Tom Waits
My Father's Place
Roslyn, NY
10 October  1977

WLIR Pre-FM

This is a fantastic performance. Tom plays a lot of the Foreign Affairs material which makes this a rare item.   Tom adds some lines to Step Right Up that I've not heard anywhere else as well.  This is a highly recommended show, and though not quite as essential as some of the late 1976 shows, still shows Tom performing his mid-70's material very well.

1. Standin' On The Corner   2. I Never Talk To Strangers   3. Pasties And A G-String   4. Invitation To The Blues > Eggs And Sausage   5. Depot, Depot   6. Jitterbug Boy   7. Step Right Up

1. I Wish I Was In New Orleans > Small Change   2. The Piano Has Been Drinking   3. Emotional Weather Report   4. Muriel   5. Jack & Neal > California, Here I Come Set II   6. Tom Traubert's Blues

Tom Waits: vocals, piano, guitar
Frank Vicari: tenor sax
Danny "Dwight" Mann: bass
Chip White: drums, vibes, percussion

Remaster Notes:
The very uncertain lineage is unfortunate, but we do know that this was recorded for an FM broadcast.  The fact that a lot of high frequencies exist on the tape indicate that it the source for this may have been a Pre-FM tape, but I couldn't be sure.  The sound on what I recieved was very good, but there was a lot of tape hiss.  Using Cool Edit Pro 2.1, I managed to pinpoint and remove a lot of this hissing while having very minimal effect on the music itself.  There were also a few pops present on the tape, introduced during analog tranfers (it was not diginoise) that I removed.  I did not alter the EQ at all, as I felt that the frequency balance of the music itself was adjusted appropriately by the radio station engineer who recorded it.  I am very pleased with the result, and think that the sound upgrade makes this one a lot easier to listen to and ultimately more fulfilling.

-Stephen Pickett, www.salvaj.com/steve/bootlegs


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