Tom Waits Video Collection
(last updated Feb 25, 2004)


 

New stuff: (scroll down for details)

1981 - The making of One From The Heart (small clip, QT format)

Oct 5, 1988 - Dave Letterman Show (2002 Trio rebroadcast, complete and excellent!)


 
 
 
Jan 9, 1976 - Tonight from Chicago "Soundstage"
 
  • 35 min

  • Eggs and Sausage, Intro > Semi-Suite, Diamonds On My Windshield, Drunk On The Moon, Better Off Without A Wife, Nighthawk Postcards, Lookin’ For The Heart Of Saturday Night, San Diego Serenade 
     

    June 1976 - Sange Efter Lukketid (Songs After Closing Time)
     
  • Danish TV concert
  • Danish subtitles
  • 40 min

  • Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You, New Coat of Paint, Warm Beer and Cold Women, Emotional Weather Report, Bad Liver And A Broken Heart , Semi Suite, Spare Parts 1
     

    Nov 17, 1976 - "The Mike Douglas Show", Philadelphia, PA
     
  • VH-1 rerun
  • 10 min

  • Eggs and Sausage > Interview
     

    April 9, 1977 - Saturday Night Live, New York, N.Y.
     
  • 5 min

  • Waits sings "Eggs and Sausage" with band
     

    April 18, 1977 - "Rockpalast" Köln, Germany 
     
  • incomplete version
  • 25 min

  • Step Right Up, Invitation To The Blues > Eggs & Sausage, Bad Liver & A Broken Heart, New Coat Of Paint, Tom Traubert's Blues
     

    April 18, 1977 - "Rockpalast" Köln, Germany
     
  • complete version!
  • poor picture/sound the first 5 min - the rest of the tape is ok
  • 80 min

  • Step Right Up, Invitation To The Blues > Eggs & Sausage, Depot Depot, Jitterbug Boy, Pasties & A G-String, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Fumblin' With The Blues, Semi Suite, (cut beginning:) Emotional Weather Report, Bad Liver & A Broken Heart, New Coat Of Paint, Can't Wait To Get Off Work, The One That Got Away, Small Change, Band Intro, Tom Traubert's Blues
     

    1977 - Animated Promo
     
  • might have been produced in 1978
  • 5 min

  • The One That Got Away
     

    1977 - Live on BBC2
     
  • small snippet from a 1977 BBC2 production, probably from Old Grey Whistle Test
  • this is actually a part of BBC2's production about "Alice" (1992)
  • 1 min

  • Waits sings "Tom Traubert's Blues" 

    Aug 1, 1977 - Fernwood 2Night (Episode 21)
     
  • complete show 
  • 28 min 

  • The Piano Has Been Drinking  > Interview 
     

    April 19, 1978 - "A Day In Vienna", Austria
     
  • 30 min video which shows Tom at different locations in Vienna,  including live material
  • the recording might be from the 1979 tour...?
  • 2. gen off original
  • 30 min

  • Interview > A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun  > Interview > Pasties And A G-String > Shake, Rattle & Roll, Backstage pacing w/When The Saints Go Marching In > Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis, I Can’t Wait To Get Off Work, dancing
     

    May 25, 1978 - Fernwood 2Night (Episode 34)
     
  • the show is mainly concentrating on Tony Rolletti's crazy wedding - Waits is present most of the time
  • hosted by Barth Gimble (Martin Mull) and Jerry Hubard (Fred Williard)
  • approx. 18 min

  • Show Intro > Interview > Wedding March > Wedding dance w/interview > Better Off Without A Wife 

     

    1978 - Second City Television Show 
     
  • parody commercial for Mammorex Recording Tape: "Is it live or is it...?" 
  • staring "Tom Waits" and "Rickie Lee Jones"
  • might be from 1980...?
  • 1 min

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    Dec 5, 1978 - Austin City Limits, Austin, TX
     
  • 1. gen copy off cable tv 
  • 53 min

  • Burma Shave, Annie's Back In Town > I Wish I Was In New Orleans, A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun, On The Nickel, Romeo Is Bleeding, Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis, Small Change
     

    April 1979 - Short interview
     
  • part of Egos & Icons
  • approx. 2 min

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    April 1979 - "Chorus", French TV
     
  • great show - hopefully there is a complete version somewhere in Chorus' archives...
  • 18 min 

  • Pasties And A G-String (Hokey Pokey melody), Jitterbug Boy, I Never Talk To Strangers, Muriel, Burma Shave 
     

