Tom Waits "Small Change (50th Anniversary)" COLOR:180g Aquamarine thwarted at each turn by

thwarted at each turn by a sense of resignation

Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1997 album by the Country/Americana band led by Rhett Miller

's brand of furiously fast

is a much more fully-realized work than its predecessor

As Bob Mehr points out in his new album note

Tom Waits "Small Change (50th Anniversary)" COLOR:180g Aquamarine thwarted at each turn byRemastered and reissued on Anti, Small Change is the fourth release in Tom Waits' series of skid row travelogues. It proves to be the archetypal album of his '70s work. A jazz trio comprising tenor sax player Lew Tabackin, bassist Jim Hughart, and drummer Shelly Manne, plus an occasional string section, back Waits and his piano on songs steeped in whiskey and atmosphere. He alternately sings in his broken beaned drunk's voice (now deeper and overtly