CD Details
- Released: March 14, 2006
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Collectables Records
Description by OLDIES.com:
This totally freaked-out concept album includes the "live" version of "You're Gonna Miss Me".
Tracks:
- 1.Before You Accuse Me
- 2.She Lives In A Time Of Her Own
- 3.Tried To Hide
- 4.You Gotta Take Of Her Own
- 5.I'm Gonna Take That Girl
- 6.Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
- 7.I've Got Levitation
- 8.You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
- 9.Roller Coaster
- 10.You're Gonna Miss Me
Product Description:
13th Floor Elevators includes: Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland.
Despite the title, this is NOT a live album. It was made in the studio and the applause tracks were dubbed in.
This release features a special gatefold LP-style CD sleeve.
13th Floor Elevators includes: Roky Erickson, Tommy Hall, Stacy Sutherland.
Despite the title, this is NOT a live album. It was made in the studio and the applause tracks were dubbed in.
Personnel: Roky Erickson (vocals).
It's too bad the sound quality isn't better -- it's muffled and inconsistent -- as these "live" tracks from the 13th Floor Elevators are otherwise pretty good. As it turns out, however, they aren't live at all, but a collection of studio outtakes with overdubbed applause (accounting for the fact that it's invariably louder than the music). This "fraud," as bass player Danny Galindo has described it, was perpetuated by International Artists with little to no input from the band. Still, the Merseybeat meets garage rock of "I've Got Levitation," in particular, sounds like it would have been a kick to witness live, and the Elevators did have a reputation as a great live act. The original material is drawn from their classic mid-'60s releases, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators and Easter Everywhere. The covers are well chosen and serve to prove that, at their best, these Texas legends were more than a one-trick psychedelic pony. Versatile vocalist Roky Erickson and company could also handle soul and R&B like Solomon Burke's "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" and Bo Diddley's "Before You Accuse Me" with aplomb. In addition, they keep it all in the family (as it were) by covering fellow Texan Buddy Holly's "I'm Gonna Love You Too" -- with Erickson perfectly nailing Holly's unique stuttering, hiccupping vocal style. Fans may find some value here, but casual listeners are advised to stay away. ~ Kathleen C. Fennessy
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