Tom Waits - Transmission Impossible (2015)

This 3 CD set includes radio broadcasts transmitted during this initial period of Tom Waits career, and features complete live performances recorded in; 1975 at the studios of KRQS FM, Minneapolis, featuring just Tom alone at his piano; in December 1976 at Media Sound Studios - another in studio session during which, between numbers, Tom is interviewed by the station presenter; and in 1977, back in the big apple at the famous, My Father s Place venue, out on Long Island.

TRACKLIST

CD1
1. Emotional Weather Report (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (6:23)
2. Eggs And Sausage (Intro) - Live In Minneapolis 1975 (5:49)
3. Eggs And Sausage (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (3:04)
4. Better Off Without A Wife (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (4:46)
5. Semi Suite (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (6:27)
6. Spare Parts (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (8:10)
7. The Ghosts Of Saturday - The Heart Of Saturday Night (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (8:24)
8. New Coat Of Paint (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (2:24)
9. Warm Beer And Cold Women (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (5:47)
10. Virginia Avenue (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (2:47)
11. San Diego Serenade (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (4:26)
12. Putnam County (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (6:38)
13. Ol' 55 (Live In Minneapolis 1975) (3:30)
14. Mr. Siegal (Live In Australia 1981) (3:30)
15. Tango Til They're Sore (Live In New York 1986) (3:18)
16. Time (Live In New York 1986) (2:20)

CD2
1. Emotional Weather Report (Live In New York 1976) (7:40)
2. A Sight For Sore Eyes (Live In New York 1976) (3:20)
3. Step Right Up (Live In New York 1976) (6:45)
4. Eggs And Sausage - Invitation To The Blues (Live In New York 1976) (4:47)
5. Jitterbug Boy (Live In New York 1976) (6:35)
6. Diamonds On My Windshield (Live In New York 1976) (3:59)
7. San Diego Serenade (Live In New York 1976) (4:29)
8. Tom Traubert's Blues (Live In New York 1976) (8:55)
9. New Coat Of Paint (Live In New York 1976) (6:01)
10. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) - Live In New York 1976 (5:12)
11. I Can't Wait To Get Off To Work (Live In New York 1976) (4:04)

CD3
1. Standin' On The Corner (Live In New York 1977) ( 6:43)
2. I Never Talk To Strangers (Live In New York 1977) ( 4:00)
3. Pasties And A G-String (Live In New York 1977) ( 6:29)
4. Invitation To The Blues - Eggs And Sausage (Live In New York 1977) ( 8:23)
5. Jitterbug Boy (Live In New York 1977) ( 6:24)
6. Step Right Up (Live In New York 1977) ( 5:20)
7. I Wish I Was In New Orleans - Small Change (Live In New York 1977) (11:53)
8. The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me) - Live In New York 1977 ( 3:44)
9. Emotional Weather Report (Live In New York 1977) ( 4:58)
10. Muriel (Live In New York 1977) ( 5:01)
11. Jack & Neal - California, Here I Come (Live In New York 1977) ( 6:00)
12. Tom Traubert's Blues (Live In New York 1977) ( 8:32)