The impact of Elliott Smith ’s music holds no bounds. He has been championed, covered, and sampled by artists from Billie Eilish to Pearl Jam to Frank Ocean and his distinct, solemn sound reverberates in the work of the National, Phoebe Bridgers and Bon Iver. To commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Elliott Smith’s self-titled second solo album, Kill Rock Stars/UMGI is set to release the Elliott Smith: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition on the 25th September, 2020.
The package includes a revelatory new remastering of the original Elliott Smith record and a bonus disc of the earliest known recording of Smith performing as a solo act, from September 17, 1994 at Portland’s café and “art salon” Umbra Penumbra. The albums come encased within a 52-page coffee table book with handwritten lyrics, reminiscences from Smith’s friends and colleagues about his life at the time he was writing and recording this album, and two dozen previously unseen photographs from the era by JJ Gonson, who shot the image on the album’s cover (the original photo that became the cover is also seen here for the first time).
TRACKLIST:
ELLIOTT SMITH
A1. Needle In The Hay
A2. Christian Brothers
A3. Clementine
A4. Southern Belle
A5. Single Fire
A6. Coming Up Roses
B1. Satellite
B2. Alphabet Town
B3. St. Ides Heaven
B4. Good To Go
B5. The White Lady Loves You More
B6. The Biggest Lie
"LIVE @ UMBRA PENUMBRA" PORTLAND, OR - September 17, 1994
C1. Some Song
C2. Alphabet Town
C3. Whatever (Folk Song In C)
C4. No Name #4
C5. Big Decision
D1. Condor Ave
D2. No Name #1
D3. No Confidence Man
D4. Crazy Fucker
D5. Half Right
Condition: BRAND NEW - SEALED
