On November 24, no-introduction-needer Tom Waits is releasing his first live album since 1988's Big Time. According to his website:
Glitter and Doom is a two disc collection of tracks from Waits' recent Glitter and Doom tour of the US and Europe. The first disc recreates an evening's performance with 17 tracks are selected from 10 cities. The second disc is a bonus compendium called TOM TALES, which features the comic bromides, strange musings, and unusual facts that Tom traditionally shares with his audience during the piano set. The topics range from the ritual of insects to the last dying breath of Henry Ford.
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As you peruse the tracklisting on the album's back cover, admire the fine photograph, which was taken by our Pitch shutterbug extraordinaire Scott Spychalski when Waits shook glitter and doom upon the the Fox Theater in St. Louis in June of '08. The photo was hand picked by Tom himself! Click here for our review of the show, and visit Scott's Flickr page for more mindblowing photos from the show.
Congrats, Scott!
None of the songs Waits played at the Fox made the final cut, however. Here's a tracklisting showing the cities where the songs were recorded. Look at you, Tulsa!
1. Lucinda / Ain't Goin Down (Birmingham - 07/03/08) - 5:37
2. Singapore (Edinburgh - 07/28/08) - 5:00
3. Get Behind The Mule (Tulsa - 06/25/08) - 6:26
4. Fannin Street (Knoxville - 06/29/08) - 4:16
5. Dirt In The Ground (Milan - 07/19/08) - 5:18
6. Such A Scream (Milan - 07/18/08) - 2:51
7. Live Circus (Jacksonville - 07/01/08) - 5:04
8. Goin' Out West (Tulsa - 06/25/08) - 3:48
9. Falling Down (Paris - 07/25/08) - 4:21
10. The Part You Throw Away (Edinburgh - 07/28/08) - 5:07
11. Trampled Rose (Dublin - 08/01/08) - 5:06
12. Metropolitan Glide (Knoxville - 6/29/08) - 3:10
13. I'll Shoot The Moon (Paris - 07/24/08) - 4:25
14. Green Grass (Edinburgh - 07/27/08) - 3:20
15. Make It Rain (Atlanta - 07/05/08) - 3:58
16. Story (Columbus - 06/28/08) - 2:02
17. Lucky Day (Atlanta - 07/05/08) - 3:47
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