News ·  Fans Unhappy with Remastering of Elliott Smith Reissues
Elliott Smith’s longtime friend Larry Crane has been finding out
just how obsessed certain fans of the singer are during the
buildup to a set of reissues due out next month. Crane
supervised the reissues, and has already come under criticism
for his work on various Internet message boards, even though no
one has actually heard his work yet.   "My first thought was,
'Am I doing the right thing?'" Crane said in an interview with
Spinner. "I said to my girlfriend, 'My God, should I be doing
this?' She said, 'Are you making it sound better?' I said, 'I
guess'. She said, 'How can that be wrong?'  I'm getting [bashed]
on message-boards for something nobody's heard. Some people are
like, 'Oh my God, how can you do that?' I'm not smashing it and
flatlining it like a Metallica record."   The album that has
caused most consternation is Roman Candle, Smith’s first solo
album. "He used really cheap mics on the record," Crane said.
"Some sounds are really ja