1978 Tom Waits – Blue Valentine
Blue Valentine is a 1978 album by Tom Waits, released by Asylum Records, his sixth album since his debut Closing Time in 1973. It was recorded over the course of six sessions from July to August 1978 with producer Bones Howe. Rickie Lee Jones is pictured with Waits on the back cover.
Tracks
1 Somewhere (from West Side Story) (Leonard Bernstein; Stephen Sondheim) 03:53
2 Red Shoes by the Drugstore (Tom Waits) 03:14
3 Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis (Tom Waits) 04:33
4 Romeo Is Bleeding (Tom Waits) 04:52
5 $29.00 (Tom Waits) 08:15
6 Wrong Side of the Road (Tom Waits) 05:14
7 Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard (Tom Waits) 03:17
8 Kentucky Avenue (Tom Waits) 04:49
9 A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun (Tom Waits) 05:36
10 Blue Valentines (Tom Waits) 05:50
Biography
Musicians
1 Somewhere (from West Side Story)
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
2 Red Shoes by the Drugstore
| Bass | Byron Miller |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Electric Piano | Dawili Gonga |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
3 Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
| Electric Piano | Dawili Gonga |
| Piano | Tom Waits |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
4 Romeo Is Bleeding
| Bass | Jim Hughart |
| Drums | Chip White |
| Guitar | Ray Crawford |
| Guitar | Tom Waits |
| Organ | Charles Kynard |
| Sax | Frank Vicari |
| Percussion | Bobbye Hall |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
5 $29.00
| Bass | Byron Miller |
| Drums | Ricky Lawson |
| Guitar | Roland Bautista |
| Guitar | Tom Waits |
| Electric Piano | Dawili Gonga |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
6 Wrong Side of the Road
| Bass | Jim Hughart |
| Drums | Chip White |
| Guitar | Ray Crawford |
| Guitar | Tom Waits |
| Organ | Charles Kynard |
| Sax | Frank Vicari |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
7 Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard
| Bass | Scott Edwards |
| Drums | Earl Palmer |
| Guitar | Alvin Robinson |
| Guitar | Tom Waits |
| Piano | Harold Battiste |
| Sax | Herb Hardesty |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
8 Kentucky Avenue
| Piano | Tom Waits |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
9 A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun
| Bass | Scott Edwards |
| Drums | Earl Palmer |
| Guitar | Alvin Robinson |
| Guitar | Tom Waits |
| Piano | Harold Battiste |
| Sax | Herb Hardesty |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
10 Blue Valentines
| Guitar (solo) | Ray Crawford |
| Guitar | Tom Waits |
| Vocals | Tom Waits |
Liner Notes
Arranged By – Bob Alcivar (Track 8)
Conductor – Bob Alcivar (Track 8)
Engineer – Bones Howe
Engineer (Second) – Geoff Howe, Ralph Osborn
Mastered By – Terry Dunavan
Art Direction, Design – Ron Coro
Photography – Elliot Gilbert
Typography – Bill Franks
Mastered At Elektra Sound Recorders
Recorded At Filmways/Heider Recording
Phonographic Copyright Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright Elektra/Asylum Records