The Tom Waits Thread

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Tom Waits Reissuing His Studio Albums From 1983 to 1993

Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine, and The Black Rider were all remastered from their original tapes

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This just made my day! My bank account might not be as excited as I am but oh well!

 

[MikeH]

Tom Waits Reissuing His Studio Albums From 1983 to 1993

Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine, and The Black Rider were all remastered from their original tapes

pitchfork.com

@Joe Mac i know you probably have them all already but....

 

[Joe Mac]

@Joe Mac i know you probably have them all already but....

Actually no! The island ones are unicorns! Oh dear my wallet!

 

[ranbalam]

This just made my day! My bank account might not be as excited as I am but oh well!

It made my day too. I have a bad boot of Bone Machine, my Rain Dogs has a skip, and I don't have Black Rider at all.
I'm sure I'll get second copies of Frank's and Swordfish as well.

 

[MikeH]

Actually no! The island ones are unicorns! Oh dear my wallet!

 

[MikeH]

https://tomwaits.kingsroadmerch.com/?ffm=FFM_f4b709ee45da182d408514f3f1b85546

 

[MikeH]

Should be widely available. There's a SOV and UDiscover link on his site but not updated yet.

 

[Joe Mac]

Should be widely available. There's a SOV and UDiscover link on his site but not updated yet.

I’ll keep an eye on my local. They should get them in and I’d rather give them the money.

 

[MikeH]

I’ll keep an eye on my local. They should get them in and I’d rather give them the money.

yea i expect at least the black vinyl to be VERY widely available. the color variants are limited to 3,000 worldwide it seems.

 

[MikeH]

@Joe Mac the remasters are up on Qobuz already too if you wanna take a listen.

 

[Joe Mac]

@Joe Mac the remasters are up on Qobuz already too if you wanna take a listen.

Oh wow cheers! Hopefully on Apple Music too. EDIT: Nope, not yet anyway!

Sadly even if I’m not as keen, like with the remasters of his early stuff, there is pretty much no other option for these on vinyl without spending big!

I’m more hopeful of these with Bellers involved. He did a great job of the rhino pressings of his first few that came out before the revisionist remasters.

Once these are in hand that just leaves the live album and the soundtrack from this period away from me having it all!

 

[Selaws]

Tom Waits Reissuing His Studio Albums From 1983 to 1993

Swordfishtrombones, Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine, and The Black Rider were all remastered from their original tapes

pitchfork.com

Oh wow!! The Black Rider is the one I have been after for ages with no luck. A lot of dodgy boots out there annoyingly.

 

[MikeH]

Oh wow cheers! Hopefully on Apple Music too. EDIT: Nope, not yet anyway!

Sadly even if I’m not as keen, like with the remasters of his early stuff, there is pretty much no other option for these on vinyl without spending big!

I’m more hopeful of these with Bellers involved. He did a great job of the rhino pressings of his first few that came out before the revisionist remasters.

Once these are in hand that just leaves the live album and the soundtrack from this period away from me having it all!

yep--seem to be on apple music, spotify, amazon music, tidal, etc as well.

 

[Joe Mac]

yep--seem to be on apple music, spotify, amazon music, tidal, etc as well.

The albums are streaming, always were, but it’s the original versions with the original copywright. Well on my Apple Music anyway?!

 

[Joe Mac]

The albums are streaming, always were, but it’s the original versions with the original copywright. Well on my Apple Music anyway?!

Oh so it is but only if you go though the link on his site. It’s not yet showing under his discography on the normal app search.

 

[D Jilla]

Every time I see this thread bumped, I think “please be news that the Island records are getting reissued”

 

[ranbalam]

I'm tempted just to pre-order on Waits' site just so I know they are coming later this year. I currently have all five in my cart....

 

[MikeH]

I'm tempted just to pre-order on Waits' site just so I know they are coming later this year. I currently have all five in my cart....

same....waiting on SOV or Udiscover since I have coupons there if they have the color variants...if not I might just wait for a shop like Plaidroom to get in the regular black versions.

 

[MikeH]

Oh so it is but only if you go though the link on his site. It’s not yet showing under his discography on the normal app search.

ah yea. i didn't search, went straight through his site and it went to the 2023 remasters. Qobuz showed up in search.

 

[Biscuit]

I'm tempted just to pre-order on Waits' site just so I know they are coming later this year. I currently have all five in my cart....

Painful wallet hit, but have been waiting forever it seems for this moment to come. Patience does pay off!