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(Tom Waits - perfect for an August night - even 35 years ago)

I originally ran a short clip of this concert some months back, but promised I would run the whole thing as soon as the snappy C&L embed player got hooked up. Well now that it is, and we're 35 years past the exact day of the show, I thought I would put it up now so you can finally hear the whole thing.

If you heard the earlier excerpted version, you know what a great show this is - vintage Waits and his second set of the night.

A caveat - we had some mic problems that night, most notably a radio mic that was picking up the acoustic guitar. It was sounding weird and causing some hum and we eventually had to dump it mid-way through the set. But it's a small inconvenience and I've tried working around it so it's not all that noticeable.

At any rate - it's a great concert and a memorable night with Tom Waits at The Troubadour during its heyday on August 16, 1975.

Last night was the Los Angeles debut of the unlikely supergroup Tinted Windows, featuring Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha, Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos, Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger and Hanson's Taylor Hanson. Tickets to the show at the Troubadour, Hollywood's best sounding venue, sold out quickly -- fortunately I got my $30 in early (what, you think I get on the guest list for these things?!)

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(Tom Waits - "Drunk On The Moon" - Live at the Troubadour, August 16, 1975)

Since putting up my Buffalo Springfield Hollywood Bowl clip last week, I've been making a lot of discoveries in the live performance department from my archive. Here's another one. This time via a night at the Troubadour, during one of my brief stints as a nightclub soundmixer. It's from August 16, 1975 - the quintessential Hot August Night. The second set - Waits is in great form - so is the audience.

Drunk On The Moon kind of sez it all . . . . .