13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators (LP, Album, Mono, RE, RM, Gre + LP, Album, RE, RM, ) Mint (M) / Mint (M)

Summary: All Media, All MediaThe Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators, 13th Floor Elevators, 2022, US

Media Condition:  Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Country:    US  
Released:  2022
Genre:       Rock
Style:         Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock

Comments:
New, Sealed.

Notes:

Psychedelic Colored (green and red swirl) 180g vinyl 2LP reissue of The 13th Floor Elevators' incendiary debut album from 1966 featuring newly remastered mono mixes plus the original stereo mix in the band's intended running order. Previously only available as part of the award-winning Music Of The Spheres' boxset, this is the first reissue in over four decades was sourced from original tapes for the stereo version. LP1 is the remastered mono version and LP2 is a remastered edition of the original stereo mix in the band's intended running order.

Comes in a resealable plastic bag with big stripe sticker on front and additional barcode sticker on back.

A1. You’re Gonna Miss Me 2:24
A2. Roller Coaster 5:00
A3. Splash 1 3:50
A4. Reverberation 2:46
A5. Don’t Fall Down 3:00
B1. Fire Engine 3:22
B2. Thru The Rhythm 3:05
B3. You Don’t Know 2:38
B4. Kingdom of Heaven 3:05
B5. Monkey Island 2:38
B6. Tried to Hide 2:43
C1. You Don’t Know
C2. Through the Rhythm
C3. Monkey Island
C4. Roller Coaster
C5 . Fire Engine
D1. Reverberation
D2. Tried to Hide
D3. You’re Gonna Miss Me
D4. I’ve Seen Your Face Before (Splash 1)
D5. Don’t Fall Down
D6. The Kingdom Of Heaven

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 5060767440018
Barcode 5060767442739
Matrix / Runout 233034E1/A
Matrix / Runout 233034E2/A REDEFINING GOD
Matrix / Runout 233034E3/A
Matrix / Runout 233034E4/A DRIVING YOUR MIND INSANE

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Did the 13th Floor Elevators invent psychedelic rock? Aficionados will be debating that point for decades, but if Roky Erickson and his fellow travelers into inner space weren’t there first, they were certainly close to the front of the line, and there are few albums from the early stages of the psych movement that sound as distinctively trippy — and remain as pleasing — as the group’s groundbreaking debut, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators. In 1966, psychedelia hadn’t been around long enough for its clichés to be set in stone, and Psychedelic Sounds thankfully avoids most of them; while the sensuous twists of the melodies and the charming psychobabble of the lyrics make it sound like these folks were indulging in something stronger than Pearl Beer, at this point the Elevators sounded like a smarter-than-average folk-rock band with a truly uncommon level of intensity. Roky Erickson‘s vocals are strong and compelling throughout, whether he’s wailing like some lysergic James Brown or murmuring quietly, and Stacy Sutherland‘s guitar leads — long on the melodic invention without a lot of pointless heroics — are a real treat to hear. And nobody played an electric jug quite like Tommy Hall…actually, nobody played it at all besides him, but his oddball noises gave the band a truly unique sonic texture. If you want to argue that psychedelia was as much a frame of mind as a musical style, it’s instructive to compare the recording of “You’re Gonna Miss Me” by Erickson‘s earlier band, the Spades, to the version on this album — the difference is more attitudinal than anything else, but it’s enough to make all the difference in the world. (The division is even clearer between the Spades‘ “We Sell Soul” and the rewrite on Psychedelic Sounds, “Don’t Fall Down”). The 13th Floor Elevators were trailblazers in the psychedelic rock scene, and in time they’d pay a heavy price for exploring the outer edges of musical and psychological possibility, but along the way they left behind a few fine albums, and The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators remains a potent delight.