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Elliott Smith Rarities Compilation to Be Released

Even four years after his death, the sensitive songwriter Elliott Smith still lives on with a number of posthumous releases. First there was From a Basement on The Hill, the haunting collection of songs Smith was working on at the time of his untimely demise. And now on May 8th, Smith's original label Kill Rock Stars (he later signed with Dreamworks) will release New Moon, a two-disc compilation of 24 songs recorded during his minimal acoustic period (1994-1997) while he working on his two emotionally potent classics, the self-titled Elliott Smith and Either/Or. A significant portion of proceeds from New Moon will go towards Outside In, a social service organization designed to provide benefits and services to homeless teens and underprivileged adults.

The track listing is as follows:

Disc One:

01 Angel in the Snow
02 Talking to Mary
03 High Times
04 New Monkey
05 Looking Over My Shoulder
06 Going Nowhere
07 Riot Coming
08 All Cleaned Out
09 First Timer
10 Go By
11 Miss Misery (Early Version)
12 Thirteen

Disc Two:

01 Georgia Georgia
02 Whatever (Folk Song in C)
03 Big Decision
04 Placeholder
05 New Disaster
06 Seen How Things Are Hard
07 Fear City
08 Either/Or
09 Pretty Mary K (Other Version)
10 Almost Over
11 See You Later
12 Half Right

At this time, Smith's death still remains unresolved according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

--The ARTISTdirect Staff
02.14.07