13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS EASTER EVERYWHERE RADAR RAD 15 LP
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13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
EASTER EVERYWHERE
SLIP INSIDE THIS HOUSE
SLIDE MACHINE
SHE LIVES (IN A TIME OF HER OWN)
NOBODY TO LOVE
BABY BLUE
EARTHQUAKE
DUST
LEVITATION
I HAD TO TELL YOU
POSTURES (LEAVE YOUR BODY BEHIND)
RELEASED ON RADAR RECORDS RAD 15
THE RECORD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, ALTHOUGH THE SLEEVE SHOWS SLIGHT SIGNS OF AGE
Featuring the yelping vocals and visionary, occasionally demented lyrics of Roky Erickson, the 13th Floor Elevators were one of the original acid rock bands. Formed in Texas in the mid-'60s, the Elevators started as a garage rock outfit, scoring their one and only modest national hit with "You're Gonna Miss Me." While Erickson's loopy persona and Tommy Hall's odd "jug" percussion were the band's most distinguishing features, several members of the group's original lineup contributed strong material to their albums. Although these inconsistent efforts sometimes wander off into a cloudy haze, they also include sturdy folk-rock tunes and driving psychedelic rockers. Trips to San Francisco established the group as an up-and-coming underground favorite, but Erickson's problems with drugs and the police led to the singer's commission to a state mental hospital in the late '60s, an ordeal from which he has never fully recovered. The band was really only at full power for a couple of albums, although all of their releases for the legendary International Artists label — produced by, of all people, Kenny Rogers' brother Leland — are revered among psychedelic collectors. Live recordings and outtakes of the Elevators continue to surface, though a cogent domestic compilation of the best of these erratic pioneers' work remains overdue.
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