’cause vynil is so much better than digital!

Tom Waits’ is teaming up with New Orleans’  Preservation Hall Jazz Band on the benefit LP Preservation inspired by Danny Barker’s 1947 Mardi Gras Indian street chant “Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing”.  Waits and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s take on the tune is set to be released as a 78 record on November 19 by Preservation Hall Recordings, with the B-side having Waits’ and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s cover of Barker’s “Corrine Died on the Battlefield”.

And because it’s highly unlikely you have a 78 rpm player, Preservation Hall is coming out with a limited-edition (504 only) 78 player to go along with this release.  All proceeds benefit the Preservation Hall Junior Jazz & Heritage Brass Band.