If you have any Audio/Video you'd like to see added to this collection, please get in touch with us!: http://roky.orgfree.com/info.php

In general all alternate versions, upgrades, and of course, shows or sources not already in the collection would be much appreciated by all the fans! 

 

CDs:

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962191/ROKCDR001-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Explosives-1981-09-25-Berkeley-California/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933036

https://1337x.to/torrent/3978731/ROKCDR002-The-13th-Floor-Elevators-Psychedelic-Sounds-Alternate-Mix/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933043

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962213/ROKCDR003-Roky-13th-Floor-Elevators-Reunion-1984-06-16-Liberty-Lunch-Austin-Tx/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933058

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962218/ROKCDR004-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Mystic-Knights-Of-The-Sea-1993-Austin-Texas/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933062

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962220/ROKCDR005-Demos-for-Openers-Demon-Angel-Accoustic-1980-s/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933068

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962221/ROKCDR006-Roky-Erickson-and-the-Explosives-1980-09-01-Keystone-Berkeley/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933073

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962223/ROKCDR007-13th-Floor-Elevators-Avalon-Ballroom-1966/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933075

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962227/ROKCDR008-13th-Floor-Elevators-1973-1977-reunions/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933081

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962228/ROKCDR009-Rocky-Erickson-and-The-Aliens-1976-01-30-Longbranch-Saloon-Berkeley/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933085

https://1337x.to/torrent/3962229/ROKCDR010-Roky-Erickson-interviews-1978-1980/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933090/

https://1337x.to/torrent/3992859/ROKCDR011-Stacy-Sutherland-Interviews-1977/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933108/

https://1337x.to/torrent/3992860/ROKCDR012-Roky-Erickson-and-the-Explosives-Rauls-Austin-Texas-Summer-1979/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933113/

https://1337x.to/torrent/3992862/ROKCDR013-13th-Floor-Elevators-Roky-Erickson-interviews/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933119

https://1337x.to/torrent/3996299/ROKCDR014-Roky-Erickson-It-s-So-High-That-It-s-Underground/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933121

https://1337x.to/torrent/3994552/ROKCDR015-13th-Floor-Elevators-The-High-Baptismal-Flow-a-k-a-How-Much-Is-That-Vinyl-In-The-Window/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933125

https://1337x.to/torrent/4001827/ROKCDR016-Roky-Erickson-and-Evilhook-Wildlife-1984-Consolidated-Arts-Warehouse-Houston-Texas-and-Austin-Opera-House/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933126

https://1337x.to/torrent/4003252/ROKCDR017-Roky-Erickson-Louisiana-3-1982-shows-Baton-Rouge-New-Orleans/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933128

https://1337x.to/torrent/3999726/ROKCDR018-Roky-Erickson-Evil-Hook-Wildlife-84-and-More/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933132

https://1337x.to/torrent/4001414/ROKCDR019-Roky-Erickson-Demon-Angel-Outtakes-1984-05-27-and-Car-Interview-from-George-Cedarskoog-s-master-tape/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933135

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013152/ROKCDR020-Roky-Erickson-interview-with-George-Gimarc-July-1981/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933145

https://1337x.to/torrent/3994560/ROKCDR021-13th-Floor-Elevators-Psychedelic-Sounds-Of-Mono-Ripped-From-Unplayed-Vinyl/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933386

https://1337x.to/torrent/4001486/ROKCDR022-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Aliens-Keystone-Berkely-1977/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933388

https://1337x.to/torrent/4009065/ROKCDR023-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Resurrectionists-Trinity-s-Baton-Rouge-September-3-1982/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933390

https://1337x.to/torrent/3994636/ROKCDR024-13th-Floor-Elevators-Reverberation-In-The-Round-Live-1967-02-18/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933392

https://1337x.to/torrent/4024189/ROKCDR025-Raincrow-1971-09-12-The-Jade-Room-Austin-Texas/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933393

https://1337x.to/torrent/4012008/ROKCDR026-Clementine-Hall-Interview-October-2003-Berkeley-California/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34934864/

https://1337x.to/torrent/4085624/ROKCDR027-Roky-Erickson-Soap-Creek-saloon-Austin-TX-1984-10-09-Solo-Acoustic/ ,  https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948938/

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013158/ROKCDR028-John-Ike-Walton-Interviews/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34937989

https://1337x.to/torrent/4003384/ROKCDR029-Roky-Erickson-Casting-The-Tunes-discs-1-4/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34937991

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013160/ROKCDR030-Roky-Erickson-with-Cornerstone-Continental-Club-Austin-TX-May-21-1984/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34937992

https://1337x.to/torrent/4005379/ROKCDR031-Roky-Erickson-The-Resurrectionists-Tupelo-s-Tavern-New-Orleans-1982-09-04/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34937994

https://1337x.to/torrent/3994371/ROKCDR032-13th-Floor-Elevators-Complete-Easter-Everywhere/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34937995/

https://1337x.to/torrent/3994382/ROKCDR033-13th-Floor-Elevators-Easter-Everywhere-mono-edition/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938000

https://1337x.to/torrent/3994386/ROKCDR034-Epitath-for-a-Legend-Definitive-Edition/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938003

https://1337x.to/torrent/3994387/ROKCDR035-13th-Floor-Elevators-Paradise-Found/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938006

https://1337x.to/torrent/4012287/ROKCDR036-13th-Floor-Elevators-Receive-All-You-Can-Hold/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938010

https://1337x.to/torrent/4003174/ROKCDR037-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Aliens-1975-11-10-Live-at-the-Longbranch-Saloon-Berkeley-CA-Aud/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938013

https://1337x.to/torrent/3996873/ROKCDR038-13th-Floor-Elevators-Attack-Of-The-8-Tracks/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938015

