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Eggs And Sausage, Semi Suite, Diamonds On My Windshield, Drunk On The Moon, Better Off Without A Wife, Nighthawk Postcards, The Heart Of Saturday Night,

Soundstage

Tom Waits

1975
Filmed December 22, 1975. First broadcast January 4, 1976

Eggs And Sausage, Semi Suite, Diamonds On My Windshield, Drunk On The Moon, Better Off Without A Wife, Nighthawk Postcards, The Heart Of Saturday Night,

Soundstage

Tom Waits

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 13511

Elephant Beer Blues, New Coat Of Paint, Warm Beer Cold Women, Emotional Weather Forecast, Bad Liver And A Broken Heart, Semi Suite, Spare Parts

TV show (Denmark)

Tom Waits

1976
Filmed DR TV studio, Copenhagen, June 1976

Elephant Beer Blues, New Coat Of Paint, Warm Beer Cold Women, Emotional Weather Forecast, Bad Liver And A Broken Heart, Semi Suite, Spare Parts

TV show (Denmark)

Tom Waits

TV showDenmarkColourLive performanceEntry id = 30084

Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)

The Mike Douglas Show

Tom Waits

1976
First broadcast November 19, 1976

Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)

The Mike Douglas Show

Tom Waits

TV showUKColourLive performanceEntry id = 19228

Includes - Step Right Up, Invitation To The Blues, Depot Depot, Jitterbug Boy, Pasties And A G String, Fumblin' With The Blues, Semi Suite, Emotional Weather Report, New Coat Of Paint, I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work, Small Change, Tom Traubert’s Blues

Rockpalast

Tom Waits

1977
Filmed Cologne, April 18, 1977

Includes - Step Right Up, Invitation To The Blues, Depot Depot, Jitterbug Boy, Pasties And A G String, Fumblin' With The Blues, Semi Suite, Emotional Weather Report, New Coat Of Paint, I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work, Small Change, Tom Traubert’s Blues

Rockpalast

Tom Waits

TV showGermanyColourLive performanceEntry id = 13618

Tom Traubert's Blues

Old Grey Whistle Test

Tom Waits

1977
First broadcast May 3, 1977

Tom Traubert's Blues

Old Grey Whistle Test

Tom Waits

TV showUKColourLive performanceEntry id = 1085

The Piano Has Been Drinking

Fernwood 2 Night

Tom Waits

1977
First broadcast August 1, 1977

The Piano Has Been Drinking

Fernwood 2 Night

Tom Waits

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 22082

Annie's Back In Town, Burma-Shave

90 Minutes Live

Tom Waits

1978
Filmed April 6, 1978. Part of interview with Flo and Eddie

Annie's Back In Town, Burma-Shave

90 Minutes Live

Tom Waits

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 30083

Includes - Summertime, Burma-Shave, Annie's Back In Town, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Aint Gonna Rain, On The Nickel, Romeo Is Bleeding, Silent Night, Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis, Hey Big Spender, Digital Greetings From Hell

Austin City Limits

Tom Waits

1978
University Of Texas, December 5, 1978

Includes - Summertime, Burma-Shave, Annie's Back In Town, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Aint Gonna Rain, On The Nickel, Romeo Is Bleeding, Silent Night, Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis, Hey Big Spender, Digital Greetings From Hell

Austin City Limits

Tom Waits

TV showGermanyColourLive performanceEntry id = 13646

On The Nickel

The Don Lane Show

Tom Waits

1979

On The Nickel

The Don Lane Show

Tom Waits

TV showAustraliaColourLive performanceEntry id = 12653

A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun

TV show

Tom Waits

1979

A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun

TV show

Tom Waits

TV showColourLive performanceEntry id = 30092

On The Nickel, Burma-Shave

Old Grey Whistle Test

Tom Waits

1979
First broadcast April 24, 1979

On The Nickel, Burma-Shave

Old Grey Whistle Test

Tom Waits

TV showUKColourLive performanceEntry id = 3714

Pasties And A G-String, Jitterbug Boy/ I Never Talk To Strangers/ Muriel, Burma-Shave/ Summertime

Chorus

Tom Waits

1979
Theatre de l'Empire, Paris, France, May 6, 1979

Pasties And A G-String, Jitterbug Boy/ I Never Talk To Strangers/ Muriel, Burma-Shave/ Summertime

