Isolation Drills - Guided by Voices: Features Elliott on piano on 'Fine to See You'. Features Elliott on organ on 'Skills Like This' and 'How's My Drinking?'.

The Trackhouse, The Valley, The Liquor Store Drive-Thru - Birddog: Killer features Elliott on drums and bass. Killer and Parked Car Homestead produced by Elliott Smith (and partially recorded at Elliott's house).

Jabberjaw...Pure Sweet Hell - Various Artists: Features Elliott on guitar on Birthday Boy (a Ween cover sung by Mary Lou Lord), recorded by Elliott Smith.

Infinity Plus - Lois: Features Elliott on Rougher. Elliott played acoustic guitar and sang. Recorded in Portland in Elliott's front room.

Hell Below / Stars Above - Toadies: Elliott played piano on the title track, Hell Below / Stars Above.

Magnet New Music Sampler Vol. 35 - Various Artists: Twilight.

Slaying Since 1996 - Various Artists: Division Day.
Posted by: Neil on February 28th 2009

Just a small update. I finally got around to scanning a few more of the compilations featuring Elliott I have lying around the house. Lots of firsts in the group.

Filthy Festival Fun - A Polydor New Release Sampler: The first compilation added to the database which features Wouldn't Mama Be Proud? (which was never a single).

American Eagle Outfitters - The Blue Album Volume 2: I had forgotten to scan this and add it, mostly because it caused the little indie kid within me to recoil in horror. At least it wasn't Hot Topic or Walmart.

A Little on the CD Side Volume 31: Officially the greatest pun in an album title in the discography to date and the CD was manufactured by "Joe's Production & Grille Inc" to boot. Awesome.

Network 40 - CD Tuneup 109: The first non-label created compilation in the discography featuring Miss Misery surprisingly enough.

Music Inspired by Bumbershoot: The first compilation in the discography to feature Pretty (Ugly Before).

There's also some slightly less notable firsts in the group as well, such as "first compilation to feature Elliott and Eminem" and "Elliott and Gloria Estefan"... but let's not go there.
Posted by: Neil on November 30th 2008

A very kind member of SweetAdeline's message board, Geneviève, has provided me with a DVD of a Heatmiser concert! The show is from 1993 and is the first full concert video to find its way onto the internet and the second Heatmiser show to surface.

Screenshots can be seen here.
Setlist info is here.
The torrent is here.
Enjoy!
Posted by: Neil on September 17th 2007

The new Elliott Smith album, New Moon, is due to be released on the 8th. Those of you who preordered from Kill Rock Stars may have already received yours. I got my copy in the mail today, and it has been scanned and added to the discography.

Preordering does have its benefits. KRS included a poster, postcard, and some assorted bonus stuff in its package.

Also added to the discography is an album by the band Ain't. Elliott played tremolo on the song "Suit of Running Water" from their 1995 release, Nope.



Posted by: Neil on May 2nd 2007

Excuse the extreme lack of updates here. There is stuff percolating in the background, but it doesn't look like it when you see the last news date.

I typically don't update the front page with news of compilations unless they feature rare songs, but if any of you were looking for an excuse to introduce your father or mother to some good music this fathers/mothers day, there's a great two disc compilation featuring Elliott Smith, Lou Barlow, Vic Chestnut, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and several other notables that was recently released. Some of the song choices are slightly questionable, but if you're looking to get someone into some good modern singer/songwriter stuff, it looks like a solid mix.

Rough Trade Shops: Singer Songwriter Vol. 1

In other compilation news, it has been revealed that an Elliott Smith song will be featured on volume two of the Live From Nowhere Near You compilation. The compilation's proceeds go straight to Outside In, the same charity that all the ESMF money goes to. I'd encourage you all to buy the first cd and keep your eyes peeled for news of the second... if my information is correct (which I know it is) you'll all be VERY interested in volume two.
Posted by: Neil on March 28th 2007

Frontier Records has released Yellow #5 on 10" colored vinyl.

My copy just arrived today and it is sweet. For those of you not familiar (if there are any in that class who stumble across this page), Yellow #5 was an EP released on CD by Heatmiser, Elliott Smith's first commercial band. It was the second CD release, following 1993's Dead Air. The ep is a very solid follow-up, and a key turning point in the band's musical evolution. The EP starts off with an Dead Air outtake, Wake. The highlights on the EP however are the final two tracks. Idler and Junior Mint are the bridge between the loud grungeish sound of Dead Air and the more melodic rock that is Cop and Speeder.

Coincidentally, both the Dead Air vinyl and the Cop and Speeder vinyl are still in print and available from Frontier (as are the CD form if you'd prefer that.) If you haven't heard either, you'd do well to listen. It's considerably louder and rockier than either Elliott Smith's solo stuff or Neil Gust's No.2, but there's still a considerable bit there that should appeal to fans of either... and colored vinyl thrown in to boot.

A Merry Christmas indeed.
Posted by: Neil on January 10th 2007

I got married over the weekend. While that on its own is not particularly front page note worthy one of our wedding gifts is:

Just thought I'd share.

In other news, over the next few weeks you may notice some changes to the site as I do some rewriting of the php backend. Streamlining some sql querries and adding some new sections. Should be a blast.
Posted by: Neil on October 3rd 2006

I had been looking for this particular promo cd for quite some time. It's the infamous Elliot Smith Either/Or Promo from Kill Rock Stars. Has Elliott's name spelled incorrectly and No Name #5 listed as "Gone at Last." My life (and by extension the discography) is now somehow more complete.
Posted by: Neil on September 26th 2006