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013163/ROKCDR039-Holy-Fire-The-13TH-Floor-Elevators-Quest-for-Enlightenmentm-March-17-2005-South-by-Southwest-Festival/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938018

https://1337x.to/torrent/4005908/ROKCDR040-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Explosives-Austin-City-Limits-Festival-Zilker-Park-Austin-Texas-2005-09-24/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938022

https://1337x.to/torrent/4003292/ROKCDR041-Roky-Erickson-Casting-The-Tunes-Disc-5-Roky-Singles/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938026

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013166/ROKCDR042-Danny-Thomas-Interview-2005-11-12-by-Joe-Trybyszewski/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34938031

https://1337x.to/torrent/3997890/ROKCDR043-13th-Floor-Elevators-Attack-of-the-LP-s/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34943458

https://1337x.to/torrent/4011841/ROKCDR044-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Aliens-1975-12-09-River-City-Fairfax-CA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34943468

https://1337x.to/torrent/4011847/ROKCDR045-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Resurrectionists-1982-06-25-26-Island-Club-Houston-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34943473

https://1337x.to/torrent/4011897/ROKCDR046-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Aliens-1977-07-Mabuhay-Gardens-San-Francisco/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34943477

https://1337x.to/torrent/3997957/ROKCDR047-Roky-Erickson-1976-01-12-Sleeping-Lady-Cafe-Fairfax-CA-Private-Session/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34943481

https://1337x.to/torrent/4056200/ROKCDR048-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Aliens-1978-The-Evil-One-Demos-Studio/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34943484

https://1337x.to/torrent/4056203/ROKCDR049-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Aliens-The-Evil-One-Alternate-Takes-and-Mixes-Studio/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34943487

https://1337x.to/torrent/4056206/ROKCDR050-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Aliens-The-Evil-One-Vocal-Takes-Instrumentals-Studio/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34943494

https://1337x.to/torrent/4056208/ROKCDR051-Roky-Erickson-Don-t-Slander-Me-Alternate-Takes-Mixes-1982-The-Site-Studio-San-Rafael-CA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948690

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013407/ROKCDR052-Roky-Erickson-2012-11-09-T-T-the-Bear-s-Place-Boston-MA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948696

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013410/ROKCDR053-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Hounds-of-Baskerville-2014-02-17-The-Sinclair-Cambridge-MA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948698

https://1337x.to/torrent/4003164/ROKCDR054-Roky-Erickson-1971-1974-Austin-Texas/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948701

https://1337x.to/torrent/4006919/ROKCDR055-13th-Floor-Elevators-1966-02-22-03-16-New-Orleans-Club-Houston-TX-KAZZ-Pre-FM/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948704

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013411/ROKCDR056-Roky-Erickson-2016-10-28-El-Club-Detroit/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948734/

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013413/ROKCDR057-Roky-Erickson-2016-10-29-Wolfshield-Ranch-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948744

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013415/ROKCDR058-Roky-Erickson-2010-11-13-Royale-Boston-Boston-MA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948747

https://1337x.to/torrent/4003557/ROKCDR059-Roky-Erickson-2016-04-29-White-Trash-Ballroom-Berlin-Germany/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948750

https://1337x.to/torrent/4003020/ROKCDR060-13th-Floor-Elevators-2015-05-10-50th-anniversary-reunion-Levitation-Festival-Carson-Creek-Ranch-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948753

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013416/ROKCDR061-Roky-Erickson-2017-09-11-Brighton-Music-Hall-Allston-MA/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948756

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013417/ROKCDR062-Roky-Erickson-2017-09-12-Underground-Arts-Philadelphia-PA/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948783

https://1337x.to/torrent/4013419/ROKCDR063-Roky-Erickson-2018-11-02-Once-Ballroom-Somerville-MA/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948785

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959521/ROKCDR064-Roky-Erickson-and-the-Explosives-2006-09-30-Pecan-Street-Festival-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948792

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959528/ROKCDR065-Roky-Erickson-The-Explosives-2007-03-15-Bowery-Ballroom-New-York-NY/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948795

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959534/ROKCDR066-Roky-Erickson-2007-10-31-Great-American-Music-Hall-San-Francisco-CA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948798

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959536/ROKCDR067-Roky-Erickson-the-Explosions-2007-07-06-Roskilde-Festival-Denmark/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948802

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959537/ROKCDR068-Roky-Erickson-2010-03-18-8th-Annual-Ice-Cream-Social-Threadgills-World-Headquarters-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948807

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959540/ROKCDR069-Roky-Erickson-2011-10-01-Continental-Club-Houston-Texas/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948811

https://1337x.to/torrent/5910567/ROKCDR070-Roky-Erickson-2012-10-27-The-Parish-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=74045949

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959545/ROKCDR071-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Hounds-of-Baskerville-2012-11-12-The-Rock-and-Roll-Hotel-Washington-DC-USA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948827

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959548/ROKCDR072-Roky-Erickson-2013-03-15-Roky-Erickson-s-Ice-Cream-Social-Threadgills-World-Headquarters-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948831

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959549/ROKCDR073-Roky-Erickson-2014-03-14-Roky-Erickson-s-Ice-Cream-Social-Threadgills-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948845

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959553/ROKCDR074-Roky-Erickson-2014-10-31-Celebration-of-a-Family-Curse-American-Legion-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948858

https://1337x.to/torrent/3959554/ROKCDR075-Roky-Erickson-2015-10-28-The-Evil-One-Live-2nd-Annual-Celebration-Of-A-Family-Curse-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948863

https://1337x.to/torrent/4012217/ROKCDR076-Powell-St-John-Interview-2005-05-26-by-Joe-Trybyszewski/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34948868

