ELLIOTT SMITH EITHER OR REISSUE DOWNLOAD ARCHIVE
I told him about the internet archive and asked He has already announced that the family approves I spoke to Gary Smith today who is currently making music decisions forĮlliott Smith's estate. "while we were talking, we talked about sharing/trading elliott's music and he thought it was important to mention it was ok to share or trade elliott's music because elliott believed people should be able to trade musically with each other and that the family feels the same." Reported post from Charlie who runs the official site re conversation with Gary Smith, Elliott Smith's father: "i think it's nice people want to take the trouble to record music that apparently they seem to like.
"i like the idea.sure, people should be able to trade musically with each other, i mean people do anyway.there's arguments to be made.but i don't really have an opinion.i'm not one of those bands that sells millions of records and then gets mad at napster"
ELLIOTT SMITH EITHER OR REISSUE DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD
What did elliott think about places where i download music (like napster)? Smith gave his go-ahead for Elliot's shows to be hosted at the Archive. “Elliott was that good.RIGHTS On June 20, 2005, in conversation with a LMA curator, Dr. “You want to keep going deeper: What are they trying to tell me? What are they saying to the world?” Mr. Smith, the touched-up album and its revealing surrounding artifacts would reward the kind of close listening associated with canonical songwriters like Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake and John Lennon. The new collection also includes a previously unheard studio rendition of the song “I Figured You Out” a new version of “I Don’t Think I’m Ever Gonna Figure It Out,” the B side to the 1996 “Either/Or” single “Speed Trials” a short and playful keyboard take on “New Monkey,” from “New Moon” and an alternate recording of “Bottle Up and Explode!,” from the 1998 album “XO,” with completely different lyrics. “They really demonstrate how adept he was live as a guitarist - the fingerpicking, slap-picking and different techniques,” he said. Crane said - he selected five live tracks from the Yo Yo a Go Go festival in Olympia, Wash., in 1997. Crane said.įor the bonus material - “dessert after dinner,” Mr. Next week’s reissue of Either/Or is surely a different listen now than it was in 1997, and not just because of a few. I Dont Think Im Ever Gonna Figure It Out (Remixed/Remastered) 2. Smith’s songs were already dark, but his passing at the age of 34 in 2003 (perhaps a suicide, perhaps not) turned them pitch black. So here it is, the twentieth anniversary expanded edition of Either/Or. There’s been no dimming in the interest in his music, and there’s no reason why more of it shouldn’t be released. “It started to feel like we were lifting the veil off,” Mr. Vinyl, Released by Elliott Smith, in genre Rock & Pop, on. Fourteen years have passed since Elliot Smith died, and twenty have passed since the release of Either/Or. Crane and the mastering engineer Adam Gonsalves had more leeway to experiment with the sound of the reissue, which they beefed up, using new technology, while removing excess noise for additional sonic clarity. “Elliott has some pretty hard-core fans.”īut with the original remaining in print, Mr. “The regular version of the album will stay completely available and unchanged,” he said. Smith’s help in 1997, hoped to preserve the sanctity of the original music, while also not superseding it. Crane, who founded Jackpot! studio in Portland with Mr. In returning recently to the “Either/Or” expansion, Mr. “But Elliott would have said, ‘Oh, just throw that away - let me recut that, let me rerecord that, let me write new words.’” Crane recalled of his audio responsibilities.
“I wished I could just call him and say, ‘Come in and listen to this,’” Mr. He put the time in, writing and recording so many songs that didn’t make the cut.” The estate instead put out the posthumous collection “New Moon” in 2007. “The bonus tracks would have swamped the album,” he said. Crane discovered almost too much good material. But in digging through tapes from the “Either/Or” era, Mr. The commemorative project was originally conceived more than a decade ago, around the time of the album’s 10th anniversary. The two-disc (or two vinyl LP) set, due out March 10, will feature a remastered, cleaner-sounding version of the original album, in addition to a bonus collection of remixed and remastered live tracks and rarities. Smith’s best work, in addition to his commercial turning point. Smith’s estate, has joined with the singer’s family and the label Kill Rock Stars to offer that still-hungry fan base an expanded reissue of what many consider Mr. Now, as “Either/Or” approaches its 20th anniversary, Mr.