![]() ![]() “The bonus tracks would have swamped the album,” he said. He put the time in, writing and recording so many songs that didn’t make the cut.” The estate instead put out the posthumous collection “New Moon” in 2007. “I wished I could just call him and say, ‘Come in and listen to this,’” Mr. “But Elliott would have said, ‘Oh, just throw that away - let me recut that, let me rerecord that, let me write new words.’” Crane recalled of his audio responsibilities. In returning recently to the “Either/Or” expansion, Mr. Crane, who founded Jackpot! studio in Portland with Mr. Smith’s help in 1997, hoped to preserve the sanctity of the original music, while also not superseding it. “The regular version of the album will stay completely available and unchanged,” he said. “Elliott has some pretty hard-core fans.”īut with the original remaining in print, Mr. Crane and the mastering engineer Adam Gonsalves had more leeway to experiment with the sound of the reissue, which they beefed up, using new technology, while removing excess noise for additional sonic clarity. “It started to feel like we were lifting the veil off,” Mr. Crane said.įor the bonus material - “dessert after dinner,” Mr. Crane said - he selected five live tracks from the Yo Yo a Go Go festival in Olympia, Wash., in 1997. “They really demonstrate how adept he was live as a guitarist - the fingerpicking, slap-picking and different techniques,” he said.
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