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ELLIOTT SMITH DISCOGRAPHY

4/27/93 - dead air released

Heatmiser's first album, called Dead Air, was released on 4/27/93. Some places on the internet state that it was released in September of 1993. This doesn't seem possible since the album was in The Rocket top 20 in June 1993 (see photo below, taken from "therocket90s" Instagram account). The promo cassette also states a 4/27/93 release date. Release dates can definitely change but The Rocket info seems to verify that it did come out in April.

From the liner notes of the CD pressing of Dead Air:

- Produced by Heatmiser and Thee Slayer Hippy
- Engineered and mixed by Tony Lash
- Lowlife and Bottle Rocket basic tracks recorded by Bob Stark
- Recorded at Sound Impressions Milwaukee, Oregon
- Mixed at Whitehorse Studios Portland, Oregon
- Assistant mix engineer: Bob Stark
- Digitally edited at Super Duper
- Mastered at K-Disc by John Golden
-  Art direction by the band
- Photos by JJ Gonson
- Front cover photo by Gustavo del Chucho Bravo
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For more information about the different pressings of the album, please see the Dead Air page. Some photos of different pressings are below along with the page from The Rocket and a review from the Summer 1993 issue of Puncture magazine. Also a review/blurb from the April 1993 issue of Paperback Jukebox (photo of that from Charlie at Sweet Adeline) and a Locals Only chart with Dead Air in it from July 1993 Paperback Jukebox. Most (if not all) of the colored vinyl pressings below were reissues that came out later than this original release date but are  posted here to show the different colored pressings that did happen over time. Below these photos, don't miss the music video for Blackout.
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  • Waiting for the Second Hand
  • Menagerie
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  • Trick of Paris Season
  • The Music of Heatmiser
  • Stray
  • Dead Air
  • Sleeping Pill
  • Yellow No. 5
  • Roman Candle
  • Cop and Speeder
  • Shytown/No Confidence Man
  • Needle in the Hay
  • Elliott Smith
  • Speed Trials
  • Everybody Has It
  • Mic City Sons
  • Either/Or
  • Division Day
  • Good Will Hunting/Miss Misery
  • Ballad of Big Nothing
  • XO
  • Waltz #2 (XO)
  • A Brief History
  • Baby Britain
  • Because
  • Happiness
  • Son of Sam
  • Figure 8
  • B-Sides, Alternate Versions and Demos
  • Pretty (Ugly Before)
  • From a Basement on the Hill
  • New Moon
  • An Introduction To...
  • Alternate Versions from Either/Or
  • Heaven Adores You
  • Elliott Smith Alternate Versions
  • Miscellaneous Items
  • Select Compilations
  • Covers By Other Artists
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  • List of Versions by Song
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