13th Floor Elevators - Death In Texas (1967 & 1973)

 

United Artists 2009

01 Introduction/I've Got Levitation

02 Reverberation

03 Don't Fall Down

04 Kingdom Of Heaven

05 She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)

06 Rock 'N' Roll Jam #1

07 Instrumental Jam #3

08 Baby Blue Jam

09 She Lives Jam

10 Maxine

11 (I've Got) Levitation

12 Shake Your Hips

13 Roky On KAUM Radio '73

14 Stumble/Smoke The Toilet

15 You're Gonna Miss Me '84

Originally released as a bootleg, it came along as the final disc in the mammoth 'Sign Of The Three Eyed Men' 10 disc box set.

Tracks 1-9 recorded 1967 Electric Grandmother Show.

Track 10 Mother Earth 11/2/1973, Austin.

Tracks 11-12 Last Bash On The Hill 19/3/1973, Austin.

Tracks 13-14 La Bastille 1-3/4/1973 Houston.

Track 15 Liberty Lunch 16/6/1984 Austin Texas.

13th Floor Elevators - A Love That's Sound

 

Charley Records / United Artists 2009 (Recorded 1968)

01 Wait For My Love [unreleased 6th single]

02 It's You [acetate]

03 May The Circle Remain Unbroken [original mix]

04 Livin' On [full take with original vocals]

05 Never Another [full take with original vocals]

06 Dr Doom

07 Sweet Surprise [unreleased backing track]

08 Moon Song [unreleased backing track]

09 Livin' On [take 1, edited & overdubbed vocals]

10 Never Another [rehearsal take]

11 It's You [rehearsal take]

12 Moon Song [rehearsal take]

The third album by 13th Floor Elevators was 1969's 'Bull Of the Woods' and was a little disappointing after the first two releases, with only four songs featuring Roky Erickson and Duke Davis.

'A Love That's Sound' (originally from the 2009 box set 'Sign Of The 3 Eyed Men') takes alternate recordings, rehearsals, unfinished songs and mixes from the original recording sessions and gives an idea of what a third album sounded like, had the band stayed together.

13th Floor Elevators - Headstone: The Contact Sessions

 

Charly Records 2009

01 You're Gonna Miss Me

02 Tried to Hide

03 Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

04 Take that Girl

05 You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

06 I'm Gonna Love You too

07 Monkey Island

08 Roller Coaster

09 Now I'm Home

10 Where Am I?

11 Fire Engine

12 You Can't Hurt Me Anymore [Take 1]

13 Fire Engine [Take 8]

14 You're Gonna Miss Me [Take 6]

15 Tried to Hide [Take 7]

16 I'm Gonna Love You too [45 rpm Single Version]

17 All Night Long [ as The Bad Seeds]

18 You're Gonna Miss Me [Vocal Track]

Early 13th Floor Elevators now. Originally released as part of the VERY limited box set 'Sign Of The 3 Eyed Men' and then as a stand alone release on the same label the following year, this is a collection of pre 'The Psychedelic Sounds of...' recordings.

The band secured a recording session with Gordon Byden to record a single in January 1966 and released debut single 'You're Gonna Miss Me' b/w 'Tried to Hide' on the hastily arranged Contact records. That single is included on this album, as well as other tracks recorded at an additional session in February 1966.

Taking advantage of the time at Andrus Studio, Houston, Texas, the band recorded an albums worth of songs.

After the release of the single, the band went on tour and were promptly signed by International Artists. These recordings were dropped as the band started to record their debut proper.

A lot of the tracks from that debut album appear here. I imagine this collection was the bands live repertoire at the time. 

A cool lo-fi alternate debut album from Texas' finest, Roky is already great.