Tom Waits – Foreign Affairs

This is as closet to my copy as can find here.
On Label- "eye shape" in logo is Orange not Yellow
Like Var 3, but side 1 is different
Side 1 runout; 7E-1117-A7-SP SRC LOGO Then there is a symbol II' (w/ a curved underscore) forming a little happy face (-)
Side 2 runout; 7E (scratch thru) 117 B-CReSP SRC logo ESR TD 91377

Just rediscovered this in my collection. Awesome. If it wasn't for "Potters Field" - a noir epic that demands your attention with stabs of strings and brass and sounds like something Bob Fosse would choreograph to, complete with tipped fedora hats - this would be great cool background music for the part of a dinner party where the conversation turns deep.

Excellent quality pressing as with the other recent Anti remastered Waits albums

It's a very noir album. Kind of spoken jazz stories. Very cool.

Excellent remastering on this underrated release. I know it's usually at the bottom of people's rankings, but it's chock full of good Waitsian fun. "Burma Shave" is a classic, but "California, Here I Come" and "Potter's Field" are amazing.

Vinyl is dead flat, silent, and mega thick. Sounds perfect.

How many of these Grey vinyls were printed? How limited is this one?

Some copies have "unapproved to be recut" noted on the front.
Recording sessions took place from July 28 to August 15, 1977. The matrix numbers say 8-18-77, so apparently this master was cut just three days after the end of the recording sessions.