Tom Waits/Talk

"The first part of his career was kind of soft and jazzy, but after living Asylum Records and his marriage with Kathleen Brennan (1980), he turned to some more alternate music." --do you mean "leaving" Asylum Records?

In fact, I don't know if he left Asylum Records or if his contract with them just ended up.. What's sure is that after the compilation 'Asylum Years', he published records with Island Records (and he might have changed editor again lately). Have you got more infos ? Buzz.