 

https://1337x.to/torrent/4084089/ROK077-Roky-Erickson-1977-Keystone-Berkeley-CA-Bootleg-DOLP-You-Will-Believe-In-Ghosts-New-Tales-Of-The-Weird/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34956796

https://1337x.to/torrent/4082287/ROK078-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Hounds-of-Baskerville-2016-07-23-Granada-Theatre-Dallas-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34956798

https://1337x.to/torrent/4082288/ROK079-Roky-Erickson-2018-10-03-Teragram-Ballroom-Los-Angeles-CA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34956800

https://1337x.to/torrent/4082291/ROK080-Roky-Erickson-2018-10-05-The-Casbah-San-Diego-CA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34956802

https://1337x.to/torrent/4165313/ROK081-Roky-Erickson-2017-09-08-White-Eagle-Hall-Jersey-City-NJ/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/35133436

https://1337x.to/torrent/4165318/ROK082-Roky-Erickson-2017-09-13-Beachland-Ballroom-Cleveland-OH/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/35133488

https://1337x.to/torrent/4165320/ROK083-Roky-Erickson-2017-09-16-Blueberry-Hill-St-Louis-MO/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/35133539

 

https://1337x.to/torrent/4219026/ROKCDR084-Roky-Erickson-and-the-Explosives-2005-11-18-107-1-KGSR-FM-HiFi-Saxon-Pub-Austin-Texas/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/35468831

https://1337x.to/torrent/4434057/ROK085-Roky-Erickson-1985-04-05-Austin-After-Hours-KTXZ-AM-Austin-TX/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=36242333

https://1337x.to/torrent/4434059/ROK086-Roky-Erickson-1985-1987-Interviews-KUT-FM-and-KLBJ-FM-Austin-TX/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=36242328

https://1337x.to/torrent/4438098/ROK087-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Resurrectionists-1982-03-25-Faces-Baton-Rouge-LA/

https://1337x.to/torrent/4438100/ROK088-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Resurrectionists-1982-03-26-The-Beat-Exchange-New-Orleans-Louisiana/

https://1337x.to/torrent/4532272/ROK089-Roky-Erickson-1985-07-07-Interview-w-Larry-Monroe-KUT-FM-Austin-TX/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=36242329

https://1337x.to/torrent/5527546/ROK090-Roky-Erickson-Studio-Live-1974-79/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=65462182  

https://1337x.to/torrent/5527727/ROK091-Roky-Erickson-2010-12-18-Copenhagen/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=65558567

https://1337x.to/torrent/5542342/ROKCDR092-Duke-Davis-Interview-2023-02-01/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=65841190  

 

DVDs:

https://1337x.to/torrent/5101226/ROKDVD01v2-Roky-Erickson-1983-06-Philosophy-Religion-Music-VHS-37-15/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=55487277

https://1337x.to/torrent/4115062/ROKDVD02-Elevators-1966-1980s-Documentary-Roky-1985-Openers/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34991300

https://1337x.to/torrent/4254367/ROKDVD03-Roky-Erickson-1984-Demon-Angel-2020-Upgrade/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/35750244

https://1337x.to/torrent/3954056/ROKDVD04-Roky-Erickson-1984-08-18-Happy-Birthday-Roky-1992-Happy-Birthday-Roky/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34977962

https://1337x.to/torrent/3954059/ROKDVD05-Roky-Erickson-The-Explosives-2007-03-01-Great-American-Music-Hall-San-Francisco-CA/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34977964

https://1337x.to/torrent/4058435/ROKDVD06-Roky-Erickson-and-The-Explosives-2007-07-13-Roky-s-60th-Birthday-Party-Paramount-Austin-TX/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34979344

https://1337x.to/torrent/4462197/ROKDVD07-v2-Roky-Erickson-Austin-City-Limits-2007-VH1-2006-Austin-Psych-Fest-2011-2013/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=36155731  

https://1337x.to/torrent/4058448/ROKDVD08-Roky-Erickson-2010-12-12-Luxor-Cologne-Germany-Rockpalast-broadcast-2011-02-28-PAL-16-9/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34979505/

https://1337x.to/torrent/4058450/ROKDVD09-Roky-Erickson-2012-03-01-El-Rey-Theater-Los-Angeles-CA/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34979528

https://1337x.to/torrent/4058453/ROKDVD10-13th-Floor-Elevators-1966-Roky-Erickson-1983-1985-1986-1993/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34979629/

https://1337x.to/torrent/4058458/ROKDVD11-Roky-Erickson-1982-03-25-Roky-Erickson-1986-03-w-The-True-Believers/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34979631

https://1337x.to/torrent/4058461/ROKDVD12-Roky-Erickson-1984-10-31-Demon-Angel-A-Day-And-Night-With-Roky-Erickson-1998-version/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34979632/

https://1337x.to/torrent/4058463/ROKDVD13-13th-Floor-Elevators-1984-06-16-Liberty-Lunch-Austin-TX/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34979634

https://1337x.to/torrent/4009369/ROKDVD14-Roky-Erickson-2010-11-08-Johnny-Brenda-s-Philadelphia-PA/, https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34977946

https://1337x.to/torrent/4318479/ROKVID15-Roky-Erickson-2018-10-07-Hardly-Strictly-Bluegrass-San-Francisco-USA/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/36090556

https://1337x.to/torrent/4957747/ROK-DVD-16-Roky-Erickson-2010-06-25-Louisville-KY-Pro-Shot-Multi-Cam-67-22/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=51478130  

https://1337x.to/torrent/4997030/Roky-Erickson-1979-12-Meeting-with-an-Alien-unedited-version-51-57-ROK-DVD-17/ , https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=52591694

 

