Tom Waits announces 50th anniversary vinyl reissue of ‘Small Change’ with rare archive footage

Tom Waits has shared rare archive footage to announce a vinyl reissue of ‘Small Change’ to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The fourth studio album from the iconic US singer-songwriter dropped in 1976 and went on to become a favourite among fans, featuring songs ‘Tom Traubert’s Blues’, ‘Step Right Up’ and ‘The Piano Has Been Drinking’. The acclaimed LP also saw Waits’ now-iconic voice reach full maturity, blending inspiration from American songbook, jazz, beat poetry and more. Now, to mark the 50th anniversary of its release, the album is being reissued on October 2. Pre-order the vinyl re-release here, and check out a clip of him performing ‘The Piano Has Been Drinking’ on Martin Mull’s late-’70s TV show Fernwood Tonight below. Upon the album’s release, Waits explained how his evolving style could be traced back to working the door at a local nightclub and eavesdropping on people in diners late at night. “I got a job as a doorman at a night club in L.A., and I listened to all the acts from the door,” he said around the time of the release. “I heard bluegrass, comics, folk singers, string bands. “At the same time, I was picking up people’s conversations in all-night coffee shops—amb...