{"product_id":"franks-wild-years","title":"Frank's Wild Years","description":"Amazon.com\n\nAll the voices in Tom Waits' head come out on this CD: the growler (of course), the crooner, the preacher, the screecher, and the Vegas cheese ball. The instrumentation is equally eclectic. (Yep, that's Waits himself playing the \"rooster\" on the album's best song, \"I'll Be Gone.\") More memorable moments: \"Innocent When You Dream\" (both times), the vocal howling at the end of \"Blow Wind Blow,\" and the lovely coughing fit after \"I'll Take New York.\" Frank's Wild Years is the musical remains of a theatrical collaboration between Waits and Kathleen Brennan, originally staged in 1986. It contains nuggets of important practical advice, sure--\"never drive a car when you're dead\" (from \"Telephone Call from Istanbul\")--but mostly these songs are fantasy freaks. Frank's is big-time dreamer. It's a dreamy album. Sweet dreams. --Dan Leone\n\nProduct description\n\nPersonnel: Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, Mellotron, pump organ, Farfisa, drums, tambourine, congas); Morris Tepper (guitar); Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo); Ralph Carney (violin, tenor saxophone, baritone horn); David Hidalgo (accordion); William Schimmel (accordion, piano, pump organ, Leslie bass pedals); Greg Cohen (alto horn, bass, Leslie bass pedals); Francis Thumm (piano, pump organ); Michael Blair (glockenspiel, marimba, drums, percussion); Larry Taylor (acoustic bass); Jay Anderson (bass); Angela Brown, Lynne Jordan (background vocals). Recorded at Sunset Sound and Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California, and Universal Recording Corp., Chicago, Illinois. FRANKS WILD YEARS by Kathleen Brennan and Tom Waits had its theatrical debut with the Steppenwolf Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1986. Personnel: Tom Waits (vocals, guitar, organ, Farfisa, pump organ, Mellotron, drums, congas, tambourine); Marc Ribot (guitar, banjo); Moris Tepper (guitar); Ralph Carney (violin, saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone horn); William Schimmel (accordion, piano, organ, pump organ); David Hidalgo (accordion); Greg Cohen (alto horn); Francis Thumm (piano, organ, pump organ); Michael Blair (marimba, glockenspiel, drums, congas, maracas, percussion, bells); Larry Taylor (upright bass); Angela Brown, Leslie Holland, Lynne Jordan (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Biff Dawes. Recording information: Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Universal Recording Corp., Chicago, IL. Unknown Contributor Role: Tom Waits. Ostensibly a \"concept\" piece about the strange adventures of a ne'er-do-well named Frank, FRANK'S WILD YEARS is an album full of masterfully written songs and brilliant arrangements, whether one follows the conceptual thread or not. This final album in the loose trilogy that began with SWORDFISHTROMBONES expands upon the advances of its predecessors both in terms of hazy, dreamlike imagery and eclectic, exotic instrumentation. Waits is nothing if not theatrical, a\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000001FSR\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000001FSR.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:WAITS,TOM\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41505460191290,"sku":"DBV.B000001FSR.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000001FSR-0.jpg?v=1783188355","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/franks-wild-years","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}