ROK002 13th Floor Elevators - Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix

Roky Erickson CD Club 2019 - RIP Roky

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Release: ROKCDR002

The 13th Floor Elevators Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix

Length: 71 minutes

From the "Psychedelic Sounds" sessions, Summit Sound Studio, Dallas, 10/66 unless noted:
01. You're Gonna Miss Me (Contact 45 sessions outtake, Andrus Studios, 01/66)
02. Roller Coaster (alternate mix)
03. Splash 1 (Houston demos 6/66)
04. Reverberation (official take)
05. Don't Fall Down (alternate mix)
06. Fire Engine (alternate mix)
07. Thru The Rhythm (alternate mix)
08. You Don't Know (alternate mix)
09. Monkey Island (alternate mix)
10. Tried To Hide (Contact 45 sessions outtake)

From the Houston Demos, Gold Star Studios, 6/66:
11. You Gotta Take That Girl
12. Before You Accuse Me
13. You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

From the "Easter Everywhere" Sessions, Walt Andrus Studios, Houston, 9/67:
14. Dust (alternate mix)
15. Splash 1 (acoustic, session uncertain)
16. Right Track Now (session uncertain)

From the "Beauty And The Beast" Sessions, IA (formerly Gold Star) Studios, Houston, 3/68:
17. Livin' On (Gold Star acetate)
18. I Don't Ever Want To Come Down (Gold Star acetate)
19. Never Another (official take)
20. Wait For My Love
21. Dear Dr. Doom (official take)
22. Fire In My Bones (session uncertain)
23. May The Circle Remain Unbroken (official take)

ROKCDR002 is a version of Psychedelic Sounds that reproduces the running order of the original LP using alternate takes.The sound is much better than on the Collectibles or Decal releases; the songs were run through sound restoration software with impressive results.

Kingdom of Heaven had to be omitted because there is no alternate or improved mix available. Following that are three songs from the Houston Demos sessions that are available here without the canned audience sounds added on the "Live" album.

Then comes the only known alternate mix from the "Easter Everywhere" sessions, a great version of "Dust," followed by two Roky and Clementine Hall duets that may be from this session also. Following that are the 7 songs that are known to have been recorded for the never completed "Beauty And The Beast" LP. Three of these songs are familiar versions that appeared on the "Bull Of The Woods" LP, but all 7 are put together to get an idea of what "Beauty And The Beast" would have been like.

Tracks 17,18 date from the Spring 1968 Beauty And The Beast sessions. There is a single existing copy of this 10"acetate. It was discovered at the former Gold Star Studios in the mid-1980's and was sold in a Goldmine magazine auction to a private collector in 1985. This acetate was the source of the previously lost/forgotten song I Don't Ever Want To Come Down which was first released on the Elevator Tracks LP in 1987.