...........once again some kind soul w/ really bad handwriting has gifted me an amazing find. As you may have read in a previous blog The 13th Floor Elevators are going to be the recipient of the box set treatment come spring 2009. "Sign of the 3 Eyed Men" will be released in limited editions of 3,000 & will include the following...........
& here is the cover art for the box set.............
& the front & backs of the promo disc..........
Front
Back
From what I can gather this came out in January & is limited to just 1,000 copies so the promo sampler is going to be just as rare if not more rare then the actual box set. There also appears to be nothing exclusive to the promo in itself but does give a great glimpse into what the box set will contain. Here is a disc by disc listing.............
Now some of this stuff has been previously released. Obviously the 3 studio LP's....... Psychedelic Sounds of...., Bull of the Woods & Easter Everywhere were & have been out for quite awhile..... Some have had semi-legit releases. "Live in California! Avalon Ballroom (Stereo) had been floating around for quite some time now. The first appearance of this material was on an LP bootleg called "Live at The Avalon '66" on (no label given - FP 100 out of Italy). It came out originally in 1978. The copy I scored in Cali in '98 at a little store who's name eludes me is a second pressing on Lysergic Record Co. (LP 025.) issued in 1980. Dave Gibbons from Moxie Records (there's a whole 'nother story right there 'bout that guy......) issued it & if you have ever heard the "Boulders" series he put out then you already know the sound (let alone vinyl) quality he is "famous" for.
& here is a bootleg listing for it from the Roky Erickson CD Club...... (along w/ the "Sumptin' Else" material....)
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #7
13th Floor Elevators - "Avalon 1966"
9/2or3/66 Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California, 2nd gen soundboard clone
1. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
2. Before You Accuse Me
3. You Don't Know
4. Splash One (Now I'm Home)
5. I'm Gonna Love You Too
6. You Really Got Me
7. Fire Engine
8. Roll Over Beethoven
9. The Word
10. Monkey Island
11. Roller Coaster (missing track, French LP source)
3/25/66 speed-corrected, Sump'n Else TV Show, WFFA-TV, Dallas, Texas
12. You're Gonna Miss Me
13. Fire Engine
14. You Really Got Me
15. Roll Over Beethoven
5/9/66 speed-corrected, Sump'n Else TV Show, WFFA-TV, Dallas, Texas
16. Mercy, Mercy
17. Tried To Hide
18. Gloria
19. Fire Engine
20. You're Gonna Miss Me
21. Roller Coaster
Notes:
Number 7 is something really special! Really Special! Special! This is a processed clone of a known 2nd gen soundboard recording of the famous "Avalon '66" recording. This quality BLOWS AWAY ALL that came before including the original, French label boot. This is the definitive version. If that wasn't sick enough, we added on the speed corrected Sump'n Else TV Show tracks. These are the same recordings Sundazed botched by putting out at too fast a speed. These are slowed down to the correct pitch so Roky and crew don't sound like Alvin And The Chipmunks.
& here is the "Sumptin' Else" material that "Psychedelic Microdots Vol. 2 Texas Twisted also covered.
It is also featured on the "Live! In Texas" disc of the box set set. Along w/ the entire contents of this bootleg............
& here is more titles in the box set already out as illegal pirates & bootlegs....................
Psychedelic Sounds (Mono) has been issued previously as a pirate called .....
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #21
"The Monodelic Sounds Of"
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators LP (mono mix)
(from an unplayed mono copy; we broke the seal to rip this)
1. You're Gonna Miss Me
2. Roller Coaster
3. Splash One (Now I'm Home)
4. Reverberation (Doubt)
5. Don't Fall Down
6. Fire Engine
7. Thru the Rhythm
8. You Don't Know
9. Kingdom of Heaven
10. Monkey Island
11. Tried to Hide
3/25/66 speed-corrected, Sump'n Else TV Show, WFFA-TV, Dallas, Texas (mono)
12. You're Gonna Miss Me
13. Fire Engine
14. You Really Got Me
15. Roll Over Beethoven
5/9/66 speed-corrected, Sump'n Else TV Show, WFFA-TV, Dallas, Texas (mono)
16. Mercy, Mercy
17. Tried To Hide
18. Gloria
19. Fire Engine
20. You're Gonna Miss Me
21. Roller Coaster
Notes:
We have the mono mix of the Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators LP. This is the Mother of all psychedelic music! This is the very first psychedelic LP by the very first psychedelic band. The first modern Rock LP and the blueprint for everything that followed (Psychedelic, Punk, Alternative). Yeah, it all dat peoples, it all dat. It's a legend, a fucking legend! Why is this mono mix special? Well... Back in the day at International Artists, an Engineer, stewed on Listerine probably, added some sort of horrible echo/reverb effect to the final mix of the stereo version. This was a bad mistake; it dated the mix and it sounds like you're listening to the band play from down a concrete hallway underground. This is the mix that has been reissued on CD countless times. The mono LP mix escaped and this is the "real" mix of this legendary and influential LP. With this mix, it's a totally different ball game. The band sounds right upfront and in your face, urgent with fervor. These guys were trying to turn on the whole world. This is one of the foundations of all things 'Elevators. Now, you NEED this CD. This recording was taken off an unplayed mono copy. We broke the seal to rip this. To make matters even worse, we added on the speed-corrected Sump'n Else TV Show tracks from 1966. They're in mono too. It's mono madness! The 'Elevators, live on stage, spewing their subversive message out to the kids over Dallas television; right under the noses of the Establishment because they didn't care to listen to the words. That soon changed.
