Vinyl bundle offer

PopMarket, Sony Music’s online daily deals site, is offering 'an exclusive vinyl bundle' to mark the release of Bad as me.

The bundle includes vinyl copies of the new album Bad as me, the double album Nighthawks at the diner and Mule variations. Each copy is packaged with their original artwork, with Bad as me containing the full-size book of lyrics and photos and a bonus CD of the whole album. All LP's are pressed on 180 gram black vinyl.

The bundle will be available exclusively on PopMarket.com as a 'Deal of the day' on October 24th.

Bad as me online

If you've got an invite, you can listen to the complete album Bad as me online until Friday If anyone has a code to spare, feel free to use the comments to share the wealth.

Bad as me online listening party?

Anti Records is trying to round up people on Facebook for the Tom Waits mailing list :

Go to Tom Waits.com right now and sign up for the mailing list so that you can be one of the first people to hear his new record ‘Bad As Me’ beginning Monday October 17th.

Hank III and Tom Waits on Fading Moon

As reported earlier, Tom Waits guest stars on Hank Williams III new album(s) Ghost to a ghost/Guttertown.

A sound clip from Fading moon:

Black Rider play in Melbourne

The Travel Art Dance Company performs The black rider in Melbourne, Australia from October 27th to October 29th. Tickets go on sale today.

More info on the website or on the Facebook page.

Five cd's re-released

Rhino records announces the release of five Tom Waits cd's in their 'Original album' series:

Rhino releases an original album series five pack from Tom Waits, featuring Closing time, The heart of Saturday night, Nighthawks at the diner, Small change and Foreign affairs.

Rhino has no release date, but both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk list November 8th.

Back in the crowd stream

You can now listen to the new single Back in the crowd on Youtube.

Bridge School anniversary dvd

Tom Waits' 16 shells from a thirty-ought six is one of the tracks featured on 3 dvd's celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Bridge School benefits due out on October 24th. The Waits track available is

You can preorder the dvd's and the cd's (without Waits tracks) over at Amazon.

'Round midnight release

Amazon.co.uk lists a new Waits recording to be released on October 10th: Round midnight, which is the 'full KQRS broadcast in perfect FM stereo quality' of December 1975 and some bonus tracks from three television broadcasts from 1981 and 1986.

Second single: Back in the crowd

Last week saw the release of Back in the crowd, the second single from Tom Waits' upcoming album Bad as me.