Welcome one & all to another episode of "Back Down in the Hole" where this time we will be revisiting one of Waits most overlooked releases, 1978's Blue Valentine. Does this album still have the best opening four songs of any Tom Waits album? Will Tom ever move his gin and tonic (with ice) away from the mic? And, have we gotten over the fact that the album title and title track are spelt differently? Find out in this latest instalment of "Back Down in the Hole"! Our Heartattack and Vine episode of "Back Down in the Hole" still available early, and exclusively on our Patreon page. If you think 'Down In The Hole' has value and are able to, we encourage you to support us on Patreon. A donation of $5 a month will get you automatic access to over 4 hours of exclusive subscriber content, including top 5 discussions and live album commentaries. We also upload full chunks of upcoming episodes first on there, often months before they drop on the feed. Get involved here: www.patreon.com/tomwaitspodcast An easy and free way to support the show is to leave us a positive iTunes review. It only takes a minute and you can do it here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/tom-waits-podcast-a-z-tom-waits-show/id1459811402  TWITTER: https://twitter.com/tomwaitspodcast?lang=en EMAIL: [email protected] INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tomwaitspodcast/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/tomwaitspodcast YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxRst_jRx-V37voc3dOiQKQ   Hosted by Sam Whiles & Tom Kwei Logo by Danny O'Gorman (https://www.behance.net/Danogormandesign) Listen to Sam's Paul McCartney podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/paul-or-nothing-podcast/id1137452802 Tom's Metallica podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/alphabetallica-a-z-metallica-podcast/id1227642605 Tom's battle rap podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/battle-rap-resume/id1075806297