The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

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The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
Studio album by 13th Floor Elevators
Released	November 1966
Recorded	October 10, 1966 at Sumet Sound Studios, Dallas
Genre	Psychedelic rock, garage rock
Length	35:35
Label	International Artists Radar (1978 UK reissue) Decal (1988 UK reissue) Fuel 2000 (2003 reissue) Charly (2005 UK reissue) International Artists (2009 remaster as part of "Sign of the 3-Eyed Men")
Producer	Lelan Rogers; Gordon Bynum ("You're Gonna Miss Me")
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13th Floor Elevators chronology
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966) Easter Everywhere (1967)

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators is a 1966 album by 13th Floor Elevators. The album's sound, featuring elements of folk, garage, blues and, of course, psychedelia, is notable for its use of the electric jug, as featured on the band's only hit, "You're Gonna Miss Me", which reached #55 on the Billboard Charts with "Tried to Hide" as a B-side. Another single from the album, "Reverberation (Doubt)", reached #129 on the Billboard's Bubbling Under Chart.

The November 1966 album title is purported to be the first use of the word "psychedelic" in reference to the music within. However, this is in dispute as two other bands also used the word in titles of LPs released in November 1966: The Blues Magoos' Psychedelic Lollipop, and The Deep's Psychedelic Moods.

In 2005, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators was remastered and reissued in compact disc format by Charly Records, a British record label specialised in reissued material. It included bonus tracks of the band's 1966 performance at the Avalon Ballroom, a music venue in the Polk Gulch neighborhood of San Francisco, and both sides of a single, "We Sell Soul" and "You're Gonna Miss Me", from Roky Erikson's pre-13th Floor Elevators band, The Spades.

In 2009, the original mono version was released as part of the "Sign of the 3-Eyed Men" box set. The set also featured a new, alternate stereo version which retained the band's original intended track listing, as well as false starts on some of the tracks. (The International Artists label had altered the track listing without the band's consent when the album was first released.) Both versions on the box set featured different bonus tracks, some that were previously unreleased.

Contents [hide] 1 Original Band Track listing 2 1966 Release Track listing 3 Personnel 4 Production 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Original Band Track listing

1. "You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" (Powell St. John)
2. "Through the Rhythm" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland)
3. "Monkey Island" (Powell St. John)
4. "Roller Coaster" (T. Hall, R. Erickson)
5. "Fire Engine" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland, R. Erickson)
6. "Reverberation" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland. R. Erickson)
7. "Tried to Hide"* (T. Hall, S. Sutherland)
8. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (R. Erickson)
9. "I've Seen Your Face Before (Splash 1)" (C. Hall, R. Erickson)
10. "Don't Fall Down" (T. Hall, R. Erickson)
11. "The Kingdom Of Heaven (Is Within You)" (Powell St. John)

*This track is preceded by the track "False start/Tried To Hide" on the stereo version of the "Sign of the 3-Eyed Men" box set.

[edit] 1966 Release Track listing

• All Songs Copyright Tapier Music Corp.-BMI.

1. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (R. Erickson) – 2:31
2. "Roller Coaster" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 5:07
3. "Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)" (C. Hall, R. Erickson) – 3:57
4. "Reverberation (Doubt)" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland. R. Erickson) – 2:51
5. "Don't Fall Down" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 3:03
6. "Fire Engine" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland, R. Erickson) – 3:23
7. "Thru the Rhythm" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 3:10
8. "You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" (Powell St. John) – 2:59
9. "Kingdom Of Heaven" (Powell St. John, G. Campa) – 3:11
10. "Monkey Island" (Powell St. John) – 2:40
11. "Tried To Hide" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 2:48

2005 reissue bonus tracks

12. "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love" (Wexler, Berns, Burke) - 5:15
13. "Before You Accuse Me" (E. McDaniel) - 2:35
14. "I'm Gonna Love You Too" (Mauldin, Sullivan, Petty) - 1:53
15. "You Really Got Me" (Ray Davies) - 6:18
16. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) - 2:47
17. "The Word" (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:45
18. "Gloria" (Van Morrison) - 3:56
19. "She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) - 3:01
    • Tracks 12 to 19 recorded live at the Avalon Ballroom, 1966.
20. "We Sell Soul" (R. Erickson) - 3:19 [The Spades]
21. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (R. Erickson) - 3:24 [Live; The Spades]

[edit] Personnel

• Roky Erikson: Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
• Stacy Sutherland: Lead Guitar
• Tommy Hall: Amplified Jug
• Benny Thurman: Bass, Violin
• John Ike Walton: Drums, Percussion

[edit] Production

• Produced By Lelan Rogers, except track 1 (produced by Gordon Bynum)
• Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Bob Sullivan