ARTiST : VA
ALBUM : To: Elliot From: Portland (A Tribute To Elliot Smith)
LABEL : Expunged Record
GENRE : Indie
RELEASE : 2006-01-19
STREET : 2006-02-07
ENCODER : LAME 3.90.3
QUALiTY : 196kbps avg / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo
SiZE : 78 MB
PLAYTiME : 00:53:14
+ TRACK LiSTiNG +
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[#] [Track Name] [Time]
1. The Decemberists - Clementine 4:25
2. The Helio Sequence - Satellite 3:17
3. Dolorean - The Biggest Lie 3:16
4. The Thermals - Ballad Of Big Nothing 2:43
5. Swords - I Didn't Understand 2:35
6. Sexton Blake - Rose Paradise 4:21
7. Amelia - Between The Bars 2:41
8. Eric Matthews - Needle In The Hay 4:34
9. We Are Telephone - Division Day 3:18
10. Crosstide - Angeles 2:31
11. Jeff Trott - Wouldn't Mama Be Proud 4:02
12. Knock-Knock - Speed Trials 4:12
13. To Live & Die In L.A. - King's Crossing 3:05
14. Lifesavas - Happiness 3:57
15. Sean Croghan - High Times 4:17
53:14
+ RELEASE iNFORMATiON +
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To: Elliott From: Portland", a tribute to the late Elliott Smith, will be
released February 7, 2006 on Portland-based independent label Expunged Records.
Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Elliott Smith Foundation's
charity, "Free Arts for Abused Children".
The compilation features notable Portland bands The Decemberists ("Clementine"),
Helio Sequence ("Satellite"), The Thermals ("Ballad of Big Nothing"), Swords ("I
Didn╣t Understand"), Dolorean ("The Biggest Lie"), and Sean Croghan ("Hard
Times"). "Hard Times", the song chosen by Croghan, a close friend and former
roommate of Smith's, is previously unreleased.
After Elliott died I spent a lot of time listening to these tapes he had given
me of his various recordings he made at home," Croghan says in the liner notes
for 'To: Elliott From: Portland'. "'High Times' hit me like a brick in the face.
I recalled him playing the song live, years earlier, but I had never heard the
recorded version. The song itself is a story, ultimately prophetic in regard to
Elliott's relationship with drugs, of some soul here in Portland (oh yes it
reeks of this city) trying to cop for
the first time.
"Elliott was my roommate, my friend and partner in crime. I recall feeling
totally lost when he left Portland for New York. Elliott was not good with
phones and once he left I knew I shouldn't expect to hear from him until he came
back. I had lost my confidant, my inspiration and, most painful to me, my
friend. Someday though, I hoped he would return. Unfortunately this wasn╣t to
be. Now, not only I but the world will miss his immense talent, his shy smile
and all the promise that will never be realized.