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January 10th, 2025
Limited 50th Anniversary Edition Raspberry Beret Vinyl
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Tom Waits' 1974 album The Heart of Saturday Night. Expanding beyond the folk and pop stylings of his first album, Waits' second studio release established his reputation as a versatile and distinctly American songwriter. Its bluesy jazz arrangements featured bass, drums, sax and Waits on piano.
The title track, a melancholy ode to Saturday night rituals, and the tenderly romantic hymn-like "San Diego Serenade" are enduring classics covered by an array of artists from Diana Krall and Nancy Griffith to folk hero Eric Anderson and Dion. The album also features "Diamonds on My Windshield," the first of what would become a signature for Waits, the spoken word-poetry song. Waits delivers these lyrics as pure beat jazz in the styings of Kerouac, Langston Hughes and Bob Kaufman.
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