    April 21, 1979 - Old Grey Whistle Test, England
     
  • might have been recorded April 22
  • 6 min

  • Burma Shave
     

    April 24, 1979  - BBC Television Theatre "Tonight in Person"
     
  • For UK ARENA. Broadcast date (probably) July 26, 1979
  • The show was rerun years later on "Later on" with Jools Holland as host
  • 51 min

  • Wrong Side Of The Road, With A Suitcase > Lansky’s Story > I Never Talk To Strangers, Step Right Up, On The Nickel, Red Shoes, Burma Shave, Kentucky Avenue, Small Change, Closing Time
     

    Late April 1979  - The Don Lane Show, Australian TV
     
  • hilarious interview bit!
  • 17 min

  • Intro  > Interview  > Paradise Alley Clip > On The Nickel
     

    October 11, 1980 - Smothers Brothers Show, NBC Studios, (L.A.?)
     
  • broadcast date: Oct 28, 1980
  • 4 min

  • Old Boyfriends 
     

    November 1980 - Concert Hall, Toronto
     
  • Small live performance clip and backstage interview
  • 5 min

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    Nov 11, 1980 - Park West Theatre,  Chicago Ill. 
     
  • intro by John Candy 
  • live performance from Park West Theatre
  • 7 min

  • Heartattack & Vine > Interview > Jersey Girl
     

    March 1981 - "Palace 1", French TV
     
  • 35 min

  • Heartattack & Vine, Till The Money Runs Out, Annie's Back In Town > I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Wrong Side Of The Road, Jersey Girl, Step Right Up w/Band Intros
     

    July 3, 1981 - "En Scene" TV Show, Expo Theatre, Montreal, Quebec
     
  • part of  Montreal Jazz Festival (Télé-Jazz)
  • complete with original intro ? spliced together from different tapes for best quality
  • 60 min

  • The One That Got Away, Annie's Back In Town > I Wish I Was In New Orleans, $29.00, Pasties And A G-String, Empty Pockets Now, Broken Bicycles, Tango, Invitation To The Blues > Eggs & Sausage, On The Nickel, Mr. Seigal, Tom 
    Traubert's Blues
     

    September 1981 - "The Don Lane Show", Australian TV
     
  • 13 min

  • Interview > Mr. Siegal
     

    1981 - The making of One From The Heart (the movie)
     
  • Waits segment only
  • QuickTime format
  • size 6,7 MB
  • approx. 4 min

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    1982 - "Bronx Lullabye" aka. Smuggler's Waltz (video)
     
  • Waits performing in a café somewhere
  • might have been recorded another year
  • 2 min

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    May 22, 1982 - "Reportage", French TV 
     
  • recorded live in L.A. 
  • French subtitles
  • 17 min

  • I Beg Your Pardon w/narrated neighborhood tour, Take Me Home, Clip from "One From The Heart", Broken Bicycles, Tango > Interview, Closing Time
     

    1982 - One From the Heart (the movie)
     
  • recorded from Swedish television
  • 97 min

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    1982 - At "Media Funhouse"
     
  • excerpt from One From the Heart - the movie
  • 1 min

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    Oct 18, 1983 - "Loose Talk" Interview, BBC TV, England
     
  • 13 min

  • Interview > I Beg Your Pardon > I Wish I Was In New Orleans
     

    1983 - "In the Neighbourhood" video
     
  • recording date: Oct 18, 1983
  • 4 min

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    Dec 21, 1983 - David Letterman Show, N.Y.C.
     
  • 15 min 

  • Frank’s Wild Years > Interview > On The Nickel
     

    1985 - "Clocks"
     
  • Waits in promo spot for Rain Dogs
  • 1 min

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    1985 - "Barber Shop"
     
  • Waits in promo spot for Rain Dogs
  • 1 min

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     1985 - "Traveler's Café
     
  • Waits in promo spot for Rain Dogs
  • broadcast February 1986 on Cutting Edge Show, MTV 
  • complete with intro of café owner
  • 5 min

  • Intro > Interview > Anywhere I Lay My Head
     

    1985 - "Downtown Train > Bride Of Raindogs" video
     
  • 5 min

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    October 1985 - live at "The Tube", BBC TV
     
  • short version
  • 1990 rebroadcast
  • 3 min

  • In The Neighborhood
     

    October 1985 - live at "The Tube", BBC TV
     
  • long version
  • 13 min

  • 16 Shells from a 30.06, Cemetery Polka, In The Neighborhood, Walkin’ Spanish
     

    Feb 6, 1986 - David Letterman Show , N.Y.C.
     
