Closing Time: Half-Speed 50th Anniversary Vinyl 2LP UMR_2024_SALE Matt Duffy)

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Hands Like Houses

Full of wonder and charm

windowless confines of their south London rehearsal space in the midst of the winter lockdown

love and life

Closing Time: Half-Speed 50th Anniversary Vinyl 2LP UMR_2024_SALE Matt Duffy)Closing 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