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A1	Cinny's Waltz	2:16
A2	Muriel	3:33
A3	I Never Talk To Strangers Featuring – Bette Midler	3:37
A4	Medley: Jack & Neal / California Here I Come Written-By – Al Jolson, Buddy G. De Sylva, Joseph Meyer	5:00
A5	A Sight For Sore Eyes	4:39
B1	Potter's Field Clarinet – Gene CiprianoWords By – Tom WaitsWritten-By, Arranged By, Conductor – Bob Alcivar	8:38
B2	Burma Shave	6:32
B3	Barber Shop	3:52
B4	Foreign Affair	3:46

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Filmways/Heider Recording
• Mastered At – Elektra Sound Recorders
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra
• Copyright (c) – Asylum Records
• Published By – Filth Floor Music, Inc.
• Published By – Warner Bros. Inc.
• Made By – WEA Musik GmbH
• Pressed By – Record Service GmbH
• Lacquer Cut At – Strawberry Mastering
• Distributed By – WEA Filipacchi Music

Credits

• Bass – Jim Hughart
• Drums – Shelly Manne
• Engineer [Second] – Geoff Howe
• Mastered By – Terry Dunavan
• Piano, Vocals – Tom Waits
• Producer, Engineer [Sound] – Bones Howe
• Tenor Saxophone – Frank Vicari
• Trumpet – Jack Sheldon
• Written-By – Tom Waits (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B2 to B4)

Notes

A Mr. Bones Production

Every performance on this album was recorded simultaneously with the orchestra in the studio with no overdubbing or multi-tracking;
and was mixed directly to the 2-track master tape as it was being performed.
Recorded July 28, August 2, 11, 12, 15, 1977;
at Filmways/Heider Recording, Hollywood.
Disc Mastering: Elektra Sound Recorders Los Angeles.

℗+© 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records
All songs ©1977 by Filth Floor Music, Inc. with the exception of "Potter's Field" & "California Here I Come" published by Warner Bros, Inc. ASCAP

Made in Germany by WEA Musik GmbH
A Warner Communications Company

with printed lyric inner sleeve on thin paper

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Other (Distribution Code): WE 341
• Label Code: LC 2648
• Rights Society: GEMA / BIEM
• Matrix / Runout (Side A): R/S Alsdorf 53068 A-3
• Matrix / Runout (Side B): R/S Alsdorf 53068 B4

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7E-1117	Tom Waits	Foreign Affairs ‎(LP, Album, Spe)	Asylum Records	7E-1117	US	1977
87569-1TCL	Tom Waits	Foreign Affairs ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Cle)	Anti-	87569-1TCL	US	2018
ET-81117	Tom Waits	Foreign Affairs ‎(8-Trk, Album)	Asylum Records	ET-81117	US	1977
7559-60618-2	Tom Waits	Foreign Affairs ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Elektra	7559-60618-2	UK & Europe	2000
AS 53068, 7E-1117	Tom Waits	Foreign Affairs ‎(LP, Album)	Asylum Records, Asylum Records	AS 53068, 7E-1117	Netherlands	1977