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 rock, blues and 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 number 55 on the Billboard Charts with "Tried to Hide" as a B-side. Another single from the album, "Reverberation (Doubt)", reached number 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 Erickson'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.
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1966 release track listing:
Side one:
"You're Gonna Miss Me" (R. Erickson) – 2:31
"Roller Coaster" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 5:07
"Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)" (C. Hall, R. Erickson) – 3:57
"Reverberation (Doubt)" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland. R. Erickson) – 2:51
"Don't Fall Down" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 3:03
Side two:
"Fire Engine" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland, R. Erickson) – 3:23
"Thru the Rhythm" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 3:10
"You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" (Powell St. John) – 2:59
"Kingdom of Heaven" (Powell St. John, G. Campa) – 3:11
"Monkey Island" (Powell St. John) – 2:40
"Tried to Hide" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 2:48
Original band track listing:
"You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" (Powell St. John)
"Through the Rhythm" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland)
"Monkey Island" (Powell St. John)
"Roller Coaster" (T. Hall, R. Erickson)
"Fire Engine" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland, R. Erickson)
"Reverberation" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland. R. Erickson)
"Tried to Hide"* (T. Hall, S. Sutherland)
"You're Gonna Miss Me" (R. Erickson)
"I've Seen Your Face Before (Splash 1)" (C. Hall, R. Erickson)
"Don't Fall Down" (T. Hall, R. Erickson)
"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.
Personnel:
Roky Erickson: vocals, rhythm guitar
Stacy Sutherland: lead guitar
Tommy Hall: amplified jug
Benny Thurman: bass ("You're Gonna Miss Me", and "Splash 1 (Now I'm Home")
Ronnie Leatherman: bass
John Ike Walton: drums, percussion
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Psychedelic_Sounds_of_the_13th_Floor_Elevators
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