13th Floor Elevators Liner Notes

13th floor elevators easter everywhere is the same release with no pressing ring.

13th floor elevators liner notes. 13th floor elevators you and i and me. Primary artist liner notes composer. And in case you miss it tommy hall explains it all in his original liner notes. The 13th floor elevators.

Long lost 13th floor elevators founder and visionary tommy hall found. The 13th floor elevators were a remarkable band. In fact i m. The magic of the pyramids.

Below you can read the supplementary liner notes for our releases. But one didn t have to drop the needle on this record to enter the presence of a rich. Their lyrics and sleeve notes openly and religiously endorsed the use of drugs particularly lsd to alter human consciousness for the better. In honor of the marvelous roky erickson turning 71 recently i thought i d do this to my body we could talk a bit about psychedelic music especially this little thing called the psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators.

The 13th floor elevators were an american rock band from austin texas united states formed by guitarist and vocalist roky erickson electric jug player tommy hall and guitarist stacy sutherland the band was together from 1965 to 1969 and during that period released four albums and seven singles for the international artists record label. I might add that i had a fever while deciding to do this post making it writing the text. Both versions have visually identical deadwax etchings with the earlier misprint cover. Lee dorsey night people.

Released on a blue green label with silver lettering and with a lyrics inner. Erickson s wild man vocals create an atmosphere where. The psychedelic sounds of the 13th floor elevators went the title of the 13th floor elevators 1966 debut album heralding the austin texas group s sound and entrance and marking one of the earliest instances that the word psychedelic was used in the context of popular music. That was almost 40 years ago and i ve gone much further than that.

Johnny winter texas 63 68. Bandcamp store licensing catalogue liner notes management tour donations about us. You really got me. Notes early pressing variant of the first issue with 2 75 inch diameter ring pressed into label.

The best of lee dorsey. Hailing from austin texas the members of 13th floor elevators were quite possibly the first artists to describe their music as psychedelic. The elevators were the first band to refer to.