Tom Waits – The Black Rider

Tom Waits

Tom Waits –The Black Rider

1993

Version Information

Label
Island Records
Catalog number
314-518 559-2
Original year
1993
Version year
1993
Region
Canada
Format

1 x CD
Album

Version notes

Manufactured and distributed by PolyGram Group Canada Inc. for Islan Records of Canada Ltd. - Made In Canada.

On CD label: "MADE IN CANADA" under catalog number.

This album contains songs Tom Waits wrote and performed for the stage production of The Black Rider directed by Robert Wilson and written by William Burroughs.

The Black Rider tells an updated version of a 19th century story of a clerk who makes a Faustian contract with the Devil, accepting magic bullets to win the hand of his beloved in a shooting contest. Wilson's vivid images paid homage to German expressionism, Waits performed a shotgun marriage between Tin Pan Alley and burlesque horror music, while Burroughs' politically acute librettos gave unique insight into the mind of a character whose actions lead to tragic consequences.

Performance of the play was done by The Talia Theatre Of Hamburg.
Album recorded at Prairie Sun Recording Studios, Cotati, California and Music Factory, Hamburg, Germany.

Publishers:
Jalma Music, Inc. ; Tracks 1 to 5, 7 to 15, 17 to 20.
Nova Lark Music ; Tracks 8, 13, 14
Walter Donaldson/Edgar Leslie ; Track 6
Greg Cohen ; Track 16


Tracklist
1.Lucky Day (Overture) 2:26
2.The Black Rider 3:20
3.November 2:50
4.Just The Right Bullets 3:35
5.Black Box Theme 2:45
6.'T' Ain't No Sin 2:35
7.Flash Pan Hunter (Intro) 1:11
8.That's The Way 1:11
9.The Briar And The Rose 3:50
10.Russian Dance 3:10
11.Gospel Train (Orchestra) 2:35
12.I'll Shoot The Moon 3:50
13.Flash Pan Hunter 3:05
14.Crossroads 2:45
15.Gospel Train 4:40
16.Interlude 0:30
17.Oily Night 4:25
18.Lucky Day 3:45
19.The Last Rose Of Summer 2:10
20.Carnival 1:30

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