“This was a show I recorded with Tom in December of 1976 that was originally broadcast on WNEW during my first sojourn at the station. I played this rare one-hour tape tonight as my contribution to the station’s “From The Archives” weekend. Tom and I (and drummer Ralph Ebler) taped this at a studio in town – Tom at the piano, Ralph on snare and high-hat; it was unrehearsed, unscripted and totally cool! This is the first time the show has been aired in its entirety since the original broadcast almost 20 years ago.” (Vin Scelsa, WNEW-FM host)
Zipped Folder (114 MB): Tom Waits :: Nighthawks On The Radio / 1976, WNEW-FM NYC
Tom Waits :: Emotional Weather Report
Tom Waits :: A Sight For Sore Eyes
Tom Waits :: Step Right Up
Tom Waits :: Eggs And Sausage / Invitation to the Blues
Tom Waits :: Jitterbug Boy
Tom Waits :: Diamonds On My Windshield
Tom Waits :: Tom Traubert’s Blues
Tom Waits :: New Coat Of Paint
Tom Waits :: The Piano Has Been Drinking
Tom Waits :: I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work
Tom Waits :: San Diego Serenade
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Thanks a mil!
1 | Ramone666 January 4th, 2010 at 4:35 pmmy favorite Tom Waits album is Nighthawks and that is saying a lot. Thanks!
2 | Jonathan Zero January 4th, 2010 at 4:46 pmYou guys are the shit!!!! I always slap people when I mention “The Drunkard,” and they know not of what I speak. Much like I slap them when I make a reference to Tom Waits and they don’t know or more commonly just “don’t get it!!!” Thank Ya!!!
3 | Tom Newbold January 4th, 2010 at 6:43 pmThanks for this. I can’t wait to listen to it.
4 | Jason January 4th, 2010 at 8:30 pmWow– these are amazing. Thanks!
5 | Jill January 4th, 2010 at 9:01 pmMy Friend e-mailed me two of my alltime faves Vin & TW on the same show noless I grew up listening to Idiot’s Delight on ‘NEW alas I cannot play these files but I remember this show Bayonne Butch… You ROCK!!!!
6 | John Ferris January 5th, 2010 at 1:26 amAwesome, awesome, awesome. Thank you for posting!
7 | kebin January 5th, 2010 at 1:42 ammaybe the perfect waits venue (for this era). it would be worse if i or maybe anybody were there to distract. it seems a timeless event.
8 | z January 5th, 2010 at 5:57 amVery nice! I missed the KPFK Folkscene post the first time around and the files are now gone… Any chance for a repost?
9 | Darjeeling January 5th, 2010 at 8:28 amGreat stuff. Thank you.
10 | Paul January 5th, 2010 at 9:11 amInteresting how much his speaking voice changed between 74 and 76. Sounds like he aged 25 years. Thanks for posting these.
11 | Bsmif January 5th, 2010 at 3:01 pmHaving trouble with these links as well ://
12 | Shawn Morones January 5th, 2010 at 4:15 pmlink is down for me as well… its only been a day! think we could get this back up?
13 | Hunter January 5th, 2010 at 6:24 pmlink not working for me either – any chance of re posting this, thanks for all the articles and material at AD
14 | Richard January 5th, 2010 at 6:33 pmFIXED
15 | Satisfied '75 January 5th, 2010 at 7:31 pm[...] coffee making. As he writes this, PG is listening to a file of Tom Waits in a NYC studio in 1976. It was recorded as a radio show, with just Mr. Waits on piano and somebody from a temp agency on drums. Right now the number is [...]
16 | Wrapped Up Like Coffee « Chamblee54 January 5th, 2010 at 9:26 pmWhere did the media player go? I hope youre not getting rid of that feature.
17 | Me January 6th, 2010 at 1:21 am@Me – the media player only pops up in posts where there are mp3s to stream. this one only has the zipped folder.
18 | Satisfied '75 January 6th, 2010 at 3:15 amAwesome treat. Still looking for the heart of Saturday night
19 | uberchef January 6th, 2010 at 2:38 pmIt’s probably just Mediafire seeing as they were just doing maintenance, but neither this nor the Dylan links to a download…
20 | Ben January 7th, 2010 at 3:55 pmWorks
21 | Satisfied '75 January 7th, 2010 at 8:52 pm[...] I cool it with the Waits stuff, I thought I’d share this last bit as I have been in a heavy early-late ’70s Waits mode [...]
22 | Aquarium Drunkard » Tom Waits :: Apr 27, 1979, Paris France, Palace Theater January 11th, 2010 at 7:24 pmThanks a bunch, I appreciate your share!!
23 | olli April 3rd, 2010 at 2:03 am[...] Previously: Tom Waits :: Nighthawks On The Radio / 1976, WNEW-FM NYC [...]
24 | Aquarium Drunkard » Tom Waits :: Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour (Spoken Word) April 13th, 2010 at 8:31 amThis is a real treat! Much appreciated!
25 | Ray Ganz April 15th, 2010 at 7:25 pmNighthawks is my alltime favorite,
26 | Johnny Johnnee April 16th, 2010 at 12:40 pmtoo bad there is no Big Joe and Phantom 309 live version….
Yessss, thanx for this!!!!
27 | Bubu May 27th, 2010 at 8:49 amCool !!! This is a pearl… Thank you !!!
28 | Tiago June 2nd, 2010 at 1:02 pmAwesome- Thanks… anymore like this?
29 | Aj July 4th, 2010 at 4:50 pmI’m late to the party, but still wanted to say thanks for this. Turned my day around.
30 | Nick November 2nd, 2010 at 1:42 pmWow! Thanks so much for this. Christmas in July!!
31 | Joe July 26th, 2011 at 7:12 pm