No Confidence Man

"Shytown"/"No Confidence Man"
"Shytown"/"No Confidence Man"
Single by Elliott Smith and Pete Krebs
A-side	"Shytown"
B-side	"No Confidence Man"
Released	1994
Recorded	August 14, 1994
Genre	Singer-songwriter; indie folk;
Label	Slo-Mo
Songwriter(s)	Pete Krebs, Elliott Smith
Producer(s)	Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith singles chronology

"No Confidence Man" is a song by American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. It was originally released in 1994 by record label Slo-Mo as the B-side to a split 7-inch vinyl single with Pete Krebs, with Krebs' track "Shytown" making the A-side, making it his first solo single.

Recording

"No Confidence Man" was recorded in one day, on August 14, 1994. Engineering was handled by Smith.^[1]

Content

The lyrics refer to a character named "Charlie", who has been referenced in at least one other of Smith's songs, and is a possible reference to Smith's stepfather Charlie Welch.^[2]

Release

The single was originally released in 1994 by record label Slo-Mo.

It was re-issued in digital format in 2014 by UseMusic.org,^[3] with proceeds going to Outside/In, a not-for-profit Portland, Oregon organisation that works with homeless youth. The tracks were remixed by producer and Elliott Smith archivist Larry Crane: "I remixed these recently from excellent transfers of the original 1/4-inch, 8-track master tapes, so the audio is quite a bit better than old transfers pulled off vinyl".^[2]

Track listing

Side A

Pete Krebs – "Shytown"

Side B

Elliott Smith – "No Confidence Man"

References

^ Nugent, Benjamin (April 1, 2009). Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780786738106. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Greenwald, David (January 27, 2014). "Lost Elliott Smith Single Unearthed for Charity | OregonLive.com". OregonLive.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
^ Lannamann, Ned (January 29, 2014). "Mike Doughty Reworks Old Elliott Smith Tape, Causes Consternation | Blogtown, PDX | Portland Mercury". The Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

External links

"Shytown/No Confidence Man" at Discogs

[1] Nugent, Benjamin (April 1, 2009). Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780786738106. Retrieved February 18, 2015.

[Greenwald-2] Greenwald, David (January 27, 2014). "Lost Elliott Smith Single Unearthed for Charity | OregonLive.com". OregonLive.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.

[3] Lannamann, Ned (January 29, 2014). "Mike Doughty Reworks Old Elliott Smith Tape, Causes Consternation | Blogtown, PDX | Portland Mercury". The Portland Mercury. Archived from the original on February 20, 2014. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

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