ROK024 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation In The Round

Roky Erickson CD Club 2019 - RIP Roky

Refreshed and Renewed! Freshly polished inside and out for 2019 ... and beyond.

Release: ROKCDR024

Lenth: 78:11

Houston Music Theater, Houston, Texas, February 18, 1967
01. Levitation
02. Roller Coaster
03. Fire Engine
04. Reverberation
05. Don't Fall Down
06. Tried To Hide
07. Splash 1
08. You're Gonna Miss Me
09. Monkey Island
10. Kingdom Of Heaven
11. She Lives (in a time of her own)

New Orleans Old World Night Club, Austin, Texas, March 16, 1966, KAZZ-FM
12. The Word
13. I'm Down
14. Gloria
15. Monkey Island
16. Roller Coaster

Taken from 6/16/84 filler but cleaned up a bit
17. You're Gonna Miss Me

Jam with Conqueroo Winter 1967
18. She Lives

La Maison Ballroom, Houston, August 1966
19. I Feel Good


Notes:
This was the single attempt by IA to professionally record their band in a live setting. They picked this theater in Houston with a revolving stage. I've owned this recording for years now and held off on it because I'm not too fond of the performance. Supposedly, they were all over-dosed on LSD. Stacy was up in Heaven being tried for his sins by the Angel of Death. He said that he knew things were getting hairy when the whole audience turned into wolves. He also said that he didn't feel *normal* for a week afterwards. This is all in that interview. This is the gig. So, the gig has a weird feel. But that's only my opinion... Still, it is (by far) the best sounding 'Elevators live recording out there.

This copy is from a Japanese issue of the Contemptables box. This recording isn't chopped up and has complete tunings between songs. There are even moments of silence and we were able to grab some really good hiss samples. It sounds amazing! In addition, we have the 3/16/66 bit ripped direct from a vinyl boot. There's no DJ patter between songs and one song is missing but the quality blows away what came before on 6/16/84.