"Forget about San Francisco: The American capitol of psychedelic rock was Austin, Texas, and no band soared higher than Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators. In addition to acid-tinged garage rockers such as the crazed-love anthem, "You're Gonna Miss Me," the Elevators' debut included tracks such as "Reverberation (Doubt)," "Roller Coaster," and "Splash 1," which viscerally evoked the sounds of their titles while offering lyrics that provided a philosophical structure for the psychedelic experience." --Jim Derogatis
Psychedelic sounds (Alternate Stereo) has been previously issued a a pirate called............
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #2
"Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix"
The 13th Floor Elevators Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix
From the "Psychedelic Sounds" sessions,
10/66 Summit Sound Studio, Dallas, Texas, unless noted:
1. You're Gonna Miss Me (Contact 45 sessions outtake, Andrus Studios, 1/66)
2. Roller Coaster (alternate mix)
3. Splash One (Now I'm Home) (Houston demos 6/66)
4. Reverberation (Doubt) (official take)
5. Don't Fall Down (alternate mix)
6. Fire Engine (alternate mix)
7. Thru The Rhythm (alternate mix)
8. You Don't Know (alternate mix)
9. Monkey Island (alternate mix)
10. Tried To Hide (Contact 45 sessions outtake)
6/66 Houston Demos, Gold Star Studios:
11. You Gotta Take That Girl
12. Before You Accuse Me
13. You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
9/67 "Easter Everywhere" Sessions, Walt Andrus Studios, Houston, Texas:
14. Dust (alternate mix)
15. Splash One (Now I'm Home) (acoustic, session uncertain)
16. Right Track Now (session uncertain)
3/68 "Beauty And The Beast" Sessions,
IA (formerly Gold Star) Studios, Houston, Texas:
17. Livin' On (Gold Star acetate)
18. I Don't Ever Want To Come Down (Gold Star acetate)
19. Never Another (official take)
20. Wait For My Love
21. Dear Dr. Doom (official take)
22. Fire In My Bones (session uncertain)
23. May The Circle Remain Unbroken (official take)
Notes:
This release reproduces the running order of the original LP using alternate takes. The sound is much better than on the Collectables or Decal releases; the songs were run through sound restoration software with impressive results.
Kingdom of Heaven had to be omitted because there is no alternate or improved mix available. Following that are three songs from the Houston Demos sessions that are available here without the canned audience sounds added on the "Live" album.
Then comes the only known alternate mix from the "Easter Everywhere" sessions, a great version of "Dust," followed by two Roky and Clementine Hall duets that may be from this session also. Following that are the 7 songs that are known to have been recorded for the never completed "Beauty And The Beast" LP. Three of these songs are familiar versions that appeared on the "Bull Of The Woods" LP, but all 7 are put together to get an idea of what "Beauty And The Beast" would have been like.
Tracks 17,18 date from the Spring 1968 Beauty And The Beast sessions. There is a single existing copy of this 10"acetate. It was discovered at the former Gold Star Studios in the mid-1980's and was sold in a Goldmine magazine auction to a private collector in 1985. This acetate was the source of the previously lost/forgotten song I Don't Ever Want To Come Down which was first released on the Elevator Tracks LP in 1987.
Easter Everywhere (Mono) has been issued as a pirate called..........
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #33
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
EASTER EVERYWHERE (MONO EDITION)
1. Slip Inside This House
2. Slide Machine
3. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
4. Nobody To Love
5. Baby Blue
6. Earthquake
7. Dust
8. Levitation
9. I Had To Tell You
10. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)
Easter Everywhere (Alternate Stereo) as well as A Love That's Sound has partially been issued as a pirate called.....
