Release
Closing Time was released worldwide in March 1973 by Asylum. The album's lead single, "Ol' '55", was released a month prior to the album for promotion. The single featured the same song pressed on both sides of the record with the A-side being a version recorded in mono and the B-side recorded in stereo. Waits' first national tour also coincided with the album's release, and ran from April to June 1973. The band line-up for the tour consisted of Waits on vocals, acoustic guitar and piano, Bob Webb on double bass, Rich Phelps on trumpet, and John Forsha on guitar. The opening date of the tour was at The Cellar Door in Washington, D.C. opening for Tom Rush. The tour progressed and led to dates in venues such as Max's Kansas City in New York and The Boarding House in San Francisco, opening for acts such as Danny O'Keefe, Charlie Rich, Buffalo Bob Smith—of Howdy Doody fame—and John P. Hammond. A second promotional tour ran from November to December 1973, opening for Frank Zappa. This tour consisted of only the stripped-down line-up of Waits on vocals, acoustic guitar, and piano, with Bob Webb on standup bass. Elektra Records re-released Closing Time throughout Europe in 1999 on limited edition CD and in 2010, Elektra and Asylum reissued the album on CD and LP, respectively.
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