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Yet another obscure one for you.................................ERIC GHOST.

I first acquired this recording as a CD around 1996 when I was auditioning some speakers. It's Canadian vocalist extraordinaire putting her take on a large clutch of Tom Waits songs. It's a particularly fortuitous combination. A week ago I was in the house solo, cleaning up the kitchen. I thought I'd play this. I was delighted to rediscover that I had a state-of-the-art remaster/repress dual LP album pressed on 200g (.44 lb) vinyl. Her performances, the engineering, and the remastering are breathtaking, especially through my Magnepan panel speakers. ... and Tom Waits' "Jersey Girl This album showed me that Tom Waits is a latter-day Bob Dylan, a great writer of captivating songs presented by a rough, gruff voice. In the hands (and voice) of Holly Cole the artistic aspects of the songs reach their full potential.

Hey, I used-ta have that EP! Things disappear through the years. I must have lost a box of albums in a move. Everything Works if You Let It is another great CT soundtrack song, up there with Reach Out and I Must be Dreamin' from the Heavy Metal soundtrack.