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Nighthawks at the diner

Waits, Tom, 1949- (composer,, performer.). Melvoin, Mike, (instrumentalist.). Christlieb, Pete, (instrumentalist.). Hughart, Jim, (instrumentalist.). Goodwin, Bill, 1942- (instrumentalist.).
CD Music recording  - 2018
POP/ROCK 782.42166 Wai
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  • Physical Description 1 audio disc (approximately 1 hr., 14 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Remastered edition.
  • Publisher Los Angeles, CA : Anti/Epitaph, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from disc label.
Music and lyrics by Tom Waits.
Album originally released in 1975.
Song lyrics inserted in container.
GMD: sound recording.
Formatted Contents Note:
Opening intro (2:59) -- Emotional weather report (3:43) -- Intro to on a foggy night (2:18) -- On a foggy night (3:49) -- Intro to eggs and sausage (in a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) (1:55) -- Eggs and sausage (in a Cadillac with Susan Michelson) (4:13) -- Intro to better off without a wife (3:22) -- Better off without a wife (3:53) -- Nighthawk postcards (from easy street) (11:27) -- Intro to warm beer and cold women (0:55) -- Warm beer and cold women (5:21) -- Intro to Putnam county (0:48) -- Putnam county (7:34) -- Spare parts I (a nocturnal emission) (6:23) -- Nobody (2:49) -- Intro to big Joe and phantom 309 (0:41) -- Big Joe and phantom 309 (6:30) -- Spare parts II and closing (5:14).
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Produced by Bones Howe ; remastering supervised by Waits/Brennan and Karl Derfler ; mastered by Peter Lyman.
Participant or Performer Note:
Performed by Tom Waits, vocals, piano, guitar ; with Mike Melvoin, piano, electric piano ; Pete Christlieb, tenor sax ; Jim Hughart, upright bass ; Bill Goodwin, drums.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded live 1975, July 30 & 31 The Record Plant ; Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood.