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"A Broken Heart" Rare Live

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I'm always skeptical about all things we fans affectionately refer to as "bootleg" whether they are or not. But I've had pretty good luck with buying things like this and after reading the reviews I was sold. I'm glad I bought it now! The seller is great and shipped extremely quickly first of all. But anyway, this is a great show. It's certainly not some shoddy bootleg quality video. This is professional quality. The sound quality is completely flawless!
Bad Liver and a Broken Heart is worth the price alone. As far as the earlier songs like the ones from Heart of Saturday Night, don't expect to hear the versions you might be familiar with. The days of that voice that Tom had just 4 years earlier is long gone. They are hopped-up full-on beatnik jazz versions. So if you dig the Heartattack and Vine and Blue Valentines style Waits then you'll love it. Tom is great and enthralling in every minute of the show. Some of it's kind of funny because the audience looks like they have no idea what in the hell they are watching...lol. You'll see what I mean...it's not the lively crowd from Nighthawks. Anyway, pick this one up if you're a Tom Waits fanatic like me...you won't regret it for a second.

If you are a fan I don't have to go on about how GREAT Tom is,I must tell you however This is the best looking and sounding Waits dvd I have seen.Pro shot no need to frett over what your gonna get here.Grade A

Ok, I was a bit concerned when I got a white blank DVD inside a case that had a photo-copied cover insert, and I don't know how or where they got this German concert from 31 years ago, but its unbelievable. Its better than being there, especially since his current tour venue near us is terrible and still sold out in the first 15 minutes. When will Tom start selling the old concert footage to his fans and allow those who can't get tickets to a live show the ability to pay to watch a live internet broadcast? Give us access, Tom! Thanks cdworld for this precious gift!

I recently purchased the Tom Waits "A Broken Heart" DVD, and it was absolutely terrific. The sound and visual quality were good. Everyone who is a tom waits fan should definitely own this DVD. Thank you so much for having this product available to those of us who love waits!

For those of you who enjoy the early Tom Waits, this is a treasure. Tom performs all but one of the songs on the 1976 album "Small Change." The show is from the German show Rockpalast, and the picture and sound are superb. Highly recommended!

Really rare DVD, this is the only one performance you will find, It looks like a fan made DVD but the show is incdredible!
Great service too!

Wonderful concert,thanks for sharing this very special walk up "memory lane" !! Great sound - good overall quality of this product - RARE -

The audio of this DVD was one second behind the video which was disturbing to watch.

This is really an unexpected treasure from days that seemed gone-by. Small Change has always been one of my favorite albums and to see Waits perform most of the songs is rare. The audience seemed like German art class students that didn't understand a word. But what a nice canvas for TW !! Not for the uninitiated though.

Like other reviewers I was skeptical due to the very bootleg-looking box, but the video quality was a whole lot better than I expected and the sound is certainly better than acceptable, especially considering that this was shot in '77. Standard Waits fare for that era, all smokey and murky and jazzy. The audience, which looks like it's comprised of the occupants of a German tour bus that took a very wrong turn, are amusing in terms of their polite ambivalence as well as how overtly square they look.