Tom WaitsClosing Time

Label:

Asylum Records – SD5061

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , MO pressing

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Ballad

Tracklist

A1 Ol' '55
A2 I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
A3 Virginia Avenue
A4 Old Shoes (& Picture Postcards)
A5 Midnight Lullaby
A6 Martha
B1 Rosie
B2 Lonely
B3 Ice Cream Man
B4 Little Trip To Heaven (On The Wings Of Your Love)
B5 Grapefruit Moon
B6 Closing Time

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyElektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
  • Copyright ©Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
  • Published ByFifth Floor Music, Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Asylum Records
  • Produced ForThird Story Productions
  • Recorded AtSunset Sound
  • Mixed AtWally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles
  • Lacquer Cut AtArtisan Sound Recorders
  • Pressed ByMonarch Record Mfg. Co. – △17661
  • Manufactured ByAtlantic Recording Corporation

Credits

  • Arranged By [String Quartet]Jerry Yester (tracks: B5)
  • BassBill Plummer (tracks: A1-A5, B1, B3-B4)
  • CelestaTom Waits (tracks: B3)
  • CelloJesse Ehrlich (tracks: B6)
  • DesignCal Schenkel
  • DrumsJohn Seiter (tracks: A1, A3-A5, B1, B3-B4)
  • EngineerRitchie Moore*
  • GuitarTom Waits (tracks: A2, A4)
  • Guitar [6 String]Shep Cooke (tracks: A2)
  • HarmoniumTom Waits (tracks: A2)
  • HarpsichordTom Waits (tracks: A6)
  • ManagementHerb Cohen
  • Pedal Steel GuitarPeter Klimes (tracks: B1)
  • Photography ByEd Caraeff
  • PianoTom Waits (tracks: A1, A3, A5-A6, B1-B6)
  • ProducerJerry Yester
  • TrumpetTony Terran (tracks: B6)
  • VocalsTom Waits (tracks: A1-A6, B1-B5)
  • Written-ByTom Waits

Notes

First US album release.

The original 1973 pressings have the white Asylum label with the wooden cage logo. This label design was introduced in 1972 and used until the end of 1973.

Lyrics are printed on inner sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): ST-AS-732731 MO
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): ST-AS-732732 MO
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 1): ST-AS-732731BB (MR) △17661 (1) PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 1): ST-AS-732732AA (MR) △17661-X (2) PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A etched, variant 2): ST-AS-732731BB (MR) △17661 (1) PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 2): ST-AS-732732BB (MR) △17661-X (1) PR
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A & B stamped, all variants): Artisan logo

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Closing Time (LP, Album, PRC, RI pressing) Asylum Records SD5061 US 1973
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Closing Time (LP, Album) Asylum Records 5C 062-94247 Netherlands 1973
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Closing Time (LP, Album) Asylum Records SYL 9007, 0C 062 ◦ 94247 UK 1973
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Closing Time (Cassette, Album) Asylum Records CS-5061 US 1973

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  • twichus's avatar
    twichus
    Best I’ve ever heard this album. If you can snag one of these at a good price, do it.

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