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13th Floor Elevators

13th Floor Elevators Austin TX 1966 KAZZ radio full broadcast

March 1966 full broadcast of the 13th Floor Elevators on KAZZ FM at the New Orleans Club complete with DJ chatter.

Playlist:
The Word,
Monkey Island,
Roller Coaster,
I'm Down, Gloria,
You're Gonna Miss Me.

The band: Roky Erickson guitar/vocals, Stacy Sutherland guitar, John Ike Walton drums, Tommy Hall electric jug, Benny Thurman bass.

we sell soul

Este post esta dedicado a una joya de la pre-psycodelia, escrita y grabada en 1965/66, por roky erickson, on su grupo THE SPADES. Un poco antes de fundar 13th floor elevators

roky erickson tuvo serios problemas mentales y le fue diagnosticado una esquizofrenia que se vio complicada por su uso y abuso de drogas psicodélicas. Estuvo internado durante años en un hospital psiquiátrico, mendigo en la calle, robó, vivió de los 200 USD que le daba la SS, pensó que había sido abducido por aliens, y los últimos años se dedico a escribir canciones sobre extraterrestres....

El tema "we sell soul" se publico en noviembre del 65 como cara B del single "you are gonna miss me"

Ambos son dos temazos impresionantes.....

The Spades - We sell soul





The Spades - You are gonna miss me

13th floor elevators

13th floor elevators

Volviendo al garage. You are gonna miss me es una de mis canciones favoritas

Alguna información sobre los 13th floor elevators esta vez sin traducir sacada del all music guide:

Featuring the yelping vocals and visionary, occasionally demented lyrics of Roky Erickson, the 13th Floor Elevators were one of the original acid rock bands. Formed in Texas in the mid-'60s, the Elevators started as a garage rock outfit, scoring their one and only modest national hit with "You're Gonna Miss Me." While Erickson's loopy persona and Tommy Hall's odd "jug" percussion were the band's most distinguishing features, several members of the group's original lineup contributed strong material to their albums. Although these inconsistent efforts sometimes wander off into a cloudy haze, they also include sturdy folk-rock tunes and driving psychedelic rockers. Trips to San Francisco established the group as an up-and-coming underground favorite, but Erickson's problems with drugs and the police led to the singer's commission to a state mental hospital in the late '60s, an ordeal from which he has never fully recovered. The band was really only at full power for a couple of albums, although all of their releases for the legendary International Artists label -- produced by, of all people, Kenny Rogers' brother Leland -- are revered among psychedelic collectors. Live recordings and outtakes of the Elevators continue to surface, though a cogent domestic compilation of the best of these erratic pioneers' work remains overdue. Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide