Bob�s Tom Waits Video Compilation (NTSC version)
Hello Raindogs and unaffiliated Waits fans. Welcome to Bob�s Compilation. This production is the effort of a Jockey Full of Fans who have worked to assemble the best quality video tapes circulating and put them in roughly chronological order for your enjoyment. It does not claim to be the most complete, nor the best possible... only the best available at the time and among the fans involved. I�ll not name the names of the contributors, but they know who they are and can share their identities with you at their discretion. I want to say thank you very much to them for their selfless willingness to share their collections!
Please please please do not sell these videos, and do not trade them with people who are likely to sell them. I am convinced that the only reason the recording industry objects to bootlegging and taping of concerts is that some people benefit monetarily in a way that cuts into the music buying budget of the consumer. Please share this music with those who need to see and hear it, and keep it from profiteers, who wouldn�t share freely with you or your friends anyway. I particularly appeal to those who receive master copies... please duplicate this for at least a few others, and don�t keep it from those who deserve to see it if they have nothing to trade. Teach them how to seek out fresh material so we can all benefit.
Here are some notes concerning the project:
The video contains blank spaces of various lengths in between clips. These were left in case the tape upgrades ran longer than the first version. I hope they are not too distracting to the viewer, but there were several cases where it was lucky I left the room. A good example of where I didn�t have enough room is from the BBC show �The Tube�, part of which appears on tape 2, and part on tape 4. You can�t win �em all!
I tried to find accurate dates for sources, but I know I have some incomplete. If you know any updates to the dates here, please post them on the Raindogs list to Bob Updates. Thanks!
The tapes are as close to chronological as I could get them. I had to organize some segments to fit well on the final copies, and a few items turned up late in the process.
Now here are some segment specific notes:
April 18, 1977 Rockpalast, WDR Studio L, Koln, West Germany
This is the short version. A longer version exists, but the quality is too poor to justify the amount of tape required to circulate it. The long version will have to circulate independently of this project.
1991 Fishing With John Lurie (Edited Version)
Some people are going to hate the fact that I took liberties with a few tapes (all edited segments are noted as such) in order to make what I had fit. This is one such segment. I culled the best parts of this 30 minute show into a 6 minute piece. For those who have not seen the complete version, it is pretty slow, as you might imagine. If you are a completist, then you have something to look forward to!
1992? Much More Music, Canadian TV(edited- includes I Don�t Wanna Grow Up)
Another edited segment. I think that the only stuff omitted here are promos which appear elsewhere in the compilation. For clarity, the term �promo� refers to a video clip which has been produced for MTV, VH1, et. al., and typically presents only one song.
May 26, 2000 Polish TV, date is live footage record date (Edited Version)
This is the biggest hatchet job of the set, and again I apologize to the completists. I was very short on tape, and I reasoned that the interview segments I removed were of little value to non-Polish speaking fans, since they voiced over Tom�s responses in Polish in a way that made his English responses indecipherable. So here is something else to look forward to in your searches.
November 15, 2000 Betty Nansen Theatre �Woyzeck� Promotional Video
This rare promo is among the last of the items I received. The clip appears complete on European PAL versions, which are recorded at a slightly different tape speed. The North American NTSC copies are all cut as Tape 7 runs out. You are missing only a little interview and some live theatre clips. I am sorry, but this was not avoidable.
So there it is. Enjoy!
Bob
Song Lists
Tape 1
�Poetry In Motion�, March 1974 (date?)
Smuggler's Waltz
Soundstage, Chicago, Illinois, January 9, 1976
Eggs And Sausage
Intro > Semi-Suite
Diamonds On My Windshield
Drunk On The Moon
Better Off Without A Wife
Nighthawk Postcards
The Heart Of Saturday Night
San Diego Serenade
Mike Douglas Show, November 17, 1976
Eggs And Sausage
> Interview
Saturday Night Live, New York, NY, April 9, 1977
Eggs And Sausage
Rockpalast, WDR Studio L, Koln, West Germany, April 18, 1977
Step Right Up
Invitation To The Blues > Eggs And Sausage
Bad Liver & A Broken Heart
New Coat Of Paint
Tom Traubert�s Blues
Fernwood 2 Night, L.A., 1977
The Piano Has Been Drinking
> Interview
America 2 Night, 1978
Show Intro > Interview > Wedding March > Wedding dance w/ interview
Better Off Without A Wife
�The Don Lane Show�, Australian TV, Late April 1979
Intro > Interview > �Paradise Alley� clip
On The Nickel
Tape 2
�Chorus�, French TV, April 1979
Pasties & A G-String (Hokey Pokey melody)
Jitterbug Boy
I Never Talk To Strangers
Muriel
Burma Shave (most of the body of the story is cut out, but great start and finish)
�Tonight In Person�, BBC TV, England, July 26, 1979
Wrong Side Of The Road
With A Suitcase > Lansky�s Story > I Never Talk To Strangers
Step Right Up
On The Nickel
Red Shoes
Burma Shave
Kentucky Avenue
Small Change
Closing Time
Old Grey Whistle Test, England, April 1979
Burma Shave
Los Angeles Interview (source unknown), 1980?
Annie�s Back In Town > Interview > Annie�s Back In Town
Smothers Brothers Show, NBC Studios, (L.A.?) October 11, 1980
Old Boyfriends (broadcast 10/28/80)
unknown source w/ John Candy Intro. - Park West, Chicago 11/11/80
John Candy intro > Heart Attack & Vine > Interview > Jersey Girl
Second City Television Show, 1980?
