Tom Waits - The Heart Of Saturday Night LP

RELEASES ON THE 6/12/24

Expanding beyond the folk and pop stylings of his first album, Waits’ second studio release "The Heart of Saturday Night" established his reputation as a versatile and distinctly American songwriter. Its bluesy jazz arrangements featured bass, drums, sax and Waits on piano.

The title track, a melancholy ode to Saturday night rituals, and the tenderly romantic hymn-like San Diego Serenade are enduring classics covered by an array of artists from Diana Krall and Nancy Griffith to folk-hero Eric Anderson. The album also features Diamonds on My Windshield, the first of what would become a signature for Waits’, the spoken word-poetry song. Waits’ delivers these lyrics as pure beat jazz in the stylings of Kerouac, Langston Hughes and Bob Kaufman.

Remastered and reissued on Anti.

About this product: this reissue is pressed on 'Raspberry Beret' (dark purple) vinyl.