New Moon (Elliott Smith album)

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New Moon
Compilation album by Elliott Smith
Released	May 8, 2007
Recorded	1994-1997
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Kill Rock Stars
Producer(s)	Larry Crane
Elliott Smith chronology
From a Basement on the Hill (2004)	New Moon (2007)

New Moon is a 2-CD/2-LP posthumous compilation album by Elliott Smith, to be released on May 8, 2007 by Kill Rock Stars.^[1] It contains 24 songs recorded between 1994 and 1997, when Smith recorded his albums Elliott Smith and Either/Or, both also released by Kill Rock Stars.

A significant portion of the proceeds will go to Outside In, a social service agency for low-income adults and homeless youth in Portland, Oregon, the city where Smith resided for the majority of his life.^[2]

Audio mixing was done by Larry Crane, the archivist for Smith's estate.^[3] The album cover was created by Portland, Oregon artist, Mike King, who has also produced work for numerous other musicians.

Contents 1 History 2 Track listing 2.1 Disc 1 2.2 Disc 2 3 Confusion over "Pretty Mary K" 4 References

[edit] History

In August 2006, an "excited" employee at Kill Rock Stars made a post on the label's official website stating that an extended version of Either/Or would be released in 2006 to commemorate the record's tenth anniversary.^[4] This information was quickly pulled from the website, as the album was in very early planning stages.^[4] Eventually, Kill Rock Stars announced that Either/Or: Extended Edition (as it was to be called) had been scrapped in favor of a rarities and unreleased music compilation from Smith's time at the label (approximately 1994 through 1998).^[4] No material post-1998 will be included, as those songs are currently owned by Interscope Records, which as of yet has no public plans for any future Elliott Smith releases.^[5]

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1

1. "Angel in the Snow"
2. "Talking to Mary"
3. "High Times"
4. "New Monkey"
5. "Looking Over My Shoulder"
6. "Going Nowhere"
7. "Riot Coming"
8. "All Cleaned Out"
9. "First Timer"
10. "Go By"
11. "Miss Misery" (early version)
12. "Thirteen"

[edit] Disc 2

1. "Georgia Georgia"
2. "Whatever (Folk Song in C)"
3. "Big Decision"
4. "Placeholder"
5. "New Disaster"
6. "Seen How Things are Hard"
7. "Fear City"
8. "Either/Or"
9. "Pretty Mary K" (other version)
10. "Almost Over"
11. "See You Later"
12. "Half Right"

[edit] Confusion over "Pretty Mary K"

For the Either/Or record, Smith recorded a song entitled "Pretty Mary K" (which is featured on this set). However, after scrapping this song, Smith later used the title "Pretty Mary K" for a completely different song on his Figure 8 album.

During the recordings for From a Basement on the Hill, Smith recorded a new version of the former song under the title "Everything's Okay". Thus, "Pretty Mary K (other version)" on the New Moon set is essentially an early version of "Everything's Okay".

[edit] References

1. ^ Phillips, Amy (2007-02-14). Exclusive: Elliott Smith Rarities Due on Kill Rock Stars. Retrieved on February 14, 2007.
2. ^ Ramirez, Charlie (2007-02-14). New Moon. SweetAdeline.net. Retrieved on February 14, 2007.
3. ^ Brown, Jake (2007). GLONO Interview: Larry Crane, Archivist of Elliott Smith's Estate. Glorious Noise. Retrieved on March 7, 2007.
4. ^ ^{a b c} Ramirez, Charlie (2006). latest news - untitled kill rock stars unreleased/b-sides record - spring 2007. sweet adeline, the official elliott smith site by fans. Retrieved on October 26, 2006.
5. ^ TheKeenGuy (2006). Things You Might Not Know About the New Elliott Smith Leaks. Retrieved on October 26, 2006.