Elliott Smith- Roman Candle [180g] Vinyl Record

Roman Candle is where it all started. Elliott Smith recorded these songs on a four-track in a Portland basement in 1993, never really meaning them for release, until his then-girlfriend J.J. Gonson passed the tapes to Cavity Search Records, who issued them in 1994.

It is the most unguarded record he ever made: just Smith, an acoustic guitar and that close, double-tracked voice. Most of the songs did not even get proper titles, and "No Name #1" through "No Name #4" sit next to the title track, "Condor Ave." and the bleak, beautiful "Last Call".

Kill Rock Stars reissued it with a remaster by Roger Seibel at SAE and Larry Crane, Tape Op editor and Smith's archivist, and this pressing comes on 180-gram vinyl. Label founder Slim Moon once said he had never before or since heard music so raw, personal and wise.

Essential for anyone who loves Either/Or, and the clearest view of the songwriter Smith was about to become.

Side A
1. Roman Candle
2. Condor Ave.
3. No Name #1
4. No Name #2
5. No Name #3

Side B
1. Drive All Over Town
2. No Name #4
3. Last Call
4. Kiwi Maddog 20/20