Tom Waits - Big Time

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six	4:10
2	Red Shoes	4:06
3	Underground	2:20
4	Cold Cold Ground	3:18
5	Straight To The Top Written-By – Greg Cohen	2:45
6	Yesterday Is Here Written-By – Kathleen Brennan	2:57
7	Way Down In The Hole	4:26
8	Falling Down Bass – Larry TaylorDrums – Richie HaywardGuitar – Fred TackettLeader [Production Coordinator] – Catharina MastersOrgan, Vocals – Tom Waits	4:12
9	Strange Weather Written-By – Kathleen Brennan	3:20
10	Big Black Mariah	2:41
11	Rain Dogs	3:52
12	Train Song	2:54
13	Johnsburg, Illinois	1:32
14	Ruby's Arms	4:44
15	Telephone Call From Istanbul	4:15
16	Clap Hands	4:43
17	Gun Street Girl	4:00
18	Time	4:00

Credits

• Accordion, Organ [Hammond], Sitar, Congas – Willie Schwarz* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Artwork [Cover Art/back Cover Art] – Bruce Peterson , Concept Arts, Lucinda Cowell
• Bass, Bass [Basstarda], Horn [Alto] – Greg Cohen (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Ellen Smith
• Directed By – Chris Blum
• Drums, Percussion, Bongos, Drums [Brake Drums] – Michael Blair (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Engineer [Associate] – Billy Yodelman, David Glover, David Knight , Doug Field, Jack Crymes, Mark Eschelman*, Mike Carver, Mike Kloster, Scott Woodman
• Executive-Producer – Chris Blackwell
• Guitar, Banjo, Trumpet – Marc Ribot (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
• Mixed By [Remixed] – Biff Dawes (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6 to 9, 11 to 13, 15)
• Other [Stage Show Concept] – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
• Producer – Kathleen Brennan
• Producer, Written-By – Tom Waits
• Recorded By, Mixed By – John Oster (tracks: 2, 5, 10, 14, 16, 18)
• Saxophone, Clarinet, Brass [Baritone], Horns – Ralph Carney (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)

Notes

Recorded live in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dublin, Stockholm and Berlin.
All songs recorded live to 24 track and remixed except track 2, 5, 10, 14, 16 and 18 recorded and mixed live to casette.
This all except track 8; recorded and mixed at Sunset Sound, LA.

Location facilities: Westwood One.
Mix facilities: Sunset Sound and Sound Factory, Los Angeles.
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York.

All songs published by Jalma Music, Admin. by Ackee Music, Inc. (ASCAP) except for "Red Shoes" and "Ruby's Arms" published by Fifth Floor Music, Inc. (ASCAP).
Richard Hayward and Fred Tackett appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

℗ 1988 Island Records, Inc.
© 1988 Island Visual Arts., Inc.
Manufactured and distributed by PolyGram Group Canada Inc.
AAD

Previously released as CID-1203

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 42284 24702 3
• Matrix / Runout: #921118FF CID-1203

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7 90987-1, 90987-1	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	7 90987-1, 90987-1	US	1988
IMCD 249, 842 470-2	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(CD, Album, RE, PMD)	Island, Island, Island Masters, Island Masters	IMCD 249, 842 470-2	Europe	Unknown
842 470-4	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(Cass, Album)	Island Records, Universal	842 470-4	Ukraine	2002
TC-VG-71477	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(Cass, Album)	Island Records	TC-VG-71477	Greece	1988
VG-71477, VG 71477	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	VG-71477, VG 71477	Greece	1988

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