TOM WAITS - The Black Rider (2023 Remaster) THE LIBERTINES palm readings and meetings with

palm readings and meetings with Jim’s wife

the blissfully bleary ache of Envy –one of several choruses on the record that resound in your head long after the needle reaches the runout groove

with Nutini’s vocal delivery reminding us why he got snapped up by Atlantic in the first place

And then among the lament of his condition

he has played a pivotal role in creating as much jazz history through his work and inspiration in the new wave of US jazz

TOM WAITS - The Black Rider (2023 Remaster) THE LIBERTINES palm readings and meetings withLP Black Vinyl (2023 Remaster). The 1993 album that documents waits collaboration with theatre legend Robert ('Einstein on the Beach') Wilson and writer William S Burroughs for a twisted interpretation of a German folk tale. Waits fabulous junkyard music takes on a decided european slant with torch ballads and manic songs interspersed with instrumentals. Burroughs takes a memorable vocal turn on 'T'Ain't no Sin'.