The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators studio album by the 13th Floor Elevators . The album's sound, featuring elements of psychedelia , hard rock , garage rock , folk , and blues , 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 Hot 100Billboard ' s Bubbling Under chart.
The October 1966 back cover of the album uses the words "The Psychedelic Sounds of: The 13th Floor Elevators", which is purported to be the first use of the word "psychedelic" in reference to the music within.[ 4] Blues Magoos ' Psychedelic Lollipop the Deep 's Psychedelic Moods
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.
Side two Title Writer(s) 6. "Fire Engine" T. Hall, Sutherland, Erickson 3:22 7. "Thru the Rhythm" T. Hall, Sutherland 3:05 8. "You Don't Know" Powell St. John 2:38 9. "Kingdom of Heaven" St. John 3:05 10. "Monkey Island" St. John 2:38 11. "Tried to Hide" T. Hall, Sutherland 2:46 Total length: 34:31
Tracks 12–17 were recorded live at the Avalon in San Francisco , September 1966
Tracks 18–19 were recorded live in Texas
Tracks 20–21 were The Spades singles released in 1965 Original band track listing Title Writer(s) 1. "You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" St. John 2:38 2. "Through the Rhythm" T. Hall, Sutherland 3:05 3. "Monkey Island" St. John 2:38 4. "Roller Coaster" T. Hall, Erickson 5:00 5. "Fire Engine" T. Hall, Sutherland, Erickson 3:22 6. "Reverberation (Doubt)" T. Hall, Sutherland, Erickson 2:46 7. "Tried to Hide" (false start) T. Hall, Sutherland 8. "Tried to Hide" T. Hall, Sutherland 2:43 9. "You're Gonna Miss Me" Erickson 2:24 10. "I've Seen Your Face Before (Splash 1)" C. Hall, Erickson 3:50 11. "Don't Fall Down" T. Hall, Erickson 3:00 12. "The Kingdom of Heaven (Is Within You)" St. John 3:05
This version was included in the "Sign of the 3-Eyed Men" box set on CD 4 with the following bonus tracks.
Title 13. "You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" (alternate backing track) 14. "Roller Coaster" (alternate backing track) 15. "Don't Fall Down" (alternate backing track) 16. "Don't Fall Down / band introduction" (Larry Kane show)
Roky Erickson – vocals, rhythm guitar , harmonicaStacy Sutherland – lead guitar
Tommy Hall – amplified jug
Benny Thurman – bass guitar (1, 3)
Ronnie Leatherman – bass guitar (2, 4-11)
John Ike Walton – drums, percussion Production
Produced by Lelan Rogers , except track 1 produced by Gordon Bynum
Recorded, engineered and mixed by Bob Sullivan
John Cleveland – cover design
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