In September 1978, “Asylum” label released “Blue Valentine”, the fifth Tom Waits studio album. It was recorded July – August 1978, at “Filmways/Heider Recording” in San Francisco, and was produced by Bones Howe. The girl pictured with Waits on the back cover was Rickie Lee Jones.
Personnel:
- Tom Waits – vocals, electric guitar, piano
- Ray Crawford, Roland Bautista, Alvin “Shine” Robinson- electric guitar
- Da Willie Gonga (George Duke), Harold Battiste- piano
- Charles Kynard – organ
- Scott Edwards, Jim Hughart, Byron Miller – bass
- Rick Lawson, Earl Palmer, Chip White- drums
- Bobbye Hall Porter- congas
- Herbert Hardesty, Frank Vicari- tenor saxophone
- Bob Alcivar- arrangmemts, orchestra conductor
Track listing:
All tracks by Tom Waits, except where noted.
- Somewhere” (From West Side Story) – Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
- Red Shoes by the Drugstore
- Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
- Romeo Is Bleeding
- $29.00
- Wrong Side of the Road
- Kentucky Avenue
- A Sweet Little Bullet from a Pretty Blue Gun
- Blue Valentines