Parody commercial for Memorex (Rick Moranis as Tom Waits)
�The Don Lane Show�, Australian TV, September 1981
Interview > Mr. Siegal
Promo 1983
In The Neighborhood
�The Tube� BBC TV (1990�s rebroadcast), October, 1985
In The Neighborhood
Fishing With John Lurie (Edited Version), 1991
Tape 3
Austin City Limits, Austin, Texas. December 5, 1978
Burma Shave
Annie�s Back In Town
I Wish I Was In New Orleans
A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
On The Nickel
Romeo Is Bleeding
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
Small Change
Animated promo, 1977?
The One That Got Away
�En Scene� TV Show, Expo Theatre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 3, 1981
The One That Got Away
Annie�s Back In Town
I Wish I Was In New Orleans
$29.00
Pasties & A G-String
Empty Pockets
Broken Bicycles
Tango
Invitation To The Blues
Eggs & Sausage
On The Nickel
Mr. Seigal
Tom Traubert�s Blues
Tape 4
�Palace 1�, French TV, March 1981
Heart Attack & Vine
Till The Money Runs Out
Annie�s Back In Town
I Wish I Was In New Orleans
Wrong Side Of The Road
Jersey Girl
Step Right Up (w/ band intros.)
�Reportage� French TV (Recorded live in L.A.), May 22, 1982
I Beg Your Pardon w/ narrated neighborhood tour
Take Me Home
clip from �One From The Heart�
Broken Bicycles
Tango
interview
Closing Time
�Loose Talk� Interview, BBC TV, England, October 18, 1983
interview
I Beg Your Pardon
I Wish I Was In New Orleans
David Letterman Show, N.Y.C., December 21, 1983 (Swordfishtrombone)
Frank�s Wild Years
interview
On The Nickel
Promo (1985)
Downtown Train > Bride Of Raindogs
�The Tube� BBC TV (long version), October, 1985
16 Shells From A 30.06
Cemetery Polka
In The Neighborhood
Walkin� Spanish
Cutting Edge Show, MTV, February 1986 (Traveler�s Cafe)
intro.
interview
Anywhere I Lay My Head
David Letterman Show, N.Y.C., February 6, 1986 (Rain Dogs)
intro.
Tango Till They�re Sore
interview
Time
Promo (1986)
Jockey Full Of Bourbon
Tape 5
Tenco Festival, San Remo, Italy, November 22, 1986
Tango Till They�re Sore
I Wish I Was In New Orleans
Downtown Train
Jersey Girl
Innocent When You Dream
Walkin� Spanish
Tom Traubert�s Blues
On The Nickel
The Heart Of Saturday Night
Burma Shave
Swedish TV, 1987
interview at piano
2nd interview elsewhere
Live at Miss Keiko�s Chi Chi Club, San Francisco (Island Records promos), July 9, 1987
4 :30 second promo spots for Frank�s Wild Years
�Blow Wind Blow� promo
limo interview complete
Promos (1987)
Cold Cold ground
Temptation
David Letterman Show, N.Y.C., October 16, 1987 (Franks� Wild Years)
interview
More Than Rain
David Letterman Show, N.Y.C., October 5, 1988 (Big Time)
Straight To The Top
interview
Promo (1990)
It�s Alright With Me
Promo (1992)
Goin� Out West
Arsenio Hall Show (1992)
Goin� Out West
interview
Animated short film
�Bunny� featuring Waits/Brennan soundtrack
Promos (1999)
What�s He Building In There?
Hold On
VH1 Top 100 Artists #90, 12/26/99
montage & interviews
Tape 6
�Egos And Icons� Documentary, Canadien TV, May 20, 1993
includes November 1980 concert footage
�Rapido�, BBC TV, 1988
Brazilian TV Interview, 1993
BBC: The Late Show, March 4, 1993
Much More Music, Canadien TV, 1992?
includes promo: I Don�t Wanna Grow Up
Tape 7
�A Day In Vienna�, Austria, April 19, 1978
interview
A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun
interview
Pasties & A G-String
Shake Rattle & Roll
back stage pacing w/ When The Saints Go Marching In
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis
I Can�t Wait To Get Off Work
dancing
�Storytellers�, VH1, April 1, 1999
�troubled youth�
Downtown Train
stories including �friend in need�
Ol� 55
�killing Bud�
House Where Nobody Lives
�hotel interlopers�
Jersey Girl
What�s He Building In There?
�famous leg�
Strange Weather
Get Behind The Mule
David Letterman, N.Y.C., September 27, 1999
Chocolate Jesus
interview
Bridge School Benefit, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, California, October 30, 1999
Gun Street Girl
Jockey Full Of Bourbon
Hold On
Chocolate Jesus
16 Shells From A 30.06
Tango Till They�re Sore
Innocent When You Dream
Tom Traubert�s Blues
Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno, L.A., California, March 15, 2000
House Where Nobody Lives
interview
Polish TV, May 26, 2000 - date is live footage record date (edited version)
history (in Polish)
interviews 7 concert clips including:
Rain Dogs
Chocolate Jesus
Angels In Heaven
Jesus Gonna Be Here
Jockey Full Of Bourbon
Betty Nansen Theatre �Woyzeck� Promotional video, November 15, 2000
interviews & stage clips