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Tom Waits Nighthawks At The Diner 2LP Vinyl Record 1975 Asylum 7E-2008

Sold Date: September 11, 2022
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Recorded live and engineered at The Record Plant and Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood on July 30 & 31, 1975. Mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles.

(PRC) is given under catalog number on labels, which means it was pressed by PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN. Cloudy sky Asylum Records labels. Front cover includes the prone man in the lower right-hand corner.

Nighthawks at the Diner is the third studio album by singer and songwriter Tom Waits, released on October 21, 1975 on Asylum Records. It was recorded over four sessions in July in the Los Angeles Record Plant studio in front of a small invited audience set up to recreate the atmosphere of a jazz club. The album peaked at 164 on the Billboard 200, the highest place Waits had held at the time, and is currently certified silver by the BPI. It has received critical acclaim for its successful mood-setting, capturing of the jazz-club atmosphere and characterization.
Matrix A: 7E2008-A-SP PRC ESRTD 6-9-76 Matrix B: 7E2008-B-SP 1-1-11/1 PRC ESRTD 6-9-76
Matrix C: 7E2008-C-SP PRC ESRTD 6-9-76
Matrix D: 7E2008-D-SP PRC ESRTD 6-9-76