Closing Time: Half-Speed 50th Anniversary Vinyl 2LP SPRINGOFFER30 “20th Century Boy” returned to

“20th Century Boy” returned to the UK Top 20 in August 1991

Tracks such as “Grease in Your Hair” and “Ice Machines” were road-tested in 2022 before they were recorded

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Setting the course for a kaleidoscopic

Closing Time: Half-Speed 50th Anniversary Vinyl 2LP SPRINGOFFER30 “20th Century Boy” returned toClosing Time foreshadows the distinctly lyrical storytelling and original blending of jazz, blues, and folk styles that would come to be associated with Waits. It is on this debut album that Waits performs enduring classics of his career Ol 55 (famously covered by the Eagles), the heartbreaking Martha and the gentle acoustic folk of I Hope That I Dont Fall In Love With You. Reissued for the first time as a double LP to commemorate the 50th anniversary