TOM WAITS-ON THE SCENE '73 KPFK FOLK SCENE BROADCAST-NEW CD
TOM WAITS

ON THE SCENE

'73 KPFK FOLK SCENE BROADCAST

NEW CD

Live 1973


Previously unreleased live broadcast of intimate Tom Waits performance featuring incredible rarities - plus interviews with the man
himself.

Securing his first proper record deal with David Geffen's Asylum label in 1972, Tom Waits would go on to release seven records with
the label in as many years.
The first of these, Closing Time, was released in March 73 and comprised the most unique collection of original compositions that
American critics and consumers had witnessed since the 1960s heyday of Beatles, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan.
Informed by the wordsmiths of the beat generation, the blues howlers of a former age, the smooth jazz vocals of Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett,
and the country flavoured ballads that Ray Charles had turned to in the early 1960s, Waits developed a cult following with his portrayals
of modern American domesticity and love sought and lost.
On the 12th August 1973 Waits was to be found performing an in-house set for the renowned L.A. radio series Folk Scene, broadcast
weekly by KPFK FM, Tom's performances were augmented with interviews that provide a fascinating insight into his career at this time. Included too on this LP are five additional tracks from a performance
Tom made in Santa Monica a few months later on 10th November 1973.
Also the subject of an FM broadcast, two further cuts from The Heart of Saturday Night are complimented by a triumvirate of Waits
rarities that have seldom been heard before or since.


Track Listing:

1. Virginia Avenue
2. Interview
3. San Diego Seranade
4. Interview
5. Ol 55
6. Interview
7. Semi Suite
8. Interview
9. Fumblin With The Blues
10. Interview
11. Rosie
12. Interview
13. Depot, Depot
14. Interview
15. I Hope I Dont Fall In Love With You
16. Interview
17. (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
18. Interview
19. Ice Cream Man
20. Interview
21. Big Joe And Phantom 309
22. Interview
23. Fridays Blues
24. Shiver Me Timbers
25. Diamonds On My Windshield
26. Getting Drunk On The Bottle
27. Tijuana (with Jack Tempchi)