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The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
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Artist...............: The 13th Floor Elevators
Album................: The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1966
Ripper...............: Exact Audio Copy (Secure mode) & LG HL-DT-STDVDRAM GH20NS10
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.1.4 20070213
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 59 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Tags.................: ID3 v1.0VorbisComment
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Ripped by............: Mono on 12.10.2008
Posted by............: Mono on 14.10.2008
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News Group(s)........: alt.binaries.sounds.lossless.1960s
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Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, LOG, PAR v2, CUE
Covers...............: Front Back CD
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Tracklisting
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1. (00:02:33) The 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me
2. (00:05:09) The 13th Floor Elevators - Roller Coaster
3. (00:03:58) The 13th Floor Elevators - Splash 1
4. (00:02:52) The 13th Floor Elevators - Reverberation (Doubt)
5. (00:03:04) The 13th Floor Elevators - Don't Fall Down
6. (00:03:23) The 13th Floor Elevators - Fire Engine
7. (00:03:11) The 13th Floor Elevators - Through the Rhythm
8. (00:02:59) The 13th Floor Elevators - You Don't Know
9. (00:03:11) The 13th Floor Elevators - Kingdom of Heaven
10. (00:02:41) The 13th Floor Elevators - Monkey Island
11. (00:02:49) The 13th Floor Elevators - Tried to Hide
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Total Size...........: 207,13 MB
NFO generated on.....: 14.10.2008 15:05:51
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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
0072 - The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor
Elevators - 1966
Label: International Artists
Producer: Lelan Rogers
Art direction: John Cleveland
Nationality: USA
Hailing from Austin, Texas, the Elevators had already played shows in San
Francisco, before the psychedelic movement there came to prominence.
Thereafter, they had to be threatened with contact suspension to get them
to Austin to record what would be the first acid rock album. It sold
surprisingly well, due partly to the success of an already released single, the
classic garage sneer "You're Gonna Miss Me," which made it No. 55 on the
Billboard charts.
Openly promoting the benefits of hallucinogenics in the album's sleevenotes
was never going to endear the band to the authorities; Texan police officers
even dismantled the band's gear to search for drugs. "The Quest for pure
sanity... forms the basis of the songs on this album," according to the back
cover, but the brand of garage rock and R&B contained here is anything but
sane. "Reverberation (Doubt)" and "Tried To Hide" are intense rockers, while
"Roller Coaster" and "Fire Engine" have a dark, eerie quality to them.
Frontman Roky Erickson yelps and howls like a man possessed while the alien
sounds from Tommy Hall's electric jug add to the already gorgeously skewed
mood.
The Elevators burnt out quickly, and Erickson has pursued an erratic (though
intermittently brilliant) solo career since. But the band's legend lives on, partly
through covers by bands such as Spacemen 3 and most notably, Primal
Scream, who memorably reworked "Slip Inside This House" (from the Elevatos'
sophomore "Easter Everywhere) on "Screamadelica." (AET)
Die Elevators aus Austin (Texas) traten bereits in San Francisco auf, bevor
dort Psychedelisches angesagt war. Danach muÃte man ihnen mit
Vertragsauflösung drohen, damit sie sich nach Austin begaben, um eine LP
einzuspielen - das erste Acid-Rock-Album aller Zeiten. Es verkaufte sich
erstaunlich gut, bedingt durch den Erfolg einer bereits veröffentlichten
Single, dem Garage-Klassiker "You're Gonna Miss Me".
Lobeshymnen auf halluzinogene Substanzen in den Liner Notes brachten der
Band wenig positives Feedback von offizieller Seite. Die texanische Polizei
nahm die gesamte Anlage der Band auf der Suche nach Drogen auseinander.
"Das Streben nach purer Vernunft... ist die Basis für die Songs auf diesem
Album" - so stand es auf der Rückseite des Covers, aber die Mischung aus
Garage-Rock und R&B auf dieser LP ist alles andere als vernünftig.
"Revebeartion (Doubt)" und "Tried To Hide" sind intensiver Rock, "Roller
Coaster" und "Fire Engine" klingen düster und unheimlich. Sänger Roky
Erickson schreit und heult wie ein Besessener, während auÃerirdische Töne
von Tommy Halls elektrisch verstärktem Krug (ein Ersatz für den sperrigen
Kontrabass) die bereits prächtig verdrehte Stimmung weiter anheizen.
Die Elevators waren schnell ausgebrannt. Erickson versuchte eine chaotische,
streckenweise brillante Solokarriere. Aber die Legende der Band lebt weiter,
wie bei Primal Scream, die eine denkwürdige Coverversion von "Slip Inside
This House" (von der LP "Easter Everywhere) auf "Screamadelica"
herausbrachte. (AET)
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