These critically acclaimed works are a monument to an artist’s ability to break through into new creative territory. Surprisingly, The Black Rider and Bone Machine were never released on vinyl outside of Europe and will be making their vinyl debut in most of the world. The new vinyl editions will come with specially made labels featuring photos of Waits from each era in addition to artwork and packaging that has been painstakingly recreated to replicate the original LPs, which have been out of print since their initial release. The lacquers for all titles were cut by Alex Abrash at AA Mastering. Bellman meticulously transferred the tapes and then remastered the audio in high resolution 192 kHz/24-bit. Swordfishtrombones was sourced from the original EQ’ed ½” production master tapes while Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, Bone Machine and The Black Rider were sourced from the original ½” flat master tapes. Pre-order the albums here: Īll albums were mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering under the guidance of Waits’ longtime audio engineer, Karl Derfler. Swordfishtrombones will be pressed on canary, Rain Dogs on opaque sky blue, Franks Wild Years on opaque gold, The Black Rider on opaque apple and Bone Machine on translucent milky vinyl. In addition to streaming and download, each album will be released on CD and in two vinyl options: 180-gram black vinyl and a limited edition color variant that will be available exclusively via and UDiscover Music. September, incredibly, marks the 40 th anniversary of Swordfishtrombones, and the 30 th of The Black Rider.Īhead of their physical releases, all of the albums are available to stream today featuring the newly remastered audio, allowing fans to hear how these landmark recordings now sound better and more vivid than ever. Burroughs) musical fable, The Black Rider (1993), will follow October 6. The epic song-cycle, Bone Machine (1992) and the under-appreciated Waits (with Robert Wilson and William S.
Waits’ transformative creative breakthrough, Swordfishtrombones (1983), its sprawling and superb sequel, Rain Dogs (1985), and the trilogy-completing, tragi-comic stage musical, Franks Wild Years (1987), will kick off the series September 1, 40 years to the day that Swordfishtrombones was released into the wild, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, Brennan. LOS ANGELES-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, Waits spectacular middle-period albums-released on Island Records between 19-have been newly remastered from the original tapes and will be reissued on vinyl and CD this fall via Island/UMe.
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