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #32
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
COMPLETE EASTER EVERYWHERE
1. Slip Inside This House
2. Slide Machine
3. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
4. Nobody To Love
5. Baby Blue
6. Earthquake
7. Dust
8. Levitation
9. I Had To Tell You
10. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)
11. Never Another [Easter Everywhere outtake]
12. Dust [Easter Everywhere alternate]
13. Splash 1 [Easter Everywhere session]
14. Right Track Now [Easter Everywhere outtake]
15. I Don't Ever Want To Come Down [Beauty ... track]
16. Fire In My Bones [Beauty ... track]
17. Livin' On [Beauty ... track]
18. Til Then [Beauty ... track]
19. Dear Dr. Doom [Beauty ... track]
20. Wait For My Love [Beauty ... track]
21. May The Circle Remain Unbroken [Beauty ... track]
22. Bull Of The Woods 60-second radio spot
23. Levitation [backing track]
& let's not forget these pirates that cover some of this box set as well.........
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #43
The 13th Floor Elevators - Attack of the LP's
VOLUME 1
13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds Of & Live, IA Stereo LPs, 70:25
Lineage: Technics SL-BD22 Turntable > Yamaha RX-V800 Receiver > AMS Tech TravelPro Laptop > Cool Edit (minor edits) > wav > Flac Frontend > Flac (no SBE)
Psychedelic Sounds Of:
1) You're Gonna Miss Me
2) Roller Coaster
3) Splash 1
4) Reverberation
5) Don't Fall Down
6) Fire Engine
7) Thru The Rhythm
8) You Don't Know
9) Kingdom Of Heaven
10) Monkey Island
11) Tried To Hide
Live:
12) Before You Accuse Me
13) She Lives In A Time Of Her Own
14) Tried To Hide
15) You Gotta Take That Girl
16) I'm Gonna Love You Too
17) Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
18) I've Got Levitation
19) You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
20) Roller Coaster
21) You're Gonna Miss Me
Because of the historical importance & rarity of these recordings, and their inherent cleanness & clarity, I've opted to apply the 'do no harm' philosophy.
I have not therefore used any auto declick software, equalization, noise reduction or any other processing.
I have only performed basic edits and a manual declick/depop where needed but have otherwise left the recordings untouched as they are, in my opinion, clean enough as is.
VOLUME 2
13th Floor Elevators - Easter Everywhere & Bull Of The Woods, IA Stereo LPs, 79:38
Technics SL-BD22 > Yamaha RX-V800 > AMS Tech TravelPro > Cool Edit (minor edits, custom declick) > wav > Flac Frontend > Flac (no SBE)
Easter Everywhere:
1) Slip Inside This House
2) Slide Machine
3) She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
4) Nobody To Love
5) Baby Blue
6) Earthquake
7) Dust
8) Levitation
9) I Had To Tell You
10) Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)
Bull Of The Woods:
11) Livin On
12) Barnyard Blues
13) Till Then
14) Never Another
15) Rose And The Thorn
16) Down By The River
17) Scarlet And Gold
18) Street Song
19) Dr. Doom
20) With You
21) May The Circle Remain Unbroken
Because of the historical importance & rarity of these recordings, and their inherent cleanness & clarity, I've opted to apply the 'do no harm' philosophy. I have not therefore used any auto declick software, equalization, noise reduction or any other processing. I have only performed basic edits and a manual declick/depop where needed but have otherwise left the recordings untouched as they are, in my opinion, clean enough as is. Enjoy!
& some of the bonus material has already been issued on pirate collections as well.............
