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
Some other sources online have much more detailed information (mics used, recording methods, etc.) about these recording sessions, primarily the Alphabet Town site. Unfortunately, that site is not up at the moment and you'd have to search the Archives for their informative pages.
Alphabet Town also has 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. Please search out the Alphabet Town archives or contact me for more info as it's more than I intend to have here and also don't want to just take too much information that they worked hard to obtain.
For more photos and information on different pressings, please see the release page for Roman Candle in the 1994 listings of the 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
Some other sources online have much more detailed information (mics used, recording methods, etc.) about these recording sessions, primarily the Alphabet Town site. Unfortunately, that site is not up at the moment and you'd have to search the Archives for their informative pages.
Alphabet Town also has 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. Please search out the Alphabet Town archives or contact me for more info as it's more than I intend to have here and also don't want to just take too much information that they worked hard to obtain.
For more photos and information on different pressings, please see the release page for Roman Candle in the 1994 listings of the timeline and also the Roman Candle page of the discography.
