Posted on 12/02/2015 12:42:43 AM PST by WhiskeyX
The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators (Full Album) Side A
1. You're gonna miss me 00:00
2. Roller coaster 02:30
3. Splash 1 07:36
4. Reverberation 11:31
5. Don't fall down 14:20
Side B
1. Fire engine 17:21
2. Thru the rhythm 20:41
3. You don't know (how young you are) 23:49
4. Kingdom of Heaven 26:45
5. Monkey Island 29:54
6. Tried to hide 32:32
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 13th Floor Elevators is an American rock band from Austin, Texas, formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland, which existed from 1965 to 1969.[1] During their career, the band released four LP records and seven 45s for the International Artists record label.[2]
They are often credited as one of the first psychedelic bands in the history of rock n' roll. According to the 2005 documentary You're Gonna Miss Me, Tommy Hall is credited with coining the term "psychedelic rock", although artists such as the Holy Modal Rounders and the Deep had used the term "psychedelic" to describe their music earlier. Their contemporary influence has been acknowledged by 1960s musicians such as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Chris Gerniottis of Zakary Thaks.
Their debut 45 "You're Gonna Miss Me", a national Billboard No. 55 hit in 1966, was featured on the 1972 compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, which is considered vital in the history of garage rock and the development of punk rock. Seminal punk band Television played their song "Fire Engine" live in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s–1990s, the 13th Floor Elevators influenced important bands such as Primal Scream, the Shamen and Spacemen 3, all of whom covered their songs, and 14 Iced Bears who use an electric jug on their single "Beautiful Child". In 2009 the International Artists released a ten CD box set entitled Sign of the 3-Eyed Men, which included the mono and new, alternate stereo mixes of the original albums together with two albums of previously unreleased material and a number of rare live recordings.
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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators is the debut studio album by The 13th Floor Elevators. The album's sound, featuring elements of folk, garage rock, blues and psychedelia, is notable for its use of the electric jug, as featured on the band's only hit, "You're Gonna Miss Me", which reached number 55 on the Billboard Charts with "Tried to Hide" as a B-side. Another single from the album, "Reverberation (Doubt)", reached number 129 on the Billboard's Bubbling Under Chart.
The August 1966 album back cover credits the words "the psychedelic sounds of: The 13th Floor Elevators", which is purported to be the first use of the word "psychedelic" in reference to the music within. Two other bands also used the word in titles of LPs released in November 1966: The Blues Magoos' Psychedelic Lollipop, and The Deep's Psychedelic Moods.
In 2005, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators was remastered and reissued in compact disc format by Charly Records, a British record label specialised in reissued material. It included bonus tracks of the band's 1966 performance at the Avalon Ballroom, a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, and both sides of a single, "We Sell Soul" and "You're Gonna Miss Me", from Roky Erickson's pre-13th Floor Elevators band, The Spades.
In 2009, the original mono version was released as part of the "Sign of the 3-Eyed Men" box set. The set also featured a new, alternate stereo version which retained the band's original intended track listing, as well as false starts on some of the tracks. (The International Artists label had altered the track listing without the band's consent when the album was first released.) Both versions on the box set featured different bonus tracks, some that were previously unreleased.
The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[5]
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First heard “You’re Gonna Miss Me” on Lenny Kaye’s “Nuggets” compilation...grabbed me immediately!
“It’s a nugget if you dug it.” - Lenny Kaye
The Elevators were regulars on a rock show copy of American Bandstand in San Antonio that aired on Saturday mornings. They are legend in South Texas.
I remember seeing Roky in Deep Ellum at Theater Gallery way back.
I Saw them at Light Circus Feel Good down at Allan’s Landing in Houston.
You had to walk up 3 flights of stairs to get to the club.
They didn’t serve alcohol there.
I saw them somewhere else as well - but don’t remember what the name of the club was.
Leave leave leave
Leave your body behind.
We have lift-off: the 13th Floor Elevators at Levitation festival
Of course, it was without guitarist Stacy Sutherland, who was shot and killed by his wife in the 1970s.
He was a great guitar player. His performance on "Nobody to Love" is one of my all-time favorites.
Before the reunion, the last news on Tommy Hall was that he was living on welfare in the San Francisco area.
bttt - RIP Roky: you will be missed.
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