Chorus

Tom Waits

TV showFranceColourLive performanceEntry id = 30090

I Never Talk To Strangers, Step Right Up

Tonight In Person

Tom Waits

1979
First broadcast July 26, 1979

I Never Talk To Strangers, Step Right Up

Tonight In Person

Tom Waits

TV showUKColourLive performanceEntry id = 30085

The Wages Of Love, Empty Pockets

One From The Heart Rehearsals

Tom Waits

1980
Rehearsals for film soundtrack, with Crystal Gayle

The Wages Of Love, Empty Pockets

One From The Heart Rehearsals

Tom Waits

FilmUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 30088

Heart Attack And Vine, Til the Money Runs Out, Annie's Back In Town, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Wrong Side Of The Rose, Jersey Girl, Step Right Up

Palace One

Tom Waits

1980
Filmed at Theatre le Palace, Paris, France. Broadcast on French TV 1980

Heart Attack And Vine, Til the Money Runs Out, Annie's Back In Town, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Wrong Side Of The Rose, Jersey Girl, Step Right Up

Palace One

Tom Waits

TV showFranceB&WLive performanceEntry id = 30091

Old Boyfriends

The Tom And Dick Smothers Brothers Special I

Tom Waits

1980
First broadcast October 28, 1980

Old Boyfriends

The Tom And Dick Smothers Brothers Special I

Tom Waits

TV showUSAColourLive performanceEntry id = 30086

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Eggs And Sausage, Semi Suite, Diamonds On My Windshield, Drunk On The Moon, Better Off Without A Wife, Nighthawk Postcards, The Heart Of Saturday Night,

Eggs And Sausage, Semi Suite, Diamonds On My Windshield, Drunk On The Moon, Better Off Without A Wife, Nighthawk Postcards, The Heart Of Saturday Night,

Elephant Beer Blues, New Coat Of Paint, Warm Beer Cold Women, Emotional Weather Forecast, Bad Liver And A Broken Heart, Semi Suite, Spare Parts

Elephant Beer Blues, New Coat Of Paint, Warm Beer Cold Women, Emotional Weather Forecast, Bad Liver And A Broken Heart, Semi Suite, Spare Parts

Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)

Eggs And Sausage (In A Cadillac With Susan Michelson)

Includes - Step Right Up, Invitation To The Blues, Depot Depot, Jitterbug Boy, Pasties And A G String, Fumblin' With The Blues, Semi Suite, Emotional Weather Report, New Coat Of Paint, I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work, Small Change, Tom Traubert’s Blues

Includes - Step Right Up, Invitation To The Blues, Depot Depot, Jitterbug Boy, Pasties And A G String, Fumblin' With The Blues, Semi Suite, Emotional Weather Report, New Coat Of Paint, I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work, Small Change, Tom Traubert’s Blues

Tom Traubert's Blues

Tom Traubert's Blues

The Piano Has Been Drinking

The Piano Has Been Drinking

Annie's Back In Town, Burma-Shave

Annie's Back In Town, Burma-Shave

Includes - Summertime, Burma-Shave, Annie's Back In Town, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Aint Gonna Rain, On The Nickel, Romeo Is Bleeding, Silent Night, Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis, Hey Big Spender, Digital Greetings From Hell

Includes - Summertime, Burma-Shave, Annie's Back In Town, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Aint Gonna Rain, On The Nickel, Romeo Is Bleeding, Silent Night, Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis, Hey Big Spender, Digital Greetings From Hell

On The Nickel

On The Nickel

A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun

A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun

On The Nickel, Burma-Shave

On The Nickel, Burma-Shave

Pasties And A G-String, Jitterbug Boy/ I Never Talk To Strangers/ Muriel, Burma-Shave/ Summertime

Pasties And A G-String, Jitterbug Boy/ I Never Talk To Strangers/ Muriel, Burma-Shave/ Summertime

I Never Talk To Strangers, Step Right Up

I Never Talk To Strangers, Step Right Up

The Wages Of Love, Empty Pockets

The Wages Of Love, Empty Pockets

Heart Attack And Vine, Til the Money Runs Out, Annie's Back In Town, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Wrong Side Of The Rose, Jersey Girl, Step Right Up

Heart Attack And Vine, Til the Money Runs Out, Annie's Back In Town, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Wrong Side Of The Rose, Jersey Girl, Step Right Up

Old Boyfriends

Old Boyfriends

Annie's Back In Town

Annie's Back In Town

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