Elliott Smith - True Love Sessions (2001-2003 - HD REMASTER 2023)
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- Hi! I thought I would put out a video showcasing all of these beautiful takes of True Love that elliott recorded and mixed with Jon Brion in 2001, and later mixed himself in 2003. These takes are not the ones used in Heaven Adores You. I meant to upload these sooner but I had some troubles. Hopefully everyone enjoys, XO!
"OK, there’s a song on here that I recorded by myself at Jon [Brion]’s place that I want to keep, that I really like. Why don’t you just mix this song for me and I’ll be back in the morning.” Then he left. He was like, "I’ve got some errands to run right now, I’ve got some stuff I gotta do.” Remember, this is 2 a.m.-well no, by now it’s 4 a.m., because we had talked about my philosophy on recording and producing for two hours.
So I put the reel on the machine and I started listening to the song, just by myself. And the first time I heard it, just pushing up the faders so I could hear the different instruments and his voice, I got the chills. It was one of the most haunting, beautiful songs I’d ever heard. It sounded nothing like the music I’d heard him do before. It sounded way more intricate, way more complex.
It reminded me of Rachmaninoff, but with lyrics, with a story. Sitting in there alone, I almost had an out-of-body experience because I knew that I was about to work on one of the best things I’d ever worked on in my life. So I spent the next three or four hours mixing the song, which was called "True Love Is a Rose". It's a shame because that song never ended up on the album. He wanted it to be on the album, it was one of his favorites.
So he finally got back, listened to my mix, loved it, and then he says, "Let’s start recording another song." At this point he probably hasn’t slept in two days." - David McConnell, from Keep the Things You Forgot: An Elliott Smith Oral History, Pitchfork
Great song, though from what we hear about those sessions with McConnell, that out of body experience was probably just ketamine or something haha
An Oral History? I’d like to read that. I’ve read Benjamin Nugent’s book, “The Ballad of the Big Nothing”
The vibe hits different when this plays in the club,
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Bro what club u goin to 😂
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I remember hearing Jon Brion saying that he was really disappointed that this song was so beautiful and Elliott changed the lyrics and made it about drugs. And like most of us with this disease Elliott was pissed about the intervention and you can hear it in one of the takes here. I love the song personally because I completely identify with it and that's one of the things Elliott wanted to accomplish with his art.
Hi! I thought I would put out a video showcasing all of these beautiful takes of True Love that Elliott recorded and mixed with Jon Brion in 2001, and later mixed himself in 2003. These takes are not the ones used in Heaven Adores You. Many thanks to Topo for the beautiful art, again! XO 🕯
0:00 - Instrumental (2001 May - 2002 Spring)
5:22 - Main Vocal (January - April 2001)
11:00 - Alternate Lyrics/Alternate Vocal Takes (January - April 2001)
16:32 - Elliott's Mix (2002 - 2003)
Any chance you might post a DL link? 🙏
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Thankyou so much for putting something up I’ve never heard before
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Thank you!!! Awesome stuff.
I always liked the 2003 mix we had before Heaven Adores. Never liked how the track was mixed for the film, to be honest.
This is fantastic I always thought Elliott destroyed all the tapes he did with jon brion remember reading that somewhere
Any chance you might post a DL link? 🙏
5:07 "pause" ?
Are these part of the sessions that Elliott said made him too sad to listen to after the attempted intervention by John Brion and Co?