If you haven’t heard it already, Elyse Weinberg's song “Houses” is an amazing song that a lot of people have been covering lately, even though it was pretty much ignored in its own day in spite of the fact that Neil Young plays on it.
I recorded two versions of Elyse's beautiful song about twenty minutes apart from each other. I honestly couldn’t figure out which one to share with you. So if you’re interested in how two takes of the same song, played by the same person roughly back-to-back, can have so many subtle differences, give both a listen.
Take one
Take two
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Houses (Elyse Weinberg cover) x2
Glad to hear both of your takes on this one! If I'm not mistaken, Courtney Barnett also cut a version that ended up on a 7" or something. I remember after I heard Courtney's version, I went looking for the original, only to be surprised that it doesn't appear on Elyse's lone LP released at the time (whose cover is pictured above). I think it only came out on her unreleased — until relatively recently by the Numero Group — second record, Greasepaint Smile. For those interested in a vinyl copy, it seems to be sold out on Numero's Bandcamp site, linked above, but can still be ordered here: https://numerogroup.com/products/elyse-weinberg-greasepaint-smile
I just want to say how cool and intimate it is to be able to participate in something like this. Thank you all, just thank you...this is medicine. Much needed...