  • 11 min

  • Intro > Tango Till They’re Sore > Interview > Time
     

    1986 - "Jockey Full of Bourbon" video
     
  • approx. 2 min

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    1986 - Down By Law (the movie)
     
  • Swedish subtitles
  • 90 min

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    Nov 22, 1986 - live at Teatro Ariston, San Remo, Italy
     
  • part of the San Remo Festival / Club Tenco
  • approx. 45 min

  • Tango Till They’re Sore, I Wish I Was In New Orleans, Downtown Train, Jersey Girl, Innocent When You Dream, Walkin’ Spanish, Tom Traubert's Blues, On The Nickel,  Lookin’ For The Heart Of Saturday Night, Burma Shave
     

    July 9, 1987 - Live At Miss Keiko’s Chi Chi Club, San Francisco 
     
  • four 30 second promo spots for Frank’s Wild Years (Island Records Promos)
  • 4 min

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    July 9, 1987 - The Limo interview 
     
  • Tom Waits in promo spot for Frank's Wild Years
  • complete interview
  • 6 min

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    July 9, 1987 - "Blow Wind Blow" music video  (The Chi Chi Club video)
     
  • 4 min

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    1987 - "Temptation" music video
     
  • 5 min

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    1987 - "Cold Cold Ground" music video 
     
  • taken from the movie "Big Time"
  • 4 min

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    1987 - From "Blue Spot
     
  • 17 min

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    1987 - Interview, Swedish TV
     
  • short interview with Waits sitting by the piano on stage 
  • this interview might be from 1985...?
  • 1 min

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    1987 - Ironweed (the movie)
     
  • original VHS copy
  • 97 min

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    1987 - Candy Mountain (the movie)
     
  • Waits segment only
  • 6 min

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    October 1987 - Interview in a kitchen
     
  • part of Egos & Icons
  • min ?

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    Oct 16, 1987 - David Letterman Show, N.Y.C.
     
  • 8 min

  • Interview > More Than Rain
     

    1988 - "Rapido", BBC TV
  • 7 min

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    1988 - Big Time (the movie)
  • original VHS copy
  • 89 min

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    Oct 5, 1988 - David Letterman Show, N.Y.C.

    • The 2002 rebroadcast by Trio channel
    • Complete show
    • Directly off cable – excellent quality

    Waits is performing Straight To The Top > Interview

    1988 - Interview, Swedish TV 
  • Waits is interviewed in a restaurant
  • this interview is probably from around October 1988 (due to his hairstyle and shades), maybe from a promoting tour for the movie Big Time (Waits is dressed the same as on Letterman Oct 5, 1988).
  • 6 min

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    1989 - Cold Feet (the movie)
  • 83 min

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    1989 - Bearskin (the movie)
  • 2. gen from original tape
  • 87 min

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    1990 - "It's Alright With Me" music video
  • original video
  • 5 min

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    1990 - The making of Black Rider, Thalia Theatre, Germany
  • Tom Waits and crew including footage from opening night
  • great production and OK quality
  • 30 min

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    1990 - The Black Rider  - the original play by Thalia Thatre, Germany
  • German TV production
  • 127 min

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    1991 - The Fisher King (the movie)
  • original copy
  • Norwegian subtitles
  • 138 min

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    1992 - The making of Alice
  • Waits and crew
  • a French production
  • 47 min

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    1992 - BBC The Late Show: "Alice
  • documentary about the play Alice 
  • showing Waits in work with the music, at rehersals, several songs with Waits at the piano singing and playing
  • has also a short biography and other interesting stuff - some about the cast and Wilson, but mostly Waits
  • this program is NOT similar to "The making of Alice".
  • broadcast date: March 4, 1993
  • 24 min

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    1992 - Waits in his recording studio
  • short glimps of TW in his studio (probably cut)
  • might be from another year
  • 1min

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    1992 - "Goin' Out West" music video
  • 3 min

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    1992 - Much More Music, Canadian TV
  • interview and music video
  • 66 min

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    1992 - "I Don't Wanna Grow Up" music video
  • complete version 
  • 9 min

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    Oct 9, 1992 - Arsenio Hall Show
  • 7 min

