Elliott Smith - Live Acoustic Cover Versions, Volume 2, 1999-2003

A couple of weeks ago, I posted an album of Elliott Smith doing acoustic cover versions in concert. That dealt with the years 1997 to 1999. This one takes care of the rest of his all-too-brief career, from 1999 to 2003.

Here are the original artists for each song:

01 These Days - Nico / Jackson Browne
02 Chelsea Girls - Nico
03 Trouble - Jon Brion
04 Nighttime - Big Star
05 Little Maggie - traditional / Bob Dylan
06 Moonshiner - traditional / Bob Dylan
07 Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson
08 Friends - Led Zeppelin
09 Give Me Love [Give Me Peace on Earth] - George Harrison
10 Out on the Weekend - Neil Young
11 Long, Long, Long - Beatles
12 Blackbird - Beatles
13 Golden Street - Minders
14 Hooray for Tuesday - Minders

Generally speaking, Smith plays songs from artists who are widely considered musical giants. The exception to that are the two songs by the Minders. The reason for that is because Smith was on the same concert bill with the Minders many times during this time period, and he presumably liked their music.

All the songs are officially unreleased. The sound quality varies. Many of the songs were only played in concert once or twice, so we're lucky to get any bootleg recording at all. That means most of these are audience boots, not from soundboards. But that's not so important for acoustic performances, like these. It's much trickier to record a full band properly. If any of these songs sounded poor I would demote them to bonus tracks, but I didn't need to do that.

Although I don't have any more albums of Smith's live acoustic covers to present, I do have an album of Smith performing covers live with a band. I'll post that soon.

01 These Days (Elliott Smith)
02 Chelsea Girls (Elliott Smith)
03 Trouble (Elliott Smith)
04 Nighttime (Elliott Smith)
05 Little Maggie (Elliott Smith)
06 Moonshiner (Elliott Smith)
07 Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Elliott Smith)
08 Friends (Elliott Smith)
09 Give Me Love [Give Me Peace on Earth] (Elliott Smith)
10 Out on the Weekend (Elliott Smith)
11 Long, Long, Long (Elliott Smith)
12 Blackbird (Elliott Smith)
13 Golden Street (Elliott Smith)
14 Hooray for Tuesday (Elliott Smith)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15835535/EllittS_1999-2003_LiveAcoustcCoverVrsionsVolume2_atse.zip.html

The photo of Smith in the album cover is from London in 2003.