits
Cover by Robert Wilson
Total time: 55.41
Lucky Day (Overture)
The Black Rider
November
Just the Right Bullets
Black Box Theme
’Tain’t No Sin
Flash Pan Hunter (Intro)
That’s the Way
The Briar and the Rose
Russian Dance
Gospel Train (Orchestra)
I’ll Shoot the Moon
Flash Pan Hunter
Crossroads
Gospel Train
Interlude
Oily Night
Lucky Day
The Last Rose of Summer
Carnival





BEAUTIFUL MALADIES : The Island Years

Compilation album
Island Records
Released 1998
Produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Cover by Randall Ingalls
Total time: 74.00
Hang On St. Christopher
Temptation
Clap Hands
The Black Rider
Underground
Jockey Full of Bourbon
Earth Died Screaming
Innocent When You Dream (78)
Straight to the Top (Rhumba)
Frank’s Wild Years
Singapore
Shore Leave
Johnsburg, Illinois
Way Down in the Hole
Strange Weather (live)
Cold Cold Ground (live)
November
Downtown Train
16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought Six
Jesus Gonna Be Here
Good Old World (waltz) vocal
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up
Time





MULE VARIATIONS

Epitaph Records
Released 1999
Produced by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan
Cover photo by Matt Mahurin
Total time: 70.42
Big in Japan
Lowside of the Road
Hold On
Get Behind the Mule
House Where Nobody Lives
Cold Water
Pony
What’s He Building
Black Market Baby
Eyeball Kid
Picture in a Frame
Chocolate Jesus
Georgia Lee
Filipino Box Spring Hog
Take It With Me
Come On Up to the House

Buzz Fledderjon (bonus track)
Big Face Money (bonus track)