Related Releases:

https://1337x.to/torrent/3972642/PSYCH001-Texas-Psych-Collection-Volume-I-Deep-from-the-Heart-of-Texas/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933024

https://1337x.to/torrent/3973164/PSYCH002-The-Golden-Dawn-Power-Plant-Stereo-IA-Vinyl/

https://1337x.to/torrent/3978952/PSYCH003-Butthole-Surfers-The-almost-complete-vinyl-Buttleg-collection/

https://1337x.to/torrent/3992750/PSYCH004-The-Interpreters-The-TexasPsych-Group-Roky-Erickson-Tribute/ , https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/34933031

https://1337x.to/torrent/5385274/Heard-on-Sump-n-Else-WFAA-TV-Dallas-Fort-Worth-1965-1968-Vol-I-III/, https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=62271745  

 

Section 1: AUDIO RELEASES 1 - 91

 

Section 2: VIDEO  RELEASES 1 - 17

 

Document version: 3.23

Last updated: 2023-01-23

Previously named: Roky CD Club.doc

 

Note that releases identified as ‘ROKCDRxxx / ROKDVDxx’ are in some way related to one or more members of the Roky Erickson CD Club or the Texas Psych Group. They may not have been the original sources of the release in all cases, but because it’s too difficult to know where everything comes from, they are credited with the releases as of September 2019. Releases from other sources will note the source if available, or just show ROKxxx or ROKVIDxx. To avoid confusion in release numbering, all follow the same numbering scheme.

 

These groups have been carrying the torch since 1998 and were the very first of their kind on the Internet:

* 13th Floor Elevators Group: facebook.com/groups/13thfloorelevators

* Texas Psych Group: facebook.com/groups/texaspsych

* Roky CD Club: facebook.com/RokyEricksonCDClub

 

Unfortunately the original texaspsychgroup web site no longer exists, though you can find parts of it on archive.org.

 

Release links page: roky.orgfree.com

 

ROKCDR/ROKDVD recordings were produced, with love, by the Roky CD Club and comply with the spirit of the Federal Fair Use Act, 17 US Code § 107. All others (along with a few put out as ROKCDR releases but which were actually grabbed from other sources) were produced by the people  who made them, and their state of mind about their productions remains unknown to us.

 

Note: A [0-99] quality indicator shows the relative audio quality of the release. This indicator is a combination of objective (frequency range, clarity, clipping, tape generations) and subjective factors (does it sound 'good', 'ok', or 'not very good'; is it a special performance or unusual, etc), and should only serve as a rough guide.

 

************ ***** 1. AUDIO RELEASES ******************************************************************************************

 

**  RELEASE 1 - ROKCDR001 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Explosives

1981-09-25

Berkeley, California

 

Source: soundboard cassette, 2nd generation

Quality: 60 [7khz, but clear, very little hiss]

 

The performance is great and the sound is really good. Heroin, White Faces, and Bloody Hammer are standouts.

 

Length: 52:59

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Bermuda

03. The Wind and More

04. Starry Eyes

05. You're Gonna Miss Me

06. The Beast

07. Heroin

08. White Faces

09. Two Headed Dog

10. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

11. Bloody Hammer

 

Also includes 3 songs from a CDR called "Spanning Your Theory" electric demos

Jjust Roky and electric guitar @1975

Length: 10:01

12. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

13. Starry Eyes

14. White Faces

 

-----------------------

Total: 62:31

 

** RELEASE 2 - ROKCDR002 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

“Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix”

 

Quality: 85 [18-20khz, excellent to very good]

Length: 71:54

 

From the "Psychedelic Sounds" sessions,

1966-10 Summit Sound Studio, Dallas, Texas, unless noted:

01. You're Gonna Miss Me (Contact 45 sessions outtake, Andrus Studios, 1966-01)

02. Roller Coaster (alternate mix)

03. Splash 1 (Houston demos 1966-06)

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)

1966-06 Houston Demos, Gold Star Studios:

11. You Gotta Take That Girl

12. Before You Accuse Me

13. You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

1967-09 "Easter Everywhere" Sessions, Walt Andrus Studios, Houston, Texas:

14. Dust (alternate mix)

15. Splash 1 (acoustic, session uncertain)

16. Right Track Now (session uncertain)

1968-03 "Beauty and the Beast" Sessions,

IA (formerly Gold Star) Studios, Houston, Texas:

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)

 

Notes:

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.

 

** RELEASE 3 - ROKCDR003 **

 

Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators

"Austin Reunion 1984"

 

Quality: Liberty: 70 [12khz, clear]

Quality: KAZZ: 35 [ 5khz, hissy, degraded]

 

Disc 1:

Length: 73:51

 

Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators

1984-06-16

Liberty Lunch, Austin, Texas

Source: Beta Video Master>Gen1 High-Bias Tape>CDr

01. Before You Accuse Me

02. The Beast

03. Splash 1

04. Don't Slander Me

05. You're Gonna Miss Me

06. Clear Night for Love

07. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

 

Disc 2:

Length: 79:49

 

Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators

1984-06-16

Liberty Lunch, Austin, Texas

01. Bloody Hammer

02. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

03. - a short break, Roky speaks-

04. Not Fade Away

05. I Am Her Hero, She Is My Heroine

06. Haunt

07. You're Gonna Miss Me (reprise)

13th Floor Elevators

1966-03-16

KAZZ radio, New Orleans Club, Austin, Texas

08. The Word

09. Monkey Island

10. Roller Coaster

11. I'm Down

12. Gloria

13. You're Gonna Miss Me (faded out to end show)

 

Notes:

The 1984 show is taken from a first generation high bias cassette of the original beta cam recording. This is the complete show, and the sound is MUCH better then the two previously released pieces (Collectibles 'Last Concert' and 'Live In Texas' - side 2). The show is total high energy, Roky is in great voice, the band kicks ass, and the crowd of over 1000 Elevators/Roky fans is loving it. The band: Roky Erickson: vocals, guitar; Greg "Catfish" Forrest, guitar; Ronnie Leatherman, bass; John Ike Walton, drums.