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #35
THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
PARADISE FOUND
1. You're Gonna Miss Me
- 1/3/66 first Contact session, Andrus Studio, Houston TX
2. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
- 6/66 Gold Star Studios, Houston TX
3. I'm Gonna Love You Too
- 45 rpm single; 6/66 Gold Star Studios, Houston TX
4. Before You Accuse Me
- 45 rpm single; 6/66 Gold Star Studios, Houston TX
5. You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
- 6/66 Gold Star Studios, Houston TX
6. Make That Girl Your Own
- 6/66 Gold Star Studios, Houston TX
7. Monkey Island
- 10/66 Summit Sound Studio, Dallas TX
8. Thru The Rhythm
- 10/66 Summit Sound Studio, Dallas TX
9. Roller Coaster
- 10/66 Summit Sound Studio, Dallas TX
10. Fire Engine
- 10/66 Summit Sound Studio, Dallas TX
11. Levitation
- 45 rpm single; 12/66 Andrus Studio, Houston TX
12. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
- 45 rpm single; 12/1/67 Andrus Studio, Houston TX
13. Dust [alternate version]
- 9/67 "Easter Everywhere" sessions, Andrus Studio, Houston TX
14. Slide Machine
- LP track, "Easter Everywhere" mono mix, 9/67 Andrus Studio, Houston TX
15. Nobody To Love
- LP track, "Easter Everywhere" mono mix, 9/67 Andrus Studio, Houston TX
16. Slip Inside This House
- LP track, "Easter Everywhere" mono mix, 9/67 Andrus Studio, Houston TX
17. Right Track Now
- 9/67 "Easter Everywhere" sessions, Andrus Studio, Houston TX
18. Splash 1
- 9/67 "Easter Everywhere" sessions, Andrus Studio, Houston TX
19. Never Another
- LP track, "Bull Of The Woods",
9/67 "Easter Everywhere" sessions, Andrus Studio, Houston TX
20. Fire In My Bones
- 3/68 "Beauty And The Beast" sessions, IA Studios, Houston TX
21. I Don't Ever Want To Come Down
- 3/68 "Beauty And The Beast" sessions, IA Studios, Houston TX
22. Livin' On [without horns]
- 3/68 "Beauty And The Beast" sessions, IA Studios, Houston TX
23. Scarlet And Gold
- 45 rpm single,
11/68 "Bull Of The Woods" sessions, IA Studios, Houston TX
24. May The Circle Remain Unbroken
- 45 rpm single,
3/68 "Beauty And The Beast" sessions, IA Studios, Houston TX
25. May 1967 Larry Kane Show
& some more are present here..................
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #15
"The High Baptismal Flow"
13th FLOOR ELEVATORS - The High Baptismal Flow
aka How Much Is That Vinyl In The Window?
Disc 1
mono 45 mixes:
1. You're Gonna Miss Me (IA 107a, Contact 45 session, 1/66)
2. Tried To Hide (IA 107b, Contact 45 session, 1/66)
3. Reverberation (Doubt) (IA 111a, 45 session, 9/66)
4. Fire Engine (IA 111b, Psych Sounds session, 10/66)
5. Levitation (IA 113a, 45 session, 1/67)
6. Before You Accuse Me (IA 113b, edit, 45 session, 1/67)
7. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) (IA 121a, 45 session, 1/67)
8. Baby Blue (IA 121b, Easter session, 9/67)
9. Slip Inside This House (IA 122a, edit, Easter session, 9/67)
10. Splash One (Now I'm Home) (IA 122b, 45 demo session, 6/66)
11. I'm Gonna Love You Too (IA 126a, Contact demos, 4/66)
12. May The Circle Remain Unbroken (IA 126b, Beast session, 2/68)
13. Livin' On (IA 130a, Beast session, 2/68)
14. Scarlet And Gold (IA 130b, Bull session, 8/68)
misc:
15. Don't Fall Down (alt with long intro)
16. Fire Engine (alt version, Epitaph LP)
SPADES - Zero 10002 - Nov/Dec 1965
17. You're Gonna Miss Me
18. We Sell Soul
backing tracks:
19. Roller Coaster (instrumental, aborted, Demos Everywhere LP)
20. You Don't Know (backing track)
21. Don't Fall Down (backing track)
22. Levitation1 (backing track)
23. Levitation2 (backing track)
Disc 2
8/66 La Maison Ballroom, Houston, Texas:
1. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
2. Satisfaction
3. I'm Down
4. Roller Coaster
5. I Feel Good
2/18/67 jam w/Conqueroo members, Houston, Texas:
6. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
1966-68 raw session tapes:
7. Monkey Island
8. Roller Coaster
9. Fire Engine
10. Through The Rhythm
11. Tried To Hide
12. May The Circle Remain Unbroken
13. I Don't Ever Want To Come Down (cut)
14. Living On
15. Living On
16. Tried To Hide
17. Tried To Hide
18. Reverberation (Doubt)
19. Tried To Hide
20. Kingdom Of Heaven
Notes:
Most of this material has never been on CD. At best it languished on 35-year-old vinyl, unavailable and unknown except to a few hunter/gatherer hoarder/waster scavenger/collector-types.
So -- the title is: "The High Baptismal Flow a/k/a How Much Is That Vinyl In The Window?" What we have here is two discs of prime 13th Floor Elevators material from a variety of sources. Between this and our previous Elevators discs, this accounts for nearly everything in circulation.
The heart and soul of CD1 is the Elevators' singles, A's and B's in chronological order. These would have made a fine LP in its own right, had anyone at International Artists had the vision to issue it. (The master tapes are almost certainly lost now.) This would have worked well as a "Best Of," a quick overview of what the band was all about, and a great starting point for new listeners. Nobody ever did, so it falls to us to keep it alive for the real fans and to help take care of Roky as we do.
