Swordfishtrombones LP ISLAND-69 The 2LP features five tracks

The 2LP features five tracks on vinyl for the first time

This was the first album Bon Jovi released after the dismissal of original bass guitarist Alec John Such

The Black Rider is Tom Waits’ 12th studio album

Natural Mystic

Growing Up

Swordfishtrombones LP ISLAND-69 The 2LP features five tracks2023 Marks forty years since Tom Waits released Swordfishtrombones, ushering in a new and critically acclaimed musical era for Waits and his longtime songwriting and production partner, Brennan. Waits went from 70s era bluesy, boozy wordsmith and melodist with seven albums behind him to sound sculptor, miner of the subconscious, abstract orchestrator, sonic cubistwhile retaining his innate lyricism, melodic invention, humanity. As he put it in a 1983