text: Rolling Stone Australia - Hear Unreleased Elliott Smith Song From 'Either/Or' Reissue
  by Ryan Reed | Jan 5, 2017 11:22:AM
  Elliott Smith's landmark third LP, 1997's Either/Or, will be reissued as a deluxe 20th anniversary set on March 10th via Kill Rock Stars. The Expanded Edition – available on 2-LP, 2-CD and digital formats – features five multi-track live recordings from Olympia, Washington's Yo Yo A Go Go Festival in 1997, along with four rare and unreleased studio recordings.
  The collection is highlighted by a previously unheard version of "I Figured You Out." Smith recorded the song in 1995 as a demo for folk artist Mary Lou Lord, who released a version – produced, performed, recorded and mixed by Smith – on her 1997 EP Martian Saints. The newly unearthed original version showcases Smith's melancholy vocal harmonies and layered guitars.
  Either/Or: Expanded Edition features the album remastered from the original tapes by Larry Crane, archivist of Smith's estate and owner of Portland, Oregon's Jackpot! Studios. Crane first conceived the project over a decade ago for a potential 10th anniversary release, but he was overwhelmed by the amount of archival material he discovered. Instead, the estate issued the 2007 posthumous Smith LP, New Moon.
  In addition to "I Figured You Out," the reissue also features a new version of "Speed Trials" B-side "I Don't Think I'm Ever Gonna Figure It Out," a keyboard version of New Moon's "New Monkey" and an alternate rendition of XO's "Bottle Up and Explode!" with different lyrics.