 

The band:

Roky Erickson: vocals, guitar

Greg "Catfish" Forrest, guitar

Ronnie Leatherman, bass

John Ike Walton, drums

 

13th Floor Elevators on KAZZ-FM is from a tape of unknown generation. This is the complete 30-minute radio show in original order with lots of historically interesting announcer comments, and I believe it is rather rare in this uncut form. The recording methods were obviously primitive, but the band with its original line-up are at their peak, 'Roller Coaster' and 'Gloria' are fantastic. "After you trip life opens up" - on the Texas air waves in early 1966!

 

The recordings sound better on the LP "The Original Sounds Of", but they are not as complete as on this release. Also, the incomplete version of "You're Gonna Miss Me" is here, and is missing from the afore mentioned LP. It is mostly unedited, with tuning, as well as comments from DJ Rim Kelly.

 

The full tape of the KAZZ-FM broadcast has now been made available and shows some differences vs. the edited versions as presented on the "Original Sounds"/"Demos Everywhere" bootlegs. The full tape is exactly 30 minutes long and includes DJ talk and a version of "You're Gonna Miss Me" which was left off the bootlegs entirely. The tape has been confirmed as a PA recording, though done primitively.

 

Roky Erickson: vocals, rhythm guitar; Stacy Sutherland: lead guitar; Tommy Hall: amplified jug; Benny Thurman: bass; John Ike Walton: drums.

 

** RELEASE 4 - ROKCDR004 **

 

"Roky Erickson and The Mystic Knights Of The Sea"

 

Quality: Palmer: 70 [11khz, reasonably clear]

Quality: Antone's: 50 [8khz, light clipping, murky]

Quality: Zona: 50 [7khz, light clipping, reasonably clear]

Quality: Longbranch: 60 [10khz, clear]

 

Length: 79:11

 

1993-03-17

Palmer Auditorium, Austin, Texas

01. Two Headed Dog

02. Starry Eyes

03. Don't Slander Me

04. You're Gonna Miss Me

1993-06-13

Antone's, Austin, Texas

05. Two Headed Dog

06. Starry Eyes

07. You're Gonna Miss Me

1993-07-13

La Zona Rosa, Austin, Texas

08. Starry Eyes

09. If You Have Ghosts

10. Two Headed Dog

11. Don't Slander Me

12. Starry Eyes

Filler

13. Paul Leary talks about Roky, 1988?

Roky Erickson and The Aliens

1976-01-30

Longbranch Saloon, Berkeley, California

14. Splash 1

15. Boppin's Boppin' Back

16. Sputnik (Alien I Creator)

17. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

 

Notes:

The fourth issue is a compilation of three short 1993 live sets. The 1993 stuff is all audience and low gen. The filler is Paul Leary telling a few good Roky stories and some Aliens live.

 

** RELEASE 5 - ROKCDR005 **

 

"Best Laid Plans / Demos For Demons"

 

Quality: EP: 60 [8khz, ok]

Quality: Openers: 60 [8khz, hiss, ok]

Quality: Demon Angel: 70 [13khz, good]

Quality: home: 80 [16khz, very good]

Quality: Unknown: 70 [11khz, good]

Quality: KTXZ: 70 [8khz, clear]

 

Disc 1:

Length: 46:59

 

Demos for unreleased EP w/Harry Hess on 2nd guitar, 3rd gen source tape

01. Hasn't Anyone Told You

02. Hasn't Anyone Told You (take 2)

03. For You (I'd Do Anything)

04. I'm Satisfied

05. Something Extra

Demos for Openers, 2nd gen source tape

06. Splash 1 (cut)

07. I Had to Tell You

08. The Looking Glass Song

09. Bloody Hammer

10. When You Get Delighted

11. True Love Casts Out All Evil (cut)

 

Disc 2:

Length: 69:40

 

Demos for Demon Angel video, 3rd gen source tape

01. I Believe in America

02. I Walked with a Zombie

03. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

04. Mine, Mine, Mind

1988-09-19 Roky's home, Austin, Texas, 1st gen source tape

05. Bashful Bobby

06. Run to Him/Walking with My Angel

07. Susie Baby

Unknown

08. Can't Do You No Justice

09. What Would You Do?

1985-04-05 KTXZ-FM Studio, Austin, Texas, 2nd gen source tape

10. I Love the Blind Man

11. I've Never Known This till Now

12. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

13. Starry Eyes

14. John Lawman (cut)

 

** RELEASE 6 - ROKCDR006 **

 

Length: 76:41

 

Roky Erickson and The Explosives

The Keystone

Berkeley, CA

1980-09-01

 

Quality: Keystone: 70 [10khz, light clipping, good]

Quality: bonus: 60 [7-9khz, ok, various glitches]

 

Source: soundboard

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Two Headed Dog

03. Creature with the Atom Brain

04. The Wind and More

05. I Think of Demons

06. Night of the Vampire

07. John Lawman

08. You're Gonna Miss Me

09. Mine, Mine, Mind

10. Stand for the Fire Demon

11. Bermuda

12. Bloody Hammer

13. White Faces

14. Night of the Living Dead

-Bonus Tracks-

15. Don't Shake Me Lucifer (Mars Records Demo, 1975)

16. Starry Eyes (12 String Demo)

17. I Walked with a Zombie (Master Tape Demo, 1977)

18. The Wind and More (Master Tape Demo, 1977)

19. You Don't Love Me Yet (EP Session, 1984)

 

Notes:

The sixth issue is a soundboard recording of Roky and The Explosives at the Keystone, Berkeley, 1980-09-01. The signal was a clean soundboard that was digitally enhanced.

