I had an amazing time record shopping the other day. Someone had unloaded a great collection of Tom Waits vinyl at the Rasputin store in Berkeley, so I was able to pick up Closing Time, The Heart Of Saturday Night, Nighthawks At The Diner, Blue Valentine, and Heart Attack And Vine. All are in beautiful shape.
Closing Time is Waits' 1973 masterpiece, with “Ol’ 55,” “I Hope I Don’t Fall In Love With You,” “Martha,” "Grapefruit Moon,” “Rosie,” and others. It’s one of the best debut albums that I can think of. It's right up there with Patti Smith’s Horses.
I can’t wait to listen to the other albums. I plan to listen to them, and the other Waits albums that I have, in chronological order to experience his musical evolution. He's increasingly grown more varied and strange over the years. Artists usually go the other way if anything.
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