Elliott SmithEither / Or: Expanded Edition

Label:

Universal – 0602557408737

Format:

CD , Album, Reissue, Remastered
CD , Compilation

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Pop

Style:

Lo-Fi

Tracklist

either/or
1-01 Speed Trials
1-02 Alameda
1-03 Ballad of Big Nothing
1-04 Between the Bars
1-05 Pictures of Me
1-06 No Name No.5
1-07 Rose Parade
1-08 Punch and Judy
1-09 Angeles
1-10 Cupid's Trick
1-11 2:45 AM
1-12 Say Yes
live at yoyo a gogo
2-01 My New Freedom (live)
2-02 Pictures of Me (live)
2-03 Angeles (live)
2-04 Some Song (live)
2-05 Rose Parade (live)
studio outtakes
2-06 New Monkey (keys)
2-07 I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out (remixed/remastered)
2-08 I Figured You Out
2-09 Bottle Up and Explode! (alternate version)

Companies, etc.

  • Mastered AtPrecision Mastering – KRS 269
  • Remastered AtTelegraph Mastering
  • Published ByUniversal Music Publishing Group

Credits

  • EngineerJoanna Bolme
  • Engineer, Supervised By, Liner NotesLarry Crane*
  • Instruments, Performer, Producer, Engineer, Written-ByElliott Smith
  • Producer, EngineerTom Rothrock
  • Remastered ByAdam Gonsalves
  • Transferred ByMr. Toad's Audio

Notes

Bonus disc includes previously unreleased live recordings & rare studio outtakes.

Either/Or was recorded at:
Elliott Smith's houses (initially SE 19th Ave. near Alder St., then NE 16th Ave. near Fremont St. in Portland, OR)
The Shop (an old barn on Tom Rothrock's family's property near Arcata, CA)
Undercover Inc. (an extra room at JJ Gonson's record label offices, in the Oak Street Building on SE Oak at 3rd Ave. in Portland, OR)
The Heatmiser House (a rented home used to record in on SE Ankeny at 20th Ave. in Portland, OR)
Joanna Bolme's apartment (on SE 34th Ave. at Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland, OR) - used by Elliott to track "Speed Trials"
Laundry Rules Recording (Larry Crane's home studio, SE 32nd Ave. at Yamhill St. in Portland, OR) - vocals on "Pictures of Me" were tracked by Larry Crane in July or August, 1996
Waterfront Studios (Hoboken, NJ) - part of the organ on "Angeles" was lifted from a version tracked by Greg DiGesu on April 7, 1996

Mixed at The Shop by Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, exceptions below
"No Name #5," "Rose Parade," and "2:45 AM" mixed by Elliott Smith at Undercover Inc.
"Alameda" mixed at Undercover Inc. by Joanna Bolme and Elliott Smith

"Punch and Judy" and "Angeles" sourced from the original masters by Don Tyler

Research, archiving, bonus disc mixing, file prepping, sequencing, and liner notes and credits by Larry Crane for the family of Steven Paul Smith and Kill Rock Stars
Liner notes proofreeding by Jenna Zine

(Refering to the 2nd CD)
Songs 1-5 were recorded July 15, 1997, live at YoYo A Go Go, Capitol Theater, Olympia, Washington.
Recorded by Pat Maley, Diana Arens, Aaron Cruz, Brooks Martin, and Aaron Gorseth.
Mixed by Larry Crane, May 2016, at Jackpot! Recording Studio.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 602557408713
  • Barcode (CD1): 602557408720
  • Barcode (CD2): 602557408737
  • Matrix / Runout (CD1): Sony DADC [1x Universal logo] 5740872 15 A00
  • Matrix / Runout (CD2): Sony DADC [1x Universal logo] 5740873 12 A00
  • Mastering SID Code (CD1): IFPI L555
  • Mastering SID Code (CD2): IFPI L552
  • Mould SID Code (CD1): IFPI 945R
  • Mould SID Code (CD2): IFPI 946R

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Either / Or (CD, Album, Promo) Kill Rock Stars KRS 269 US 1997
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Either / Or (CD, Album) Kill Rock Stars APCY-8403 Japan 1997
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Either / Or (CD, Album, Promo) Kill Rock Stars APCY-8403 Japan 1997

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