 

** RELEASE 7 - ROKCDR007 **

 

Quality: Avalon: 80 [13khz, clear]

Quality: WFFA 1966-03-25: 85 [20khz, clear]

Quality: WFFA 1966-05-09:85 [20khz, clear]

 

Length: 79:00

 

13th Floor Elevators

"Avalon 1966"

Avalon Ballroom

San Francisco, CA

 

Avalon Ballroom, San Francisco, California

1966-09-02 (or 03)

Source: 2nd gen soundboard clone

01. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

02. Before You Accuse Me

03. You Don't Know

04. Splash 1

05. I'm Gonna Love You Too

06. You Really Got Me

07. Fire Engine

08. Roll Over Beethoven

09. The Word

10. Monkey Island

11. Roller Coaster *** (***missing track, French LP source)

 

Speed Corrected

Sump'n Else TV Show, WFFA-TV, Dallas, TX

1966-03-25

12. You're Gonna Miss Me

13. Fire Engine

14. You Really Got Me

15. Roll Over Beethoven

 

Speed Corrected

Sump'n Else TV Show, WFFA-TV, Dallas, TX

1966-05-09

16. Mercy, Mercy

17. Tried to Hide

18. Gloria

19. Fire Engine

20. You're Gonna Miss Me

21. Roller Coaster

 

Notes:

* Number 7 is something really special! Really Special! Special! This is a processed clone of a known 2nd gen soundboard recording of the famous "Avalon '66" recording. This quality BLOWS AWAY ALL that came before including the original, French label boot. This is the definitive version. If that wasn't sick enough, we added on the speed corrected Sump'n Else TV Show tracks. These are the same recordings Sundazed botched by putting out at too fast a speed. These are slowed down to the correct pitch so Roky and crew don't sound like Alvin And The Chipmunks.

 

* If the Elevators Avalon really was recorded at the Avalon in 66 it's possible the sound engineer was Bob Cohen.

"Though Bear was in charge of the live sound, a couple new characters enter our story here with the multitracks - Bob Matthews, a Dead hand from their early days, and his assistant Betty Cantor. It's worth saying a few words about them -

Betty started out working at the Avalon, where Bob Cohen was the recording engineer who taped many of the bands there, including the Dead. (He taped the September '66 show we have, for instance; but other shows were lost or erased.) She went to work at the Carousel in '68, and became involved with Bob Matthews there."

Source: http://deadessays.blogspot.com/2010/07/bear-at-board.html

 

Very little, to no, solid information actually exists about this recording however, beyond the quality, which if authentic, points to a reel to reel soundboard live recording. Obviously, one wonders where the master or first gen reels are, since this exhibits quite a bit of high end drop off despite being a very good recording, particularly in the lows and mids.

 

** RELEASE 8 - ROKCDR008 **

 

"13th Floor Elevators - Reunions"

 

Length: 76:57

 

13th Floor Elevators (no Stacy or Tommy),

1973-02-11

Mother Earth, Austin, Texas

Source: audience recording

01. Maxine

02. You're Gonna Miss Me

03. Splash 1

04. Levitation

05. She's My Friend

06. Baby Blue

07. Rainy Day Woman #12 & #35

08. She Lives

09. Thank God For Civilization

10. I Believe in America

11. Levitation (cut)

12. Roll Over Beethoven (cut)

13th Floor Elevators (Stacy Sutherland, John Ike, Ronnie Leatherman) -

1977-05-28

Ol' Dog Saloon, Ingram, Texas

Source: audience recording

13. You're Gonna Miss Me

14. Baby Blue

15. She Lives

16. Inst.

17. All Along the Watchtower

 

Notes:

Roky CD Club Issue Number 8 is a CD of two 1970's reunions. One is from Mother Earth in Austin on 1973-02-11. This doesn't include Stacy or Tommy. The band sounds out of tune and out of practice. Still, it has moments and this band does sound the closest to the original group of all the reunions. The second part is Ol' Dog Saloon, Ingram, TX, 1977-05-28. This has Stacy, John Ike, Ronnie but no Roky. A blues belter fills in on vocals. Both recordings are hand held audience and high gen. They have been processed.

 

** RELEASE 9 - ROKCDR009**

 

1976-01-30

Roky Erickson and The Aliens

Longbranch Saloon, Berkeley, California

Source: audience recording

 

Length: 79:54

 

01. The Wind and More

02. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

03. Don't Slander Me

04. Splash 1

05. Boppin's Boppin' Back

06. Sputnik (Alien I Creator)

07. You're Gonna Miss Me

08. Met the Aliens (band intros)

09. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

10. Bermuda

11. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

12. The Interpreter

13. Can't Be Brought Down

14. Mine, Mine, Mind

15. Starry Eyes

16. Wake Up to Rock 'n' Roll

17. White Faces

18. Two Headed Dog

19. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

 

Notes:

Roky CD Club Disc Number 9 is an audience recording of the Aliens at the Longbranch Saloon in 1976. This is low gen and really high energy!

 

** RELEASE 10 - ROKCDR010 **

 

"Roky Erickson Interviews"

 

Length: 79:38

 

Radio Broadcast on KSAN, San Francisco, California, The Outcast Hour, call-in show, 1978-04-01, two sources, FM, one is second gen off studio reel

01. "This is the only program where we have real live babies bumping heads in the night"

02. The Interpreter (45 version)

03. "I think the Sex Pistols are really groovy, they remind me of Fiero LaGuardia"

04. Bloody Hammer (demo tape)

05. "The cow kicked a lantern and started a fire."

