


1997 was also the year that Either/Or was released. It seemed to be a surprising turn of events for both Smith and his fans. His performance at the Oscars was characteristically nervous but brilliant. 1997 marked a turning point in Smith's career, his music was featured prominently in Gus Van Sant's Good Will Hunting soundtrack, which led to the singer suddenly becoming the Oscar-nominated center of attention. To celebrate the album's 20th anniversary Kill Rock Stars has remastered the album from the original tapes and included additional recordings from around the time of the album's release. He thought it wasĪ great idea.Cartridge Headshells / Alignment / CleanersĢ0th anniversary pressing of Elliott Smith's landmark Either/Or! Widely regarded as the singer-songwriter's best album, Either/Or continues to be his most popular as well. Whether he would support Elliott's music being included. I told him about the internet archive and asked He has already announced that the family approves I spoke to Gary Smith today who is currently making music decisions forĮlliott Smith's estate.

"while we were talking, we talked about sharing/trading elliott's music and he thought it was important to mention it was ok to share or trade elliott's music because elliott believed people should be able to trade musically with each other and that the family feels the same." Reported post from Charlie who runs the official site re conversation with Gary Smith, Elliott Smith's father: "i think it's nice people want to take the trouble to record music that apparently they seem to like. "i like the idea.sure, people should be able to trade musically with each other, i mean people do anyway.there's arguments to be made.but i don't really have an opinion.i'm not one of those bands that sells millions of records and then gets mad at napster" What did elliott think about places where i download music (like napster)?

Smith gave his go-ahead for Elliot's shows to be hosted at the Archive. RIGHTS On June 20, 2005, in conversation with a LMA curator, Dr.