Every last 45 is ripped from the original vinyl; decent copies too. For an indie label in TX mostly concerned with making a quick buck, International Artists' 45s sounded pretty good. Even so, it took a couple of software packages and hours of work to get these ready for CD. If you want, you can still hear a hint of vinyl now and then but you'll need headphones to do it. Smooth. Beyond that, we have a pair of alternate mixes, the Spades' pre-Elevators single featuring Roky, and some backing tracks at the end.
Disc 1:
Tracks 1-19 ripped directly from the original vinyl and processed from there
Track 15 appears on ROKCDR2 "Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix" but includes a slight glitch at one point and doesn't feature the false start included here.
Track 16, "Fire Engine" from the "Epitaph For A Legend" LP appears also on ROKCDR2 "Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix." The take is the same, but the mix is not.
Disc 2:
Tracks 1-6 are ripped from the original vinyl and processed from there.
Tracks 7-20 are rough mixes, raw session tapes. Occasional studio chatter can be heard between tracks.
Track 9 is an alternate mix, notable for its lack of backing vocals.
Track 13 is heard here from a tape playback, rather than the more common acetate source. It seems to have been truncated on purpose; the noise at the end is a reel-to-reel tape coming to a halt. Had the acetate not been found, nothing more would have remained of this song.
Track 20 is a rough mix; no alternate version has ever surfaced.
So this box set is eliminating a lot of pirates & boots from my collection & replacing them w/ discs of superior sound quality.
I can do without the "Death In Texas" CD ............... live Elevators discs (no matter how well recorded) always sound bad..............
What I can not find on this set is the I.A. Studio Sessions............. & it is actually for one song. ONLY ONE SONG!!!!!
The box is missing "I Don't Ever Want To Come Down". The box set has the rare issue of Tried To Hide & Reverberation from the French E.P. .........
....but not "I Don't...."? After all of this compare & contrast do I really have to keep 1 pirate? & just for one song? It is available on the pirate....
ROKY ERICKSON CD CLUB - RELEASE #35 THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS PARADISE FOUND.....
& on the bootlegs ....
&.....
...now disc 1 called "Headstone: The Contact Sessions" pretty much wipes out the bootleg......... except for "The Beauty & The Beast" session & "A Love That's Sound: The Lost 3rd LP" sessions became Bull of the Woods which The Beauty & the Beast sessions were recorded for....
....but not all are included in the box set......
The Complete Reference Guide 0f The 13th Floor Elevators 1965 - 1969 does state that "I Don't Ever Want T Come Down" was originally the hook for "Till Then" off of Bull of the Woods"..... but it also states that Wait For My Love was an early version of "Till Then" as well. My estimate is that "I Don't ...." grew from an idea w/in one song into a wholly different song as "I Don't...." & "Till Then" sound nothing like each other.....Now on "A Love That's Sound: The Lost 3rd LP" it looks like they are releasing "Dr. Doom", "Livin' On" & "Never Another"from The Beauty Sessions. They are even releasing the version of "Livin' On" that was found on the same 2 track acetate as "I Don't..." Why? WHY? WWWHHHYYY????
I guess I am just out of luck. One track..............just one stinkin' track........... Oh well.............
(Unless it is on there lurking hidden under the title "Till Then"....... in this case I could forgive the error....... :) )
Now don't get me wrong here. There are a few songs here that no one has ever even heard of let alone have heard. Like "Sweet Surprise" & "Moon Song" on "A Love That's Sound:....." but just not what I want. Even the pirate PARADISE FOUND has it & right now it is the better sounding copy out there............ so I at a crossroads. I can keep all of the pirates/bootlegs by The Texas Psyche group & get "Sign of the 3 Eyed Men" as gap filler. Or I can get "Sign of the 3 Eyed Men" & use the "Can't Come Down" bootleg as gap filler. Or I can stay where I am at & just get rid of all the miscellaneous discs like "Flivver" & "Elevator Tracks" .........
Anyway........here's a selection of tunes to rev your third eye up to............
I Don't Ever Want To Come Down
You're Gonna Miss Me - Take 6
Fire Engine - Take 8
Roller Coaster - Sumptin' Else TV Show
(She Lives) In A Time Of Her Own - Mono LP Mix
P.S. These tracks directly correspond to my previous Elevators post........... if you did not listen to those yet the I would suggest doing so before you listen to alternates............. either way..........enjoy!
Addendum: The box set has been moved from 3,000 copies to 4,000 copies & From a spring shipping date to June............
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