TOM WAITS
FRANKIE’S STARTER FOR…
COMPACT DISC
Item no. :SUCD136 Barcode :0823564037554 Artist :TOM WAITS Product type :Compact Disc Label :SUTRA Release Date :08 September 2023
EARLY VERSIONS OF FWY CLASSICS + BONUS CUTS
• Tom Wait’s tenth studio album, Franks Wild Years, was released in 1987 on Island Records. Subtitled "Un
Operachi Romantico in Two Acts", the album contains songs written by Waits and collaborators (mainly his
wife, Kathleen Brennan) for a play of the same name. The shared title of the album and the play is an
iteration of ‘Frank's Wild Years’, a song from Waits' 1983 album Swordfishtrombones.
• Waits had devised the idea of a musical play, Franks Wild Years, which would be loosely based on the
eponymous song. In late 1985, he reached an agreement that the play would be performed by the
Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago's Briar Street Theatre for a three-month stretch from June 1986.
During the show, Waits starred as the central character, Frank. Reviews were generally positive. He had
initially considered a run in New York City, but decided against it. The songs from the show were recorded at
Universal Recording Studios for the subsequent album. The play had its world premiere at the Briar St.
Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, on June 22, 1986.
• The demos for Frank's Wild Years are rough sketches performed with acoustic guitar, pump organ, piano and
some percussion. The arrangements are illustrations for the cast of the original theatrical production,
whereas the official Frank's Wild Years album not only introduces material new to the original show, but also
features new arrangements throughout.
• Bonus cuts on this new CD release (tracks 14 - 24) include demo takes of numbers from previous
albums/projects, including six (19 - 24) from his 1982 soundtrack for Francis Ford Coppola’s movie One from
The Heart.
• Not for sale to GAS (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
TRACK LIST
1 Frank’s Theme (Open) 1:53
2 Innocent When You Dream 3:11
3 Blow Wind Blow 3:39
4 Hang On St. Christopher 1:55
5 Please Wake Me Up 2:45
6 Temptation 2:34
7 Vocals Tune 1:50
8 More Than Rain 3:51
9 I’ll Take New York 2:42
10 Yesterday Is Here 2:23
11 Piano Tune 1:25
12 Train Song 3:09
13 Frank’s Theme (Close) 1:55
14 Strange Weather 4:15
15 Poor Little Lam (Ironweed Theme) 1:48
16 Bronx Lullaby 1:40
17 The Briar And The Rose 3:07
18 Fish & Bird 2:34
19 Wages Of Love 4:18
20 Pickin’ Up After You 3:37
21 I Beg Your Pardon 5:36
22 Candy Apple Red 1:13
23 This One’s From The Heart 8:39
24 Take Me Home 2:03
