Either/Or Era Demos

These demos are believed to have been recorded between the "Elliott Smith" & "Either/Or" albums and include many of the songs
that would show up on "Either/Or". Two sets of demos have been shared by Charlie over at Sweet Adeline. Below these two sets
is another song that wasn't included, but is believed to have been recorded around the making of "Either/Or".

Some of the demos below have been removed as they are available on the New Moon release.
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Tracklisting

Disc 1 01 - Speed Trials 02 - Cupid's Trick 03 - Angeles 04 - Go By (Instrumental) [Available on New Moon] 05 - Ballad of Big Nothing 06 - New Monkey [Available on New Moon] 07 - Between the Bars 08 - No More 09 - Now You Wanna Show Me How 10 - Bottle Up & Explode [Removed - RIAA] 11 - Placeholder [Available on New Moon] 12 - Punch & Judy 13 - Alameda 14 - Pretty Mary K (Other Version) [Available on New Moon] 15 - Pictures of Me 16 - Say Yes 17 - Fear City [Available on New Moon] 18 - Some (Rock) Song

Disc 2 01 - Abused (Instrumental - Version 1) 02 - Bottle Up & Explode [Removed - RIAA] 03 - Alameda 04 - Speed Trials 05 - Go By (Instrumental) [Available on New Moon] 06 - No More 07 - New Monkey [Available on New Moon] 08 - Between the Bars 09 - Alameda 10 - Angeles 11 - Cupid's Trick 12 - Punch & Judy 13 - Say Yes 14 - Ballad of Big Nothing 15 - Abused (Instrumental - Version 2)

Seen How Things Are Hard [Available on New Moon]

From Disc 1: Final versions of Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 12, 13, 15, & 16 would go on to appear on "Either/Or".
The final version of Track 10 appears on "XO".
A completely different version of Track 14 appears on "Figure 8" (The songs are only similar in their title).

From Disc 2: Final versions of Tracks 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14 would go on to appear on "Either/Or".
The final version of Track 2 appears on "XO".

"Going Nowhere", "Georgia", "Either/Or (No More)" were previously listed in this section, but are now available under
the "Basement II" Demos page. While these three songs were included in the "Basement II" leak, they were most likely
recorded during the Either/Or era.

"Seen How Things Are Hard" is believed to have been recorded during "Either/Or" sessions,
but was not included in the leak of the other songs above.




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