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Blue Valentine (album)

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Released
  
September 1978

Artist
  
Tom Waits

Producer
  
Bones Howe

Length
  
49:09

Release date
  
September 1978

Label
  
Elektra Records

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Recorded
  
July 24–August 26, 1978

Studio
  
Filmways/Heider Recording, San Francisco, California

Blue Valentine (1978)
  
Heartattack and Vine (1980)

Genres
  
Blues, Rock music, Jazz, Blues rock

Similar
  
Tom Waits albums, Rock music albums

Tom waits blue valentine 1978 full album


Blue Valentine is the fifth studio album by the American musician Tom Waits, released in September 1978 on Asylum Records. The album was recorded over the course of six sessions from July to August 1978 with producer Bones Howe.

Contents

The woman pictured with Waits on the back cover is Rickie Lee Jones, another singer/songwriter with whom he was having a relationship at the time. This album peaked on the Australian charts in late 1978 at #42.

Track listing

All tracks written by Tom Waits, except where noted.

Side one

Side two

Personnel

  • Tom Waits - vocals, electric guitar, piano
  • Ray Crawford, Roland Bautista, Alvin "Shine" Robinson - electric guitar
  • Scott Edwards, Jim Hughart, Byron Miller - bass
  • Da Willie Gonga (George Duke), Harold Battiste - piano
  • Charles Kynard - organ
  • Herbert Hardesty, Frank Vicari - tenor saxophone
  • Rick Lawson, Earl Palmer, Chip White - drums
  • Bobbye Hall Porter - congas on ("Romeo Is Bleeding")
  • Bob Alcivar - orchestra
  • Songs

    1Somewhere (From "West Side Story")3:53
    2Red Shoes by the Drugstore3:15
    3Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis4:33

    References

    Blue Valentine (album) Wikipedia