Roman Candle, Elliott's first solo album, was recorded in Fall 1993. The liner notes of the album state "recorded on 4-track in the basement fall 1993 courtesy of Jeff Stovall, Neil Gust, and James Ewing". According to many sources, the basement that it was recorded in was the basement of JJ Gonson.
From the liner notes of the album:
- All songs by Elliott Smith except No Name #1 music by JJ Gonson/Elliott Smith
- Snare and cymbal on No Name #1 and Kiwi Maddog by Kid Tulsa
- Mixed with help from Tony Lash
- Sleeve by Neil Gust
- Technical help by Peter Hawkinson
- Cover photo by JJ Gonson
- Other photos by Neil
Alphabet Town/Eddie Brock also have detailed information about additonal songs that were recorded in Fall 1993 at JJ Gonson's house. These include the songs Carl's El Camino, We're All Friends Now, Don't Call Me Billy, Untitled Melancholy Song, Untitled Soft Song in F, Splitzville, and perhaps others. This information is partially documented on the page linked below but I think more of it was from the actual Alphabet Town site that is no longer online (but can be found in archives and I'm also attempting to link below):
www.tapatalk.com/groups/alphabettown/date-unknown-fall-1993-roman-candle-t18.html
web.archive.org/web/20190327035352/http://alphabet-town.com/romancandleelectric
Please let me know if any of that info above isn't correct, it gets a bit confusing.
For more photos and information on different pressings, please see the release page for Roman Candle later in this timeline and also the Roman Candle page of the discography.
From the liner notes of the album:
- All songs by Elliott Smith except No Name #1 music by JJ Gonson/Elliott Smith
- Snare and cymbal on No Name #1 and Kiwi Maddog by Kid Tulsa
- Mixed with help from Tony Lash
- Sleeve by Neil Gust
- Technical help by Peter Hawkinson
- Cover photo by JJ Gonson
- Other photos by Neil
Alphabet Town/Eddie Brock also have detailed information about additonal songs that were recorded in Fall 1993 at JJ Gonson's house. These include the songs Carl's El Camino, We're All Friends Now, Don't Call Me Billy, Untitled Melancholy Song, Untitled Soft Song in F, Splitzville, and perhaps others. This information is partially documented on the page linked below but I think more of it was from the actual Alphabet Town site that is no longer online (but can be found in archives and I'm also attempting to link below):
www.tapatalk.com/groups/alphabettown/date-unknown-fall-1993-roman-candle-t18.html
web.archive.org/web/20190327035352/http://alphabet-town.com/romancandleelectric
Please let me know if any of that info above isn't correct, it gets a bit confusing.
For more photos and information on different pressings, please see the release page for Roman Candle later in this timeline and also the Roman Candle page of the discography.
