13th Floor ELEVATORS Red CRAYOLA ORIG 2-LP "EPITAPH FOR A LEGEND" Psych Garage
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$ 91
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Apr 7, 2024
Sold Date
Mar 31, 2024
Start Date
21
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USA
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- ABSOLUTELY 44 years past ORIGINAL
- DOUBLE LP
- Reissued Sure, but NOT this FIRST PRESS!
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- "EPITAPH FOR A LEGEND"
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- USA - INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS - (2 x LP's)
- MINTY TOP COPY + Scarce Roky Ericson media article !! BEAUTIFUL 44 YEARS FIRST PRESS!
- Original TWO LP SET (4-sides) , custom art gatefold ...
- Absolutely jammed full of rarities, maybe issued as 45's, or issued not at all ... lost and found in the vaults of the legendary "INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS" label, Houston Texas, issued as a limited edition 44 years ago.
- So great, was reissued in the States and overseas ...
- This is the first press, (44 years ago) only this copy contains a hard to find long newspaper article overviewing ROKY ERICkSON of the
- 13th Floor Elevators, who among other legends are featured on this sprawling double LP (4 sides) reflecting the 60's "hot-bed" of amazing Texas garage-rock & psychedelic scene rarities culled direct from the International Artists masters... fabulous audio quality throughout!
- Brainchild of legendary owner of the Texas based International Artists label, Lelan Rogers scoured the vaults and released 4 sides filled with essential garage, psych & blues rarities::::
Lelan Rogers' double LP (FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTERS) features alternate takes, demos, rehearsals and rare tracks from the International Artists vaults. In addition to previously unreleased and demo sides from Texas psychedlia legends such as Red Crayola and 13th Floor Elevators (including incredible pre-Elevators tracks from Roky Erickson and the Spades), there are many fine cuts by obscure garage punk acts such as The Chapparrals, and a terrific cover of the Bee Gees "In My Own Time" by Patterns, not to forget The Emporer's killer fuzzed-grunge killer- "I Want My Woman" and furious fuzz screamer "Communication Breakdown" by the Inner Sense...
Elsewhere their are GREAT unreleased '67 era DEMOS by the Red Crayola (many of which would be re-recorded for their debut) are a treat. The radio commercial for the 13Th Floor Elevators' "Bull of the Woods" remains essential listening, as is Roky's spaced-out late-70s interview on San Francisco's KSAN-FM.
So what else highlights "Epitaph for a Legend"? Side one is of the most impressive of the four sides, showcasing a series of International Artists acts that never managed to release more than a single or two for the label. All (7) side-one tracks are great, featuring The Patterns, The Chapparrals (three Houston-based brothers), and the Anglo-influenced Thursday's Children coming out ahead of the pack. Scattered throughout the other three sides highlights include a pair of pre-13th Floor Elevator tracks by The Spades, and a weird and extremely psychedelic acoustic piece by The Lost & Found ('25 M.P.H.'). Side three is interesting for spotlighting some of the label's R&B acts - Big Walter, Dave Allan, and a brief part interview segment with Lightnin' Hopkins. In the printed interview Rogers mentions having recorded hours of conversation with Hopkins. Hopkins' stunning acoustic blues 'Black Ghost' also served to shame the rest of the performances. as mentioned above, but also noted is a special mention goes out to The Inner Scene for their spirited, if technically limited cover of 'Communications Breakdown'. They also deserved the 'guitar solo meltdown' award for the same performance. Real person award went to Sonny Hall for the outright strange sci-fi 'Poor Planet Earth'
The Chaynes - Night Time
The Patterns - In My Own Time
The Chapparrals - I Tried So Hard
Thursday's Children - A Part of You
The Electric Rubayyat - If I Were a Carpenter
Sonny Hall - Poor Poor Planet
Inner Scene - Communications Breakdown
(side 2)
Red Crayola - Hurricane Fighter Plane
Red Crayola - Pink Stainless Tail
Red Crayola - Nickel Niceness
Red Crayola - Vile Vile Grass
Red Crayola - Transparent Radiation
The Emporers - I Want My Woman
Lost & Found - 25 M.P.H.
(side 3)
Big Walter - Breakfast In Bed
Dave Allen - C.C. Rider
Dave Allen - Saturday a.m. Blues
Lighnin' Hopkins - Conversation with
Lightnin' Hopkins - Black Ghost
(side 4)
Roky Erickson - Excerpts Interview with Roky KSAN 4/1/78
(pre- 13th Floor Elevators)The Spades - You're Gonna Miss Me
The Spades - We Sell Soul
Roky Erickson - Clementine Hall - Splash 1
Roky Erickson - C. Hall - Right Track Now
13th Floor Elevators - Wait for My Love
13th Floor Elevators - - 60" Radio Spot Bull In the Woods
13th Floor Elevators - Fire Engine
+ the rare media article from 30+ years, forget about it "rare"
- CONDITION:
- The cover: rated: M- TOP COPY ! Solid thick gatefold TOP COPY from 44 years past as a first printing ... there are no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ...
- The vinyl: Rated: M- all 4 sides look smooth, clean an play as great as you'll ever hope to find talking first issue ! The 4 International Arists labels are clean
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
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