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Waits signed to Asylum Records in 1972, and after numerous abortive recording sessions, his first record — the jazzy, folk-tinged Closing Time — was released in 1973.

The album, which was produced and arranged by former Lovin ' Spoonful member Jerry Yester, received positive reviews, but Waits did not gain widespread attention until a number of the album's tracks were covered by more prominent artists.

Later in 1973, Tim Buckley released the album Sefronia, which contained a cover version of Waits ' song " Martha " from Closing Time, the first-ever cover of a Tom Waits song by a known artist.

This cover later appeared in the 1995 compilation Step Right Up: The Songs of Tom Waits.

The album's opening track, " Ol ' ' 55 ", was recorded by the Eagles in 1974 for their On the Border album.