Browse by Artist: 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Easter Everywhere
Label:	CHARLY (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SNAP 132CD

2003 reissue. "This enhanced re-issue includes ten highly desirable bonus tracks in the form of live versions of eight songs from the group's debut album, recorded in Texas and San Francisco, an instrumental version of 'Levitation,' as well as a previously unreleased studio gem, 'I Don't Ever Want To Come Down.' One of the pioneer psychedelic groups of the '60s, The 13th Floor Elevators released four remarkable albums on the highly-regarded Texan label, International Artists. Fronted by the legendary and truly eccentric visionary Roky Erickson, the group has enjoyed sizeable cult status ever since their ground-breaking single, 'You're Gonna Miss Me' made the U.S. charts in 1966. Their first two albums are widely recognized as being landmarks of their era. The group's second album for International Artists, 1967's Easter Everywhere is essentially an extension of the sound of their debut album. Another bona fide psychedelic classic, its standout tracks include the eight minute epic 'Slip Inside This House' and an inspired cover of Bob Dylan's '(It's All Over Now) Baby Blue.'"

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Bull of the Woods
Label:	CHARLY (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SNAP 201CD

2004 UK version of the classic 3rd album, originally issued in 1969. "Classic final studio album now featuring 10 bonus tracks. Generally recognized as being one of the pioneer psychedelic groups of the '60s, The 13th Floor Elevators released four seminal albums on the highly-regarded Texan label, International Artists between 1966 and 1969. Leader Roky Erickson's involvement in the recording sessions for Bull of the Woods, the group's final studio album, was somewhat curtailed owing to his being sidelined by his increasing drug and legal problems. The group's guitarist Stacy Sutherland however, proved more than an able deputy for Roky and wrote most of the songs. The resulting album remains as another memorable slice of psychedelia. Roky's two contributions, the reverb-drenched 'May The Circle Remain Unbroken' and 'Never Another' along with 'Doctor Doom' are album highlights. This re-issue includes 10 bonus tracks. These include four outtakes from the Bull of the Woods sessions and includes a sublime acoustic reading of 'Splash 1,' one of the standout tracks from the group's debut album. The five 'live' titles are taken from the group's Live album, and are in fact studio recordings with overdubbed audience effects. As with last year's enhanced reissue of the group's other classic album, Easter Everywhere, the attractive digipak packaging faithfully reproduces the original artwork and includes an illustrated booklet with detailed sleeve notes."

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Going Up: The Very Best Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Label:	CHARLY (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SNAP 211CD

2004 release, single CD best-of collection. "The 20 greatest mind-blowing highlights recorded for the International Artists label between 1966 and 1969 by the pioneering psychedelic rock group. Featuring the groundbreaking single, 'You're Gonna Miss Me,' other classics such as 'Fire Engine,' 'Slip Inside This House' and 'May The Circle Remain Unbroken,' plus the recently discovered nugget 'I Don't Ever Want To Come Down' and a manic version of Van Morrison's garage classic, 'Gloria.' Fronted by the truly eccentric and iconic Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators produced some of the most inventive and memorable music of the era. Their often-menacing drug-fuelled songs with a potent combination of R&B, folk-rock and Kinks/Stones punk and stoned lyrics based on a nihilistic hippy philosophy have brought them cult status ever since."

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Headstone: The Contact Sessions
Label:	CHARLY (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	SNAX 615CD

"The first studio recordings by the 13th Floor Elevators from January and February 1966 made in Texas for an album which never saw the light of day in those heady drug-filled days. Mono versions of the eleven original tracks, including the groundbreaking 'You're Gonna Miss Me' and 'Fire Engine' plus four remastered stereo alternative takes. In addition to the studio material this package includes four previously unreleased live recordings from La Maison in 1966, including 'We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place' and two other previously unreleased tracks. Recordings remastered and remixed in 2007 by the original producer Walt Andrus. Presented in a luxury digibook with a detailed 16-page booklet written by band expert Paul Drummond."

