"SP" in label matrix denotes a Specialty Records Corporation pressing.
Labels with "Tom Waits" and "Foreign Affairs" on two lines above the tracklist. Printed inner sleeve with lyrics.
Every performance on this album was recorded simultaneously with the orchestra in the studio with no overdubbing or multi-tracking; and was mixed directly to the 2-track master tape as it was being performed.
Recorded July 28, August 2, 11, 12, 15, 1977 at Filmways/Heider Recording, Hollywood.
Disc Mastering: Elektra Sound Recorders Los Angeles.
Chuck E. Weiss is back in town.
Thanks to Norman Savage, David "Doe" Feuer and Bobby Savage. I'll see you in Coney Island.
Thanks to Dee Barnett and Roberta McKernan.
Bette Midler appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corperation
Bette, you're absolutely colossal! --Waits
Forward all my mail to the corner of Pork & Beans
℗ & © 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records [back cover]
℗ 1977 Asylum Records [labels]
Runouts are etched except 'SRC' is stamped.
All songs published by Fifth Floor Music, Inc. ASCAP, with the exception of "California, Here I Come" published by Warner Bros. Inc. ASCAP
