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:	The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Label:	CHARLY (UK)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	SNAP 225CD

2005 edition. "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. The intensity of this classic debut album has been rarely matched -- the influence it has had over the years upon everyone from The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and The Stooges through to The Spacemen Three, Julian Cope and so many of today's young hopefuls, is testament to its magnificence. Released in 1966 on the highly-regarded Texan label, International Artists, it lays claim to being the first psychedelic rock album and was certainly the first to use the term in a title. As well as the group's groundbreaking hit single, 'You're Gonna Miss Me,' it includes several other classics of the genre, such as 'Reverberation (Doubt)' and 'Fire Engine.' This enhanced re-issue includes ten bonus tracks. Eight of these are atmospheric live recordings from the era -- they vividly capture the heady atmosphere of the group's early gigs. These include their psychedelic takes on such '60s classics as 'The Word' and 'Gloria.' The two other bonus tracks are both sides of the single Roky made with his earlier group, The Spades -- his initial stab at 'You're Gonna Miss Me.' As with our earlier enhanced reissues of the group's Easter Everywhere and Bull Of The Woods albums, the attractive digipak packaging faithfully reproduces the original artwork, in this case, one of the most famous album images of the '60s. As well as new and authoritative updated notes, the accompanying illustrated booklet reproduces in full the original album's famed and truly off-the-wall introduction and individual track notes."

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Elevators - Live
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	GET 604

"Originally released in 1968 on the International Artists label. This is their 3rd album which is not a live album at all. The tracks were studio outtakes with fake applause added. Along with versions of the band's classics 'You're Gonna Miss Me' and 'Roller Coaster' this album contains 5 songs not included on their previous two studio albums: Bo Diddley's 'Before You Accuse Me', Buddy Holly's 'I'm Gonna Love You Too', Solomon Burke's classic 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love' and two original compositions ('You Gotta Take That Girl' and 'You Can't Hurt Me Anymore'). 10 tracks. Original artwork. Gatefold sleeve. 180 gram HQ vinyl."

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:	Live
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	GET 90604

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Bull Of The Woods
Label:	GET BACK (ITALY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	GET 90615

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:	The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
Label:	SUNDAZED
Format:	LP
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	SC 5218LP

"For the first time in 40 years, here it is in dangerously powerful MONO, exactly as it was intended: the stupefying debut album by Texas' heroic psychedelic point-men, the 13th Floor Elevators, on Sundazed's uncannily accurate high-definition vinyl! The unearthly banshee howl of Roky Erickson, the blistering guitar of Stacy Sutherland and the demented electric jug of Tommy Hall haven't sounded this scary since their glory days in the third eye of the lysergic hurricane!"

Artist:	13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Title:	Live
Label:	SUNSPOTS (ITALY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	SPOT 541CD

"Despite its title, the Elevators' third album (originally released in 1968 for the International Artists label) was actually not a live album at all. The tracks are all studio outtakes, with fake applause added between the songs. Along with versions of the band's classics 'You're Gonna Miss Me' and 'Roller Coaster', the album also contains 5 songs not found on their previous two studio albums, including a cover of Bo Diddley's 'Before You Accuse Me', Buddy Holly's 'I'm Gonna Love You Too', Solomon Burke's classic 'Everybody Needs Somebody To Love' and two original compositions ('You Gotta Take That Girl' and 'You Can't Hurt Me Anymore'). 10 tracks."

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