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Bull Of The Woods
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	GET 615

"Originally released in 1968 by the International Artists label. An incomplete album tentatively titled The Beauty And The Beast that was released with a changed title after the band's demise. Its finest moments are 'Never Another' (one of the best and most demented tracks ever recorded and the only one on the album written by the usual songwriting duo of Roky Erickson and Tommy Hall) and 'May The Circle Remain Unbroken' (a haunting Roky's composition that may be the strangest thing this great band ever cut). Original artwork. 180 gram HQ vinyl."

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	His Eye Is On The Pyramid
Label:	RECALL (UK)
Format:	2CD
Price:	$14.00
Catalog #:	SMD 190CD

1999 Charly-related double CD greatest hits compilation. Unnecessary perhaps, but another way to package some of the greatest music of all time... "Formed in Austin, Texas, USA in 1965. Featuring the vocals of Roky Erickson, The 13th Floor Elevators were one of the original acid rock bands & one of the most popular cult psychedelic groups of all time. Presented here on this 2CD set are tracks from the 1966 self-titled debut album 13th Floor Elevators including the hit single 'You're Gonna Miss Me' and the gentle folk-rocker 'Splash 1,' 1967's Easter Is Everywhere & the 1968 release Bull of The Woods (which was mostly penned by guitarist Stacey Sutherland due to Rocky Erickson's drug problem) featuring 'May The Circle Remain Unbroken,' probably the strangest thing the band ever cut!"

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Grackle Debacle
Label:	SPALAX (FRANCE)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	SPA 14596

"This CD features great rare live recordings at the Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco), at La Maison (Houston) in 1966 and some tracks from the 1976 concert at the 'Sleeping Lay Caf�' in Fairfax. Contains comprehensive liner notes and exclusive rare photos." Also features 3 solo Roky tracks, live at the Sleeping Lady Cafe, 1976. A mish-mash of stuff, rather unattractively packaged, in that legendary Spalax half-hearted fashion. Does feature real ghetto graph on the front cover (underneath the word "Debacle" no less), a theoretical first for the Elevators discography.

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Psychedelic Circus
Label:	THE GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC CO.
Format:	CD
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	GA 710CD

"Formed in Texas in the mid-'60s, the 13th Floor Elevators started as a garage rock outfit, scoring their one and only modest national hit with 'You're Gonna Miss Me.' While Roky 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. Trips to San Francisco established the group as an up-and-coming underground favorite and one of the original acid rock bands."

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Rockius Of Levitatum
Label:	VINYL LOVERS (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
Format:	LP
Price:	$24.00
Catalog #:	VL 901233LP

"To fully understand and appreciate a band like the 13th Floor Elevators, one had to see them play live, preferably more than once--the reason being that no two Elevators shows were ever alike, ranging from brilliantly euphoric to unbelievably catastrophic. Of course, the unevenness of their performances was due to one small but powerful thing called LSD, which the band took in copious amounts prior to each show (often charitably passing it out to members of the audience as well). For the Elevators this was a way of life, for which they (particularly lead singer and guitarist Roky Erickson) would notoriously soon pay. This collection of live tracks gives those of us who weren't there during those halcyon days of psychedelia, a taste of just what lofty heights (and hellish depths) the Elevators were capable of reaching. The performances are taken from three sources: 'Roller Coaster,' 'You're Gonna Miss Me' and 'Tried to Hide' from a rockin' appearance on a local Dallas/Ft. Worth television show in the spring of 1966, 'Don't Fall Down', 'Kingdom Of Heaven,' 'She Lives In A Time of Her Own' and 'I've Got Levitation' from a notoriously shambolic gig in Houston in 1967, and the remaining eight tracks from a series of stellar performances at San Francisco's Avalon Ballroom in autumn of 1966." On 180 gram vinyl.

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