Tracklist

A1	Somewhere (From "West Side Story")	3:50
A2	Red Shoes By The Drugstore	3:11
A3	Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis	4:30
A4	Romeo Is Bleeding	4:50
A5	$29.00	8:12
B1	Wrong Side Of The Road	5:11
B2	Whistlin Past The Graveyard	3:14
B3	Kentucky Avenue	4:47
B4	A Sweet Little Bullet From A Pretty Blue Gun	5:34
B5	Blue Valentines	5:50

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – WEA Records Pty. Limited
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Recorded At – Filmways/Heider Recording
• Published By – Chappell & Co. Ltd. (Sydney)
• Published By – Rondor Music Pty. Ltd.
• Manufactured By – WEA Records Pty. Limited
• Distributed By – WEA Records Pty. Limited
• Mastered At – Elektra Sound Recorders

Credits

• Arranged By, Conductor [Orchestra] – Bob Alcivar (tracks: B3)
• Art Direction, Design – Ron Coro
• Bass – Byron Miller (tracks: A1, A5), Jim Hughart (tracks: A4. B1), Scott Edwards (tracks: B4)
• Congas – Bobby Hall* (tracks: A4)
• Drums – Chip White (tracks: A4, B1), Earl Palmer (tracks: B2, B4), Rick Lawson* (tracks: A2, A5)
• Electric Guitar – "Shine" Robinson* (tracks: B2, B4), Roland Bautista (tracks: A2, A5), Tom Waits (tracks: A4 to B2, B4, B5)
• Electric Guitar [Solo B5 Only] – Ray Crawford (tracks: A4, B1, B5)
• Electric Piano [Yamaha Electric (Track A2); Yamaha Electric Grand (Tracks A3 & A5)] – Da Willie Gonga* (tracks: A2, A3, A5)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Geoff Howe, Ralph Osborne*
• Management [Herb Cohen Management: From Winchell's Donut Shop To The Brown Derby-a Step Up] – Herb Cohen
• Mastered By [Disc Mastering] – Terry Dunavan
• Organ – Charles Kynard (tracks: A4, B1)
• Photography By – Elliot Gilbert
• Piano – Harold Battiste (tracks: B2, B4), Tom Waits (tracks: B3)
• Piano [Acoustic] – Tom Waits (tracks: A3)
• Producer [Production And Sound By], Engineer – Bones Howe
• Tenor Saxophone [Tenor Sax] – Frank Vicari (tracks: A4, B1), Herbert Hardesty* (tracks: B2, B4)
• Typography [Hand Lettering] – Bill Franks
• Vocals – Tom Waits
• Written-By – L. Bernstein* (tracks: A1), S. Sondheim* (tracks: A1), Tom Waits (tracks: A2 to B5)

Notes

Gatefold sleeve.
Publisher (from Labels):
Track A1: Chappell
Tracks A2 to B5: Rondor

On Labels:
℗ 1978
Manufactured and Distributed by WEA Records Pty. Limited
WEA Records Pty. Limited [Warner logo] A Warner Communications Company

On Sleeve:
A.B.H. Production

℗&© 1978 Elektra/Asylum Records
A Division Of Warner Communications Inc. [Warner logo]

Distributed by WEA Records Pty. Limited
[Warner logo] A Warner Communications Company

Inside Gatefold:
For Australia & New Zealand lyrics reprinted by kind permission of Rondor Music & Chappell Music.
Recorded to 2 track tape at Filmways/Heider Recording, Hollywood, California on July 24, 25: & August 10, 17, 23, & 26, 1978.
Disc mastered at Elektra Sound Recorders, Hollywood, Calif.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): MX 189119
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): MX 189120
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Stamped Runouts): △ MX1[Crossed out 4]89119 6E162-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Stamped Runouts): △ MX189120 6E162-2
• Other (Right Society For Tracks A2 to B5): ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6E-162	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	6E-162	US	1978
7559-60336-4	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Asylum Records, Союз	7559-60336-4	Russia	1998
6E-162	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	6E-162	Canada	1978
AS 53 088	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Asylum Records	AS 53 088	Europe	1978
7559-60533-2	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Elektra	7559-60533-2	Europe	1990