Tom Waits Orphans boxset

[HolyStitt]

The Tom Waits boxset Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers, and Bastards came out today.

Has anyone picked it up yet?

My copy just arrived; so I will be spinning after I finish listening to the CD I currently have on.

[Alexander]

I've got it on hold at Borders. Don't have the scratch this week, so I'll be picking it up next Tuesday (damn it! I HATE waiting!).

[Chuck Nessa]

Always figured he'd generate orphans.

[rostasi]

Heard this humorous, as always, interview with him on the way home today:

Waits on NPR

[Man with the Golden Arm]

Heard this humorous, as always, interview with him on the way home today:

Waits on NPR

me too.

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...mp;#entry582686

(i never get to do that)

Segal had a good time with him - not quite Carl Rove.

and I emusic-ed a bunch of cuts from the "brawlers" disc (til my download manager went belly up{?}). more up my alley. will be listening tomorrow!

Edited November 22, 2006 by Man with the Golden Arm

[rostasi]

You're always on top of things!

[md655321]

As I said in the other thread, this is an absurdly fantastic set. A must own for any Tom Waits fan. I have had it for several weeks and I simply can;t stop listening to it.

[Alexander]

I finally got it not too long ago and have listened to it all the way through once. I love the music on set, but I do have a few quibbles about both the packaging and the organization. First of all, I think it's criminal to put this in an expensive booklet that is made up entirely of pictures and lyrics, but doesn't tell us who plays on what track and doesn't tell us whether the track is new or was originally released in another form. I also wish that instead of the thematic approach (Brawlers: Uptempo rocking tracks; Bawlers: Largely ballads; Bastards: Everything else, including spoken word) they had assembled three discs that mix the tracks up (essentially creating three great Tom Waits albums). As I said, I LOVE the music. The third disc is my favorite by far, however, because it's full of the kind of weirdness one expects from Waits. The first two discs are all a little too similar in tempo and mood. Had they mixed it up a bit, it would have helped vary the mood.

[Dmitry]

Tom Waits was a guest on the Today's Show w/Jon Stewart couple of days ago. He did one song in the studio. The footage is probably on the comedy central website.

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Tom Waits was a guest on the Today's Show w/Jon Stewart couple of days ago. He did one song in the studio. The footage is probably on the comedy central website.

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[Man with the Golden Arm]

I was looking at the ANTI records site and see that Billy Higgins is listed on drums in the "Bawlers" set?

might one know of a discography for this set?

Edited December 5, 2006 by Man with the Golden Arm

[gnhrtg]

I was looking at the ANTI records site and see that Billy Higgins is listed on drums in the "Bawlers" set?

might one know of a discography for this set?

So is Matthew Sperry and I would appreciate a link to any such discograpy/sessionography.

I've had the set for more than a week and listened to it a fair number of times. I had high expectations and I'm happy (since I paid for the set) to say that I'm not disappointed and I don't think any fan will be.