Anti releasing Tom Waits' Elektra albums!!!!

From Twitter:

ANTI is re-releasing Tom Waits' entire 1970's Elektra Asylum catalog. 'Closing Time' is out 3/09 and available for pre-order at http://found.ee/Waits_Store . The rest of the catalog will be available throughout 2018.

 

Oh, no. There goes my budget.

 

You and me both.

 

And my wallet wept.

 

More at the end of this big thread too ... Tom Waits Reissuing Anti Records Albums (2017), incl. Orphans (2018)

 

Ordered Closing time on vinyl. Free shipping too! Will see how it sounds compared to my scratchy original.

 

I couldn't find an email for Anti- so have sent a message to Kings Road Merch (the official Anti- online store) asking them who has remastered these re-issues and if the lp's are from all-analogue or digital sources. Will report back if and when I get a reply...

 

Thanks for the tip on free shipping. Just went nuts.

 

I'm more interested in the Island years, but "Blue Valentine" kinda belongs with them for me, so I would love a good CD remaster of that one (though there's really nothing wrong with the original CD). I wonder if there will be hi-res downloads for these as well.

 

Did anyone check the ANTI press release that's been quoted on several websites? Refers to Blue Valentine including "...a stunning orchestrated rendition of Gershwin’s “Somewhere” ..." No, obviously it's Leonard Bernstein/Stephen Sondheim.

Now, the question is will there be a generation of Millennials running around thinking George and Ira Gershwin wrote 'West Side Story'? Nah, if they happen to stream it obviously it's a Tom Waits song.... (sigh)

 

I used to play Waits' version of "Somewhere" for friends when the album came out (and most people weren't familiar with Waits). This beautiful orchestration starts and then...THAT VOICE...never failed to get a reaction.

 

Bull Moose has yellow vinyl indie edition of Heart of Saturday night, coming in March.

 

My friend has an original pressing of "Closing Time." I'd love to get a reissue.