TALES FROM THE UNDERGROUND

VOLUME FOUR


SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU (Tom Waits)
From the ’Foreign Affairs’ sessions, July – August 1977.
Available on the bootleg ’A Nickel’s Worth of Dreams’.
Official version - same take as this one, but with strings added - released on 'Heartattack and Vine' 1980.

WHAT ELSE IS NEW (II) (Tom Waits)
From the ’Small Change’ sessions, July 15, 1976.
Available on the bootleg ’A Nickel’s Worth of Dreams’.

CHASE THE CLOUDS AWAY (Tom Waits)
From the ’Black Rider’ rehearsal sessions 1990.
With the Devil’s Rubato Band.
Available on the bootleg 'Black Rider Outtakes'.

FLASH PAN HUNTER (Tom Waits / William S. Burroughs)
1990 demo version.
Available on the bootleg 'Black Rider Outtakes'.

I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW (Cecil A. Null)
From an Elvis Costello & the Attractions concert at the Beverly Theatre in LA, October 4, 1986.
Written in 1953. Recorded by Steve Sholes.
Recorded by Bob Dylan on 'Self Portrait' in 1970.

Tom Waits: Vocals
Elvis Costello: Vocals and guitar
Steve Nieve: Organ
Bruce Thomas: Bass
Pete Thomas: Drums
Lou Reed: Guitar



HANG ON ST CHRISTOPHER (Tom Waits)
Extended remix.
Taken from the 12 inch single ’Hang On St Christopher’.

WORLD OF ADVENTURE / RIVER OF MEN (Tom Waits)
From the TV series ’Fishing with John’ 1998.
Tom Waits: A capella vocals (with John Lurie).

PURPLE AVENUE (aka EMPTY POCKETS) (Tom Waits)
Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Expo Theatre, Montreal, July 3, 1981.

OLD TIME FEELIN’ (Guy Clark)
Taken from Ramblin’ Jack Elliott’s album ’Friends of Mine’ 1996 (unlisted bonus track).
Recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, CA, on May 28, 1996.
Tom Waits: Vocals (with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Guy Clark).

"We were kiddin' around in the studio and it found its way
on tape. It was just a feelin'." - Ramblin’ Jack Elliott


OL’ 55 STORY (Tom Waits)
From a concert with The Mothers of Invention at the Orpheum Theatre, Boston,
November 9, 1974.
Tom Waits: Voice (with Frank Zappa)

LOUISE (Tom Waits / Kathleen Brennan)
Taken from Ramblin’ Jack Elliott’s album ’Friends of Mine’ 1998.
Recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, CA, on May 28, 1998
Tom Waits: Vocals and guitar
Ramblin’ Jack Elliot: Vocals
Peter Rowan (?): Guitar
Ruth Davies: Bass
Billy Wilson: Accordion



JUST ANOTHER DIME STORE NOVEL (Tom Waits)
From the ’Foreign Affairs’ sessions, July – August 1977.
Available on the bootleg ’A Nickel’s Worth of Dreams’.

PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG (James Brown)
Recorded live at Massey Hall, Toronto on August 7, 1987.
Original recording by James Brown 1965.

BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? (E Y Harburg / Jay Gorney)
Taken from the various artists compilation of the same name, recorded for the
National Fund-Raising Day of Action 1992.
Originally performed by Rex Weber in the revue ’Americana’, 1932.

EGGS & SAUSAGE / INVITATION TO THE BLUES (Tom Waits)
Live medley.
Broadcast on WNEW Radio on December 14, 1976.

TEMPTATION (Tom Waits / Kathleen Brennan)
Recorded live with Los Lobos at the LA Riot Benefit at the Wiltern Theatre on May 30, 1992
Tom Waits: Vocals.

PURPLE AVENUE (Tom Waits)
Taken from Holly Cole’s album ’Blame It On My Youth’ 1992.

Holly Cole: Vocals
Aaron Davis: Piano
David Piltch: Bass

Produced by Greg Cohen


HANG ON ST CHRISTOPHER (INSTRUMENTAL) (Tom Waits)
Taken from the 12 inch single ’Hang On St Christopher’.
Same as the FWY track, but without the vocals.