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jinglejangle-digest      Friday, October 22 2004      Volume 07 : Number 126



                               Today's Subjects:
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  [MLL] Elliott's Fond Farewell & Smile                  [Recordings@aol.com]
  [MLL] From a basement on the hill  ["Solomon, Aidan" <Aidan.Solomon@wwirel]

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:33:42 -0400
From: Recordings@aol.com
Subject: [MLL] Elliott's Fond Farewell & Smile

I'm listening to the new Elliott.  Man, he was really determined to get back to his roots, wasn't he? This sound quality is at the level of "Elliott Smith" but with lots more instruments jammed in and recorded at full volume... about as far from XO and Figure 8 as he could get. It says a lot that at this point in his career, he chose to go the home-taper route.

Of course the songs themselves are so heartbreakingly good, it's hard to let them in...

I also got Brian Wilson's Smile - my god, what a revelation! That one sounds like it was recorded in the 60's and magically transported to our time.  No wonder: he recorded at Sunset Sound (site of the Beach Boys sessions, along with Elliott and Mary Lou) and used old mics and vintage mixing boards.  It's an amazing work, fully realized at last.

Dino

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Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 17:47:47 -0700
From: "Solomon, Aidan" <Aidan.Solomon@wwireless.com>
Subject: [MLL] From a basement on the hill

It's an amazing album.  The only thing i could compare it to would be - it's
like Elliott's "White Album".  I haven't been able to listen to anything but
it since i got it.

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