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Bounced Checks
Bounced Checks is the first compilation of Tom Waits recordings, including album, live and alternate versions of songs from six of his seven albums for Asylum Records, excepting his debut, "Closing Time".
The collection includes several previously unreleased tracks. "Mr. Henry" is an outtake from "Heartattack and Vine", "The Piano Has Been Drinking" is a live rendition of the track from "Small Change", and "Jersey Girl" and "Whistlin' Past the Graveyard" are alternate
"these are [Tiven's] strongest and most well-crafted songs yet... without coming across as slick or overprocessed... Highly recommended."
During the tour to support the album, the band discovered that Big Time Records was in financial difficulties, when checks issued by the label bounced. During a meeting with label owner Fred Bestall, the band learned that the label had failed to renew the band's contract prior to its expiration date.
In early 1988, the band learned that Big Time was negotiating to