{"product_id":"tom-waits-rain-dogs-lp","title":"Rain Dogs LP","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNoted as Tom Waits’ most critically acclaimed album, \u003cem\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e follows the new musical path Waits had taken with \u003cem\u003eSwordfishtrombones\u003c\/em\u003e. Considered the middle of a de facto trilogy with \u003cem\u003eSwordfishtrombones\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFranks Wild Years\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of Waits’ albums to be written in New York, in a Lower Manhattan basement. A 53-minute, 19-track monster, \u003cem\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e is a kind of mutant, late 20th century musical “Canterbury Tales” with a shape-shifting band. There are banjos and marimbas and bowed saw and parade drum and howling horns (and Keith Richards and Marc Ribot) on this rollicking, rough-hewn opus—and Waits, using his voice in increasingly weird-and-wild ways. The songs are stories, sagas, laments, breakdowns, character studies, comedies and cabaret numbers. There’s the aching “Hang Down Your Head,” and the moving anthem, “Downtown Train,” which was covered by Patti Smith and Rod Stewart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWaits coined the term, “rain dog,” a reference to dogs who lose their way when touchstone scents are washed away in storms. Among the lost dogs on the album: gruff, wandering merchant marines (“Singapore”), an accordion player in a slaughterhouse (“Cemetery Polka”), a “jockey full of bourbon” (also the song title), an abandoned, withdrawn woman (“Time”), a “gun street girl,” the old drunks and hustlers of Union Square, and even Waits, himself: Aboard a shipwreck train \/ Give my umbrella to the Rain Dogs \/ For I am a Rain Dog, too. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally released in 1985 on Island Records, the album is newly remastered for the first time ever from the original ½” flat master tape and personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan. Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering under the guidance of Waits’ longtime audio engineer, Karl Derfler. The album packaging has also been restored. \u003cem\u003eRain Dogs\u003c\/em\u003e includes tracks such as “Downtown Train,” “Clap Hands” and “Jockey Full Of Bourbon.” Available on 180g black vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1. Singapore \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA2. Clap Hands \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA3. Cemetery Polka \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA4. Jockey Full Of Bourbon \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA5. Tango Till They're Sore \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA6. Big Black Mariah \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA7. Diamonds And Gold \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA8. Hang Down Your Head \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA9. Time \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB1. Rain Dogs \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB2. Midtown \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB3. 9th \u0026amp; Hennepin \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB4. Gun Street Girl \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB5. Union Square \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB6. Blind Love \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB7. Walking Spanish \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB8. Downtown Train \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB9. Bride Of Rain Dog \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB10. Anywhere I Lay My Head \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Waits","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64097625735537,"sku":"00602448898531","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1010\/4753\/3937\/files\/Rain-Dogs-LP.png?v=1782258101","url":"https:\/\/thesoundofvinyl.us\/products\/tom-waits-rain-dogs-lp","provider":"The Sound Of Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}