Big Time

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1	16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six	4:18
2	Red Shoes	4:19
3	Underground	2:34
4	Cold Cold Ground	3:27
5	Straight To The Top	2:48
6	Yesterday Is Here	2:40
7	Way Down In The Hole	4:43
8	Falling Down Double Bass – Larry TaylorDrums – Richie HaywardGuitar – Fred TackettMixed By – Biff DawesOrgan, Vocals – Tom Waits	4:15
9	Strange Weather	3:35
10	Big Black Mariah	2:59
11	Rain Dogs	3:36
12	Train Song	4:29
13	Johnsburg, Illinois	1:29
14	Ruby's Arms	4:54
15	Telephone Call From Istanbul	4:17
16	Clap Hands	4:57
17	Gun Street Girl	4:01
18	Time	4:11

Credits

• Accordion, Organ [Hammond], Sitar, Congas – Willie Schwarz* (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Artwork [Cover, Back Cover] – Bruce Peterson , Lucinda Cowell
• Bass, Bass [Basstarda], Horns [Alto] – Greg Cohen (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Drums, Percussion, Bongos, Drums [Brake] – Michael Blair (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Engineer [Associate] – Billy Yodelman, David Glover, David Knight , Doug Field, Jack Crymes, Mark Eschelman*, Mike Carver, Mike Kloster, Scott Woodman
• Guitar, Banjo, Trumpet – Marc Ribot (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Mastered By – Howie Weinberg
• Other [Production Coordinator] – Catharina Masters (tracks: 8)
• Other [Project Coordinator] – Ellen Smith
• Producer – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits
• Recorded By, Mixed By [Live] – John Oster (tracks: 2, 5, 10, 14, 16, 18)
• Remix – Biff Dawes (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 to 13, 15, 17)
• Saxophone, Clarinet, Horns – Ralph Carney (tracks: 1 to 7, 9 to 18)
• Written-By – Greg Cohen (tracks: 5), Kathleen Brennan (tracks: 6, 9), Tom Waits

Notes

Recorded live in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dublin, Stockholm and Berlin - except track 8; recorded at Sunset Sound, LA.
Location Facilities: Westwood One.
Mix Facilities: Sunset Sound and Sound Factory, Los Angeles.
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York.
Cover Art/Back Cover Art: Concept Arts.

All songs published by Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
℗1988 Island Records Inc.
©1988 Island Records Inc.
The copyright in this sound recording and artwork is owned by Island Records Inc and is exclusively licensed to Island Records Ltd in the UK.
LC 0407
BIEM | MCPS
PY 899

The actual track durations differ from those given on the release:
1. 4:10, 2. 4:06, 3. 2:20, 4. 3:18, 5. 2:45, 6. 2:57, 7. 4:26, 8. 4:12, 9. 3:20, 10. 2:41, 11. 3:52, 12. 2:54, 13. 1:32, 14. 4:44, 15. 4:15, 16. 4:43, 17. 4:00, 18. 4:00
The tracklisting below displays the correct durations.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 042284247023
• Matrix / Runout: 842 470-2 00 L7 1D Made in the E. U. by Cinram Optical DIscs

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
7 90987-1, 90987-1	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	7 90987-1, 90987-1	US	1988
IMCD 249, 842 470-2	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(CD, Album, RE, PMD)	Island, Island, Island Masters, Island Masters	IMCD 249, 842 470-2	Europe	Unknown
842 470-4	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(Cass, Album)	Island Records, Universal	842 470-4	Ukraine	2002
TC-VG-71477	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(Cass, Album)	Island Records	TC-VG-71477	Greece	1988
VG-71477, VG 71477	Tom Waits	Big Time ‎(LP, Album)	Island Records, Island Records	VG-71477, VG 71477	Greece	1988

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