The Early Years (album series)
1991 compilation album series by Tom Waits
The Early Years | |
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Compilation album series by Tom Waits | |
Released | Volume One - July 16, 1991 Volume Two - January 19, 1993 |
Recorded | July–December 1971 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 43:35 & 44:11 |
Label | Manifesto |
Producer | Robert Duffey |
Volume Two | |
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | (Volume One) link |
Allmusic | (Volume Two) link |
The Early Years is a two-part retrospective album series of Tom Waits songs, consisting of recordings made before Waits' debut album, Closing Time. Volume one was released in 1991 and volume two was released in 1993 on Bizarre/Straight. The recordings were made between July and December 1971. Some of the songs on the album appear on the early albums Waits recorded for Asylum Records. In 2010, both volumes of The Early Years were released on vinyl by Manifesto Records.
Volume One
All tracks composed by Tom Waits.
No. | Title | Re-recording release | Length |
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1. | "Goin' Down Slow" | 2:48 | |
2. | "Poncho's Lament" | 4:17 | |
3. | "I'm Your Late Night Evening Prostitute" | 3:16 | |
4. | "Had Me a Girl" | 5:32 | |
5. | "Ice Cream Man" | Closing Time, 1973 | 3:11 |
6. | "Rockin' Chair" | 3:15 | |
7. | "Virginia Ave." | Closing Time | 2:41 |
8. | "Midnight Lullaby" | Closing Time | 3:26 |
9. | "When You Ain't Got Nobody" | 3:23 | |
10. | "Little Trip to Heaven" | Closing Time | 3:02 |
11. | "Frank's Song" | 1:56 | |
12. | "Looks Like I'm Up Shit Creek Again" | 3:03 | |
13. | "So Long I'll See Ya" | 3:30 |
Volume Two
All tracks composed by Tom Waits.
No. | Title | Re-recording release | Length |
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1. | "Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You" | Closing Time | 5:01 |
2. | "Ol' '55" | Closing Time | 4:07 |
3. | "Mockin' Bird" | 3:27 | |
4. | "In Between Love" | 3:01 | |
5. | "Blue Skies" | non-album single, 1974 | 2:13 |
6. | "Nobody" | Nighthawks at the Diner, 1975 | 2:47 |
7. | "I Want You" | 1:22 | |
8. | "Shiver Me Timbers" | The Heart of Saturday Night, 1974 | 3:48 |
9. | "Grapefruit Moon" | Closing Time | 4:36 |
10. | "Diamonds on My Windshield" | The Heart of Saturday Night | 3:10 |
11. | "Please Call Me, Baby" | The Heart of Saturday Night | 3:43 |
12. | "So It Goes" | 2:31 | |
13. | "Old Shoes" | Closing Time | 4:24 |
- "Ice Cream Man", "Virginia Avenue", "Midnight Lullaby", "Little Trip to Heaven", "Hope I Don't Fall in Love with You", "Grapefruit Moon", "Ol' '55" and "Old Shoes" (as '"Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)") were re-recorded on Closing Time.
- "Shiver Me Timbers", "Please Call Me, Baby" and "Diamonds on My Windshield" re-recorded on The Heart of Saturday Night.
- "Blue Skies" was re-recorded and released as a stand-alone single in October 1974.
- "Nobody" was re-recorded for Nighthawks at the Diner.
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- Closing Time
- The Heart of Saturday Night
- Nighthawks at the Diner
- Small Change
- Foreign Affairs
- Blue Valentine
- Heartattack and Vine
- Swordfishtrombones
- Rain Dogs
- Franks Wild Years
- Bone Machine
- Mule Variations
- Blood Money
- Alice
- Real Gone
- Bad as Me
- Big Time
- Romeo Bleeding: Live from Austin
- Glitter and Doom Live
- One from the Heart
- Night on Earth
- The Black Rider
- Bounced Checks
- Anthology of Tom Waits
- Asylum Years
- The Early Years, Volume One
- The Early Years, Volume Two
- Beautiful Maladies
- Used Songs 1973–1980
- Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards
- "Ol' '55"
- "(Looking for) The Heart of Saturday Night"
- "Tom Traubert's Blues"
- "The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) (An Evening with Pete King)"
- "Step Right Up"
- "Somewhere"
- "Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis"
- "Romeo Is Bleeding"
- "Kentucky Avenue"
- "Heartattack and Vine"
- "Jersey Girl"
- "In the Neighborhood
- "16 Shells From a Thirty-Ought-Six
- "Jockey Full of Bourbon"
- "Hang Down Your Head"
- "Time"
- "Downtown Train"
- "Hang On St. Christopher"
- "Innocent When You Dream"
- "Way Down in the Hole"
- "Come On Up to the House"
- "Bad as Me"
- "Back in the Crowd"
- The Black Rider
- Woyzeck
- Discography
- Kathleen Brennan
- Greg Cohen
- Bones Howe
- Jim Jarmusch
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Marc Ribot
- Larry Taylor
- Chuck E. Weiss
- Big Time (film)
- Wicked Grin
- Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits
- New Coat of Paint
- Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits
- Tom Waits for No One