  • Goin’ Out West > Interview
     

    October 1992 - "Egos & Icons" Documentary, Canadian TV
  • 55 min
  • broadcast date: May 20, 1993

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    1993 - "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" music video
  • seems a bit uncomplete
  • 2 min

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    1993 - Fishing With John
  • Tom Waits and John Lurie go fishing to Jamaica 
  • might have been produced in 1992..?
  • approx. 30 min

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    1993 - "Coffee and cigarettes III, somewhere in America
  • Tom Waits in conversation with Iggy Pop
  • produced by Jim Jarmusch
  • cut beginning, some flaws
  • 12 min

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    1993 - Short Cuts (the movie)
  • directedby Robert Altman
  • first generation copy right off tv broadcast
  • Norwegian subtitles

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    1993 - The making of Short Cuts
  • Tom appears in a couple of scenes - interesting and funny stuff!
  • There is also a small interview clip with both Lily Tomlin and Waits at the café table 
  • 83 min

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    1993 - Brazilian TV Interview
  • 26 min

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    Oct 17, 1997 - "Waiting for Twilight"
  • the art inspirations and querky lifestory of the Canadian cult filmmaker Guy Maddin
  • narrated by Tom Waits
  • aired Oct 17, 1997 by Canadian Bravo
  • 55 min

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    1998 - "Bunny", Animated Short Film
  • soundtrack by Waits/Brennan "Bend Down the Branches"
  • 6 min

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    1999 - "What's He Building?" music video
  • from M2
  • 3 min

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    1999 - "Hold On" music video 
  • 5 min

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    April 1, 1999 - Storytellers
  • Tom Waits live with band before a studio audience
  • includes some commercials
  • 55 min

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    July 16, 1999 - live at Metropole Theatre, Berlin, Germany
  • audience video recording 
  • off original videomaster
  • 115 min

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    July 21, 1999 - live at Congres Centrum, Den Haag, Holland
  • audience video recording 
  • off original videomaster
  • 60 min

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    July 23, 1999 - Live at Teatro Comunale, Florence, Italy 
  • audience video recording
  • 117 min

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    Sept 27, 1999 - David Letterman Show, N.Y.C.
  • 9 min

  • Chocolate Jesus > Interview
     

    Oct 30, 1999 - live at Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA 
  • part of the Bridege School Benefit concert
  • approx. 38 min 

  • Gun Street Girl, Jockey Full Of Bourbon, Hold On, Chocolate Jesus, 16 Shells from a 30.06, Tango Till They’re Sore, Innocent When You Dream, Tom Traubert's Blues
     

    Dec 26, 1999 - VH1 Top 100 Artists #90 
  • montage and interviews with others
  • 2 min

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    March 15, 2000 - Tonight Show with Jay Leno, L.A. 
     
  • 6 min

  • House Where Nobody Lives > Interview 
     

    May 26, 2000 - Tom Waits in Poland
     
  • a 30 min Polish documentary made when Waits did his only concert in Poland, May 26, 2000 at Sala Kongresowa
  • the program includes various small clips, a short biography, a back stage interview, glimps from the rehersal and two full  songs (Jesus Gonna Be Here and Jockey Full of Bourbon) from the actual concert
  • including commercials - also two small ones for the Waits documentary
  • unfortunately, the whole thing is dubbed to Polish, not the songs, though ;-)
  • original  copy - right off tv broadcast
  • 35 min (including 5 min of commercials)

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    November 15, 2000 - Betty Nansen Theatre "Woyzeck"
     
  • a 16 min program made especially to promote the play "Woyzeck" at  Betty Nansen Theatre in Copenhagen
  • includes rehersal scenes from the play, interview with Waits and glimps from rehersals with the band
  • recorded November 15, 2000
  • exclusivly given away at the press conference Nov 17, 2000
  • original copy 
  • 16 min

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    May 8, 2002 - David Letterman Show , N.Y.C.
     
  • Waits and band
  • directly off tv broadcast
  • 13 min

  • All the World is Green > Interview
     

    Various movie clips with Waits performing 
     
  • unknown movie / "Jitterbug Boy"
  • Paradise Alley / "Annie's Back in Town"
  • Ironweed / "Candy Mountain"
  • 2 min

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    2002 - John Hammond live at Austin City Limits
     
  • John Hammond sings the songs of Tom Waits
  • exact date...?
  • 21 min

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    2002 - God's Away On Business (music video)
     
  • the video is in .avi-format

  •