{"product_id":"tom-waits-swordfishtrombones-lp","title":"Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e 2023 Marks forty years since Tom Waits released Swordfishtrombones, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, Brennan. Waits went from ‘70’s-era “bluesy, boozy” wordsmith and melodist with seven albums behind him to sound sculptor, miner of the subconscious, abstract orchestrator, sonic cubist—while retaining his innate lyricism, melodic invention, humanity. As he put it in a 1983 interview: “I tried to listen to the noise in my head and invent some junkyard orchestral deviation—a mutant apparatus to drive this noise into a wreck collection.” It’s a Waits-arranged pastiche, a variety of atmospheres from different sound planets. There is the warped, marching-army-ants music of “Underground,” an imitating chant about people living below cities, but there was also the poignancy of the spare piano ballad, “Soldier’s Things,” the good bar yarn, “Frank’s Wild Years”, the tender, minimalist paean to Waits’ wife and muse, Kathleen, “Johnsburg, Illinois,” and the raggedy anthem to neighborhood chaos, “In the Neighborhood.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“On Swordfishtrombones, Waits has made a breakthrough – he’s found music as evocative as his words. Waits’s grumble of a voice now bounces off a peculiar assortment of horns and percussion and organ and keyboards, as if he’d led a Salvation Army band into a broken-down Hong Kong disco. It’s as if he’s shifted from monologues to screenplays…” - Jon Parales January 1984 - GQ Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album is newly remastered for the first time ever from the original EQ’ed ½” production master tape and personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering under the guidance of Waits’ longtime audio engineer, Karl Derfler. The album packaging has also been restored. Available on 180g black vinyl. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock, Alternative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemember, for our lowest prices, always order directly from \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(184, 49, 47);\"\u003e Joco Records\u003c\/span\u003e!\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" data-mce-style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Side 1 -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Underground\u003cbr\u003e2 Shore Leave\u003cbr\u003e3 Dave the Butcher\u003cbr\u003e4 Johnsburg Illinois\u003cbr\u003e5 16 Shells from a 30 6\u003cbr\u003e6 Town with No Cheer\u003cbr\u003e7 In the Neighbourhood\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Side 2 -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Just Another Sucker on the Vine\u003cbr\u003e2 Frank's Wild Years\u003cbr\u003e3 Swordfishtrombone\u003cbr\u003e4 Down Down Down\u003cbr\u003e5 Soldier's Things\u003cbr\u003e6 Gin Soaked Boy\u003cbr\u003e7 Trouble's Braids\u003cbr\u003e8 Rainbirds\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joco Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48098159657219,"sku":"0WPX1T-1KS4-00","price":29.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/phishstonesproducts.myshopify.com\/products\/tom-waits-swordfishtrombones-lp","provider":"PhishStones Products","version":"1.0","type":"link"}