Tom Waits - Big Time

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six	4:18
2	Red Shoes	4:19
3	Underground	2:34
4	Cold Cold Ground	3:27
5	Straight To The Top Written-By – Greg Cohen	2:48
6	Yesterday Is Here Written-By – Kathleen Brennan	2:40
7	Way Down In The Hole	4:43
8	Falling Down Bass – Larry TaylorCoordinator [Production] – Catharina MastersDrums – Richie HaywardGuitar – Fred TackettOrgan, Vocals – Tom Waits	4:15
9	Strange Weather Written-By – Kathleen Brennan	3:35
10	Big Black Mariah	2:59
11	Rain Dogs	3:36
12	Train Song	4:29
13	Johnsburg, Illinois	1:29
14	Ruby's Arms	4:54
15	Telephone Call From Istanbul	4:17
16	Clap Hands	4:57
17	Gun Street Girl	4:01
18	Time	4:11

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Island Visual Arts
• Distributed By – BMG Records
• Distributed By – BMG Ariola
• Printed By – TOPAC
• Manufactured By – Sonopress
• Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
• Recorded At – Sunset Sound
• Mixed At – Sunset Sound
• Mixed At – Sound Factory
• Mastered At – Masterdisk

Credits

• Accordion, Organ [Hammond], Sitar, Congas – Willie Schwarz* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Artwork [Cover Art/Back Cover Art] – Bruce Peterson , Concept Arts, Lucinda Cowell
• Bass, Bass [Basstarda], Horns [Alto] – Greg Cohen (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Coordinator [Project] – Ellen Smith
• Directed By – Chris Blum
• Drums, Percussion, Bongos, Drums [Brake Drums] – Michael Blair (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Engineer [Associate] – Billy Yodelman, David Glover, David Knight , Doug Field, Jack Crymes, Mark Eschelman*, Mike Carver, Mike Kloster, Scott Woodman
• Executive Producer – Chris Blackwell
• Guitar, Banjo, Trumpet – Marc Ribot (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
• Mixed By [Remixed] – Biff Dawes (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6 to 9, 11 to 13, 15)
• Producer – Kathleen Brennan
• Producer, Written-By – Tom Waits
• Recorded By, Mixed By – John Oster (tracks: 2, 5, 10, 14, 16, 18)
• Saxophone, Clarinet, Brass [Baritone], Horns – Ralph Carney (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Set Designer [Stage Show Concept] – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits

Notes

Recorded live in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dublin, Stockholm and Berlin.
All songs recorded live to 24 track and remixed except track 2, 5, 10, 14, 16 and 18 recorded and mixed live to casette.
This all except track 8; recorded and mixed at Sunset Sound, LA.

Location facilities: Westwood One.
Mix facilities: Sunset Sound and Sound Factory, Los Angeles.
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York.

All songs published by Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Richard Hayward and Fred Tackett appear courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.

℗ 1988 Island Records Inc.
© 1988 Island Visual Arts.
Distributed by BMG Records, a Bertelsmann Music Group Company.
Printed in Germany by TOPAC.

Packaging: Black tray jewel case with a 4-page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 4 007192 593637
• Barcode (Scan): 4007192593637
• Matrix / Runout: SONOPRESS 259 363 A
• Other (Distribution Code, D:): 222
• Other (Distribution Code. F:): RC650
• Label Code: LC 0407
• Rights Society: GEMA BIEM
• Other (SPARS Code): AAD

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7 90987-1, 90987-1	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	7 90987-1, 90987-1	US	1988
IMCD 249, 842 470-2	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(CD, Album, RE, PMD)	Island, Island, Island Masters, Island Masters	IMCD 249, 842 470-2	Europe	Unknown
422-842 470-2	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Island Records	422-842 470-2	US	Unknown
TC-VG-71477	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(Cass, Album)	Island Records	TC-VG-71477	Greece	1988
VG-71477, VG 71477	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	VG-71477, VG 71477	Greece	1988

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