Elliott Smith 
The Vic, Chicago, 11-3-00 

Original recording by Derek See (Thanks!)

Taping position: center of first elevation on main floor

Audience recording>MD recorder> digital optical cable> Phillips standalone burner (result: digital master clone)>EAC (no errors)>normalized, retracked (gaps eliminated) and EQ'd (reduced bass) in Adobe Audition 1.5>coded to FLAC level 6 using Trader’s Little Helper (aligned on sector boundaries) 

This is the fourth in a series of recordings I am helping circulate. I don’t know if this one has circulated or not, possibly there is an inferior version out there already with skips in it and a much lower overall volume. But if there is a different recording out there, I would still like to get hold of it so maybe the two can be matrixed.


By November 2000, Elliott and band had a lot of shows under their belts and were really tight. At one point Elliott says that his backing band is the group Granddaddy.

Setlist info from www.sweetadeline.net (although their track list is missing Independence Day). Date given there as 11-3-00, while the disc I received said 11-13-00.


01. intro 0:40
02. needle in the hay 4:16
03. son of sam 3:17
04. clementine 2:34
05. l.a. 3:07
06. cupid’s trick 3:50
07. division day 3:25
08. waltz #2 (xo) 4:27
09. bled white 2:59
10. stupidity tries 3:57
11. in the lost & found 3:35
12. junk bond trader 3:40
13. happiness 4:19
14. ballad of big nothing 2:18
15. independence day 3:18
16. can’t make a sound 3:59
17. everything means nothing to me 2:35
18. applause 1:53
19. fond farewell 4:04
20. say yes 2:18
21. angeles 3:12
22. speed trials 3:31 (encore applause is cut)
23. don’t fear the reaper 4:56
76:12