USED VINYL
Elliot Smith-Roman Candle
$29.99
The record
Title: Elliott Smith - Roman Candle
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1994, Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk and Lo-Fi, Portland, Oregon 8/26
Matrix #: N/A
Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: Elliott S (69' - 03')
Cultural Facts:
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Basement Recording: Smith recorded Roman Candle largely by himself on a four-track cassette machine in the basement of girlfriend and manager JJ Gonsonās Portland house, using a cheap microphone placed close enough to capture both his voice and fingers on the guitar.
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Accidental Album: Smith originally thought of the recordings as demos and hoped a label might choose a song for a 7-inch single. Cavity Search Records heard the cassette and instead released the recordings essentially unchanged as his debut album.
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Early Song Lore: āCondor Aveā dated back to Smithās teenage songwriting years, showing that material from his obscure pre-Heatmiser home-recording days was still resurfacing when he began his solo career.
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