Tom Waits – Blue Valentine

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Label:	Asylum Records – 6E-162
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Don Mills Pressing, Gatefold Sleeve
Country:	Canada
Released:	1978
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Lounge

Tracklist

A1	Somewhere (From "West Side Story") Written-By – Stephen Sondheim	3:50
A2	Red Shoes By The Drugstore Bass – Byron Miller Drums – Rick Lawson* Electric Guitar – Roland Bautista Electric Piano – Da Willie Gonga*	3:11
A3	Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis Electric Piano – Da Willie Gonga* Piano [Acoustic] – Tom Waits	4:30
A4	Romeo Is Bleeding Bass – Jim Hughart Congas – Bobbye Hall Drums – Chip White Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Organ – Charles Kynard Tenor Saxophone – Frank Vicari Bass – Jim Hughart Congas – Bobbye Hall Drums – Chip White Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Organ – Charles Kynard Tenor Saxophone – Frank Vicari	4:50
A5	$29.00 Bass – Byron Miller Drums – Rick Lawson* Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Electric Piano – Da Willie Gonga*	8:12
B1	Wrong Side Of The Road Bass – Jim Hughart Drums – Chip White Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Organ – Charles Kynard Tenor Saxophone – Frank Vicari Bass – Jim Hughart Drums – Chip White Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Organ – Charles Kynard Tenor Saxophone – Frank Vicari	5:11
B2	Whistlin' Past The Graveyard Bass – Scott Edwards (2) Drums – Earl Palmer Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Piano – Harold Battiste Tenor Saxophone – Herbert Hardesty* Bass – Scott Edwards (2) Drums – Earl Palmer Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Piano – Harold Battiste Tenor Saxophone – Herbert Hardesty*	3:14
B3	Kentucky Avenue Arranged By, Conductor – Bob Alcivar Piano – Tom Waits	4:47
B4	A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun Bass – Scott Edwards (2) Drums – Earl Palmer Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Piano – Harold Battiste Tenor Saxophone – Herbert Hardesty* Bass – Scott Edwards (2) Drums – Earl Palmer Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Piano – Harold Battiste Tenor Saxophone – Herbert Hardesty*	5:34
B5	Blue Valentines Electric Guitar – Tom Waits Electric Guitar [Solo] – Ray Crawford	5:50

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Warner Communications Inc.
Record Company – Warner Communications
Manufactured By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
Manufactured By – WEA Musique Du Canada Ltée.
Distributed By – WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
Distributed By – WEA Musique Du Canada Ltée.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Asylum Records
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra/Asylum Records
Copyright © – Elektra/Asylum Records
Lacquer Cut At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Ron Coro
Artwork [Hand Lettering] – Bill Franks
Engineer [2nd] – Ralph Osborne*
Engineer, Producer – Bones Howe
Mastered By – Terry Dunavan
Photography By – Elliot Gilbert
Written-By – Tom Waits (tracks: A2 to B5)

Notes

Blue Valentine

Runouts are etched apart from the numbers following "DM," which are stamped.

On the back cover:
℗ & © 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records
Manufactured and distributed by WEA Music of Canada, Ltd./Fabrique et distribue par WEA Musique du Canada, Ltee.
A division of Warner Communications [Warner 'W' logo]

On the labels:
℗ 1978 by Asylum Records
Manufactured and distributed by/Fabrique et distribue par - WEA Music of Canada, Ltd.
A Warner Communications Company [Warner 'W' logo]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Pressing Plant ID (Labels): C
Pressing Plant ID (Runouts): DM-#
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 6E 162-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 6E-162-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout Variant 1): 6E 162-A-1A-2HZ: DM 11
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout Variant 1): 6E-162-B-1A-2HZ: DM 13
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout Variant 2): 6E-162-A-1A-2HZ: DM 3
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout Variant 2): 6E-162-B-1A-2HZ: DM-2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Blue Valentine (Cassette, Album)	Asylum Records	453 088, K 453 088	Europe	1978
Recently Edited	Blue Valentine (LP, Album, Stereo, SP - Specialty Pressing, Gatefold)	Asylum Records	6E-162	US	1978
Recently Edited	Blue Valentine (LP, Album, Stereo, RCA Pressing, Gatefold Sleeve)	Asylum Records	6E-162	Canada	1978
Recently Edited	Blue Valentine (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold)	Asylum Records	K 53088	UK	1978
Recently Edited	Blue Valentine (Cassette, Album, Winchester, Dolby System)	Asylum Records	TC-5162	US	1978