From a Basement on the Hill II

~ Release by Elliott Smith (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Although named "From a Basement on the Hill II", most of the tracks on this bootleg are from recording sessions in the mid 1990s, some of them were in fact released as b-sides during this time.

Tracks 7, 9, 15 & 16 ("High Times", "New Disaster", "Almost Over" & "Untitled") are all previously unheard of and most likely to have been recorded during the Basement era.
Tracks 20 & 22 ("The Last Hour" & "Let's Get Lost") appear on the official release of "From a Basement on the Hill".
Tracks 17 & 18 are covers, "Thirteen" is originally by Big Star, "Trouble" by Cat Stevens. Both were recorded during the basement era, shortly before Elliott's death. They are also found the the soundtrack to the film, "Thumbsucker", and recorded for this purpose.

The remaining tracks all definately date from an earlier period to the Basement era, although this doesn't necessarily mean they were not reworked at a later date.

Tracks 1-4 appear on the Either/Or recording sessions
Tracks 5, 13, 14, 19 & 21 appear on the XO recording sessions
Track 8 appears on a compilation titled Yeti, and is probably an outtake from Elliott's self-titled album
Track 10 is a b-side on the Speed Trials EP
Tracks 6, 11 & 12 are very early tracks played live in 1994
Track 13 is a b-side on the Division Day single

Annotation last modified on 2006-08-27 11:01 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Placeholder
recording of:
Placeholder
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
2:56
2Fear City
recording of:
Fear City
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
3:55
3Abused
2:59
4Either/Or
recording of:
Either/Or
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
2:37
5Georgia
2:00
6Riot Coming
recording of:
Riot Coming
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
4:28
7High Times
recording of:
High Times
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
3:20
8Angel in the Snow
recording of:
Angel in the Snow
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
42:55
9New Disaster
recording of:
New Disaster
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
4:25
10I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out2:12
11Whatever (Some Folk Song in C)
2:36
12Crazy Fucker
2:37
13No Name #6
2:50
14Going Nowhere
recording of:
Going Nowhere
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
4:11
15Almost Over
recording of:
Almost Over
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
4.12:12
16Sticks and Stones
recording of:
Looking Over My Shoulder
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
4:13
17Thirteen
cover recording of:
Thirteen (Big Star)
composer:
Chris Bell (singer/songwriter/guitarist of Big Star) and Alex Chilton
part of:
Thumbsucker (2005)
3:02
18Trouble
cover recording of:
Trouble
lyricist:
Jon Brion and Jeff McGregor
composer:
Jon Brion
part of:
Thumbsucker (2005)
2:49
19Taking a Fall
2:58
20The Last Hour
recording of:
The Last Hour
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
3:54
21Amanda Cecilia
3:10
22Let's Get Lost
recording of:
Let’s Get Lost
lyricist and composer:
Elliott Smith (US singer-songwriter)
part of:
Thumbsucker (2005)
2:36