{"product_id":"tom-waits","title":"Tom Waits - Swordfishtrombones (40th Anniversary) (180g) (LP)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"productData\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1983 Album Reissued on 180g Vinyl LP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemastered from the Original EQ'd 1\/2\" Production Master Tape by Chris Bellman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tabs-contents\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab-description\" class=\"tab-content is-active\"\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2023 Marks 40 years since Tom Waits released \u003cem\u003eSwordfishtrombones, \u003c\/em\u003eushering 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: \u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 impressionist 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\u003cem\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…\"\u003c\/em\u003e - Jon Parales, January 1984 - \u003cem\u003eGQ Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\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\u003cblockquote cite=\"allmusic.com\"\u003eArtistically, Swordfishtrombones marked an evolution of which Waits had not seemed capable (though there were hints of this sound on his last two Asylum albums), and in career terms it reinvented him.\u003cfooter\u003e-William Ruhlmann, \u003cem\u003eAllMusic,\u003c\/em\u003e 5\/5\u003c\/footer\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"features\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40th Anniversary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e180g Vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemastered for the First Time Ever from the Original EQ'd 1\/2\" Production Master Tape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePersonally Overseen by Tom Waits \u0026amp; Kathleen Brennan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering Under the Guidance of Karl Derfler\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestored Original Album Packaging\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLyrics on Inner Sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade in Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003csection id=\"selections\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShore Leave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDave the Butcher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohnsburg, Illinois\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e16 Shells from a Thirty-Ought-Six\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTown with No Cheer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Neighborhood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJust Another Sucker on the Vine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrank's Wild Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwordfishtrombone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDown, Down, Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoldier's Things\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGin Soaked Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrouble's Braids\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRainbirds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eFormat: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"format_title\"\u003eLP Vinyl\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eLabel:\u003c\/span\u003e Island \u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eCatalog No:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e1000123543\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eBarcode:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e0602448898425\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNo of Discs:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9\/22\/2023\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"productData\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUPC:  602448898425 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tom Waits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44163863249116,"sku":"","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0524\/4443\/0495\/files\/TomWaits-Swordfishtrombones_002.jpg?v=1776193360","url":"https:\/\/www.vinylprovisions.com\/products\/tom-waits","provider":"Vinyl Provisions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}