06. White Faces (demo)

07. "For every vegetarian there's someone else with a cup of blood"

08. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play (demo)

09. "Pinky Lee's in jail again"

10. Roky & The Aliens radio promo, 1978

Meeting With An Alien: Roky Erickson, 1980-04-07 Austin Cable Television Broadcast

11. Musical influences, trends

12. Creature with the Atom Brain (acoustic)

13. The 'Elevators: the myth, song collaboration

14. Right Track Now (acoustic)

15. The 'Elevators: police harassment/Dylan

16. Mr. Tambourine Man (acoustic)

17. Spiritual beliefs

18. For You (acoustic)

19. Horror show/new wave

20. Goodbye Sweet Dreams (Mars demo, '75)

 

Notes:

Number Ten is something special. This is a full CD of Roky Erickson interviews. The capstone of this is 50 minutes of the 1978-04-01, Outcast Hour, on KSAN-FM. This is 2nd gen, processed, from the studio reel.

 

** RELEASE 11 - ROKCDR011 **

 

"Stacy Sutherland Interview"

 

The only known interview with Stacy Sutherland. This is a processed clone of the master tape. This interview is two discs long and was done for a high school paper around Jan/Feb 1977. Stacy comes off as intelligent and likable. He tells his version of the story and picks up an acoustic and sings a bit. His wife, Bunny, sings backup vocals. Bunny was to shoot Stacy to death later the next year.

 

Disc 1:

Length: 59:26

 

01. Powell St. John, master tapes, Tommy Hall, musical influences

02. Leland Rogers, Astral Projection, Benny Thurman

03. Drugs

04. San Francisco, Bill Graham, philosophy, religion

05. Dead, Airplane, other music, Ingram reunion

06. Banjo, Lenny Bruce, Bull of the Woods

 

Disc 2:

Length: 62:24

 

01. Drug busts, Dick Clark, Leland Rogers, Fever Tree

02. Ingram reunion, Roky, Tommy, Mick Jagger, Timothy Leary

03. Abortion, at 8:40 Stacy tunes up

04. Satisfied Mind (Hayes & Rhodes) +

05. Midnight Special (Huddie Ledbetter) +

06. Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton) +

07. Nadine (Chuck Berry)

08. Positively Fourth Street (Bob Dylan)

09. Capital Punishment, Charles Manson

10. You're Gonna Miss Me (Erickson) xx

 

** RELEASE 12 - ROKCDR012 **

 

Summer 1979

Roky Erickson and The Explosives

Raul's, Austin, Texas

 

Length: 61:38

 

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Two Headed Dog

03. Rokyspeak I

04. Mine, Mine, Mind

05. Rokyspeak II

06. The Wind and More

07. Rokyspeak III

08. Night of the Vampire

09. You're Gonna Miss Me

10. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

11. Bermuda

12. Rokyspeak IV

13. The Interpreter

14. Starry Eyes

15. I Walked with a Zombie

16. White Faces

 

Notes:

Raul's was the Punk Rock club in Austin and The Explosives were one of the house bands. Here, they back Roky through a rip roaring set!

 

** RELEASE 13 - ROKCDR013 **

 

"13th Floor Elevators Interviews"

 

Length: 68:40

 

Various interviews

01. Former station manager of Dallas' WFFA-TV talks about the 'Elevator's 1966 appearances on the Sump'n Else TV Show. Recorded in the early 1980's

02. Host Ron Chapman attempts to speak with Tommy Hall on the Sump'n Else TV Show, 1966-03-25

03. Larry Kane attempts to speak with the 'Elevators on the Larry Kane TV Show, 1966-12-18

04. Bull of the Woods radio spot, San Francisco, 1969

05. Tommy Hall interviewed by Max Fredrikson, 1990.

Roky Erickson interview, 1975-12-09, KTIM-FM, San Rafael

06. Interview - Intro

07. The Beatles - Rocky Raccoon

08. Interview - Space Music, UFOs, Bigfoot

09. Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien - Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

10. Interview - Rusk

11. 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me

12. 13th Floor Elevators - Roller Coaster

13. Interview - Janis, Robert Plant, Sir Doug

14. 13th Floor Elevators - I'm Gonna Love You Too

15. Interview - Introducing The Aliens: Jeff, Chris, Dwayne

16. Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien - Starry Eyes

Roky Erickson interviewed by Greg Turner for the June 1978 issue of CLE Magazine

17. Interview (Impossible to summarize. Just enjoy the ride)

Roky Erickson, unknown date, early 1980s

18. Roky talking

 

Notes:

This is a companion to CD-R #10. It features attempts of TV show Hosts to interview the 'Elevators. Little did they know that the band had evolved beyond mere conversation! The jewel of this disc is an interview with Tommy Hall in 1990. That's followed by a Roky interview in San Rafael the day of the famous show in River City.

 

** RELEASE 14 - ROKCDR014 **

 

"It's So High That It's Underground"

 

Length: 63:47

 

1975 Mars single (from DAT)

01.  Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) - 1975 Mars single

1982-09-03

Trident's, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Source: audience recording.

02. Crazy Crazy Mama

03. Bloody Hammer

04. Starry Eyes

05. Don't Slander Me

06. Two Headed Dog

07. You're Gonna Miss Me

1978-07-28

Whisky-A-Go-Go, Los Angeles, California (w/The Aliens)

08. radio spot

09. Stand for the Fire Demon

10. The Damned Thing

11. The Interpreter

12. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

13. The Wind and More

1979  ( w/The Explosives)

Raul's, Austin, Texas

Source: soundboard

14. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

15. Two Headed Dog

 

Notes:

Sure, it's a hodge-podge of stuff but it's a hodge-podge made by a fan. Some thought was put into this one. Some of this hasn't seen the light yet but most of it was "rescued" off other discs. Get this, the Aliens live material is actually taken off a shitty "best" of 13th Floor Elevators disc! The bootlegger put the name of the supergroup on the disc but the whole thing is various Roky solo stuff. Nothing moves in a straight line in the 'Elevator's world. What sucks is that most fans are novice, compared to us, and actually buy the shit spewed out. I bought it because I thought (correctly) that it contained some new Roky stuff.

 

The disc leads off with the legendary 1975, Mars Records, Two Headed Dog but this was rescued off a Time-Life "Punk Rock" comp where Doug Sahm let the compilers in with a DAT to copy the multitrack soundboard master. The quality is A+++ and, for this reason alone, makes this disc a MUST.

 

Also included is a partial set from a gig dated 1982-09-03. This is audience. It was recorded at Trident's in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

After that is that Aliens live material I mentioned. It's a tragedy that this stuff is kicking around on some lo-fi shit label that tried to screw the public by putting "13th Floor Elevators" on the cover. But we're gonna set that right. This stuff is really great! It's audience but sounds like it's off the master to me. This was recorded at the Whiskey A-Go-Go on 1978-07-28.

 

Filling out the disc is the two Roky & The Explosives tracks off the "Live At Raul's" comp. put out a few years ago. Raul's was THE Punk Rock club in Austin back in the Seventies and The Explosives were the House Band. Alone, they sounded like a poor man's Talking Heads but when they backed Roky they completely fuzzed out the guitars and turned the amps up to "MAX". These two tracks were left off the LP issue back in the Eighties but were added to the CD reissue. The quality is amazing. Soundboard man.

 

** RELEASE 15 - ROKCDR015 **

 

"The High Baptismal Flow"

 

13th FLOOR ELEVATORS - The High Baptismal Flow

aka How Much Is That Vinyl In The Window?

 

Disc 1

Length: 76:09

 

Mono 45 mixes:

01. IA 107a  You're Gonna Miss Me (Contact 45 session, Jan 66

02. IA 107b  Tried to Hide (Contact 45 session, Jan 66

03. IA 111a  Reverberation (45 session, Sep 66

04. IA 111b  Fire Engine (Psych Sounds session, Oct 66

05. IA 113a  Levitation (45 session, Jan 67

06. IA 113b  Before You Accuse Me (edit, 45 session, Jan 67

07. IA 121a  She Lives (45 session, Jan 67

08. IA 121b  Baby Blue (Easter session, Sep 67

09. IA 122a  Slip Inside This House (edit, Easter session, Sep 67

10. IA 122b  Splash 1 (45 demo session, Jun 66

11. IA 126a  I'm Gonna Love You Too (Contact demos, Apr 66

12. IA 126b  May the Circle Remain Unbroken (Beast session, Feb 68

13. IA 130a  Livin' On (Beast session, Feb 68

14. IA 130b  Scarlet and Gold (Bull session, Aug 68

Misc:

15. Don't Fall Down (alt with long intro

16. Fire Engine (alt version, Epitaph LP

SPADES - Zero 10002 - Nov/Dec 1965

17. You're Gonna Miss Me

18. We Sell Soul

Backing tracks:

19. Roller Coaster (instrumental, aborted, Demos Everywhere LP)

20. You Don't Know (backing track)

21. Don't Fall Down (backing track)

22. Levitation1 (backing track)

23. Levitation2 (backing track)

 

Disc 2

Length: 67:54

 

1966-08

La Maison Ballroom, Houston, Texas:

01. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

02. Satisfaction

03. I'm Down

04. Roller Coaster

05. I Feel Good

1967-02-18

Jam w/Conqueroo members, Houston, Texas:

06. She Lives

1966-68 raw session tapes:

07. Monkey Island

08. Roller Coaster

09. Fire Engine

10. Through the Rhythm

11. Tried to Hide

12. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

13. I Don't Ever Want to Come Down (cut.)

14. Living On

15. Living On

16. Tried to Hide

17. Tried to Hide

18. Reverberation

19. Tried to Hide

20. h

 

Notes:

Most of this material has never been on CD. At best it languished on 35-year-old vinyl, unavailable and unknown except to a few hunter/gatherer hoarder/waster scavenger/collector-types.

 

So -- the title is: "The High Baptismal Flow a/k/a How Much Is That Vinyl In The Window?" What we have here is two discs of prime 13th Floor Elevators material from a variety of sources. Between this and our previous Elevators discs, this accounts for nearly everything in circulation.

 

The heart and soul of CD1 is the Elevators' singles, A's and B's in chronological order. These would have made a fine LP in its own right, had anyone at International Artists had the vision to issue it. (The master tapes are almost certainly lost now.) This would have worked well as a "Best Of," a quick overview of what the band was all about, and a great starting point for new listeners. Nobody ever did, so it falls to us to keep it alive for the real fans and to help take care of Roky as we do.

 

Every last 45 is ripped from the original vinyl; decent copies too. For an indie label in TX mostly concerned with making a quick buck, International Artists' 45s sounded pretty good. Even so, it took a couple of software packages and hours of work to get these ready for CD. If you want, you can still hear a hint of vinyl now and then but you'll need headphones to do it. Smooth. Beyond that, we have a pair of alternate mixes, the Spades' pre-Elevators single featuring Roky, and some backing tracks at the end.

 

Disc 1:

Tracks 1-19 ripped directly from the original vinyl and processed from there

Track 15 appears on ROKCDR2 "Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix" but includes a slight glitch at one point and doesn't feature the false start included here.

Track 16, "Fire Engine" from the "Epitaph For A Legend" LP appears also on ROKCDR2 "Psychedelic Sounds Alternate Mix."  The take is the same, but the mix is not.

 

Disc 2:

Tracks 1-6 are ripped from the original vinyl and processed from there.

Tracks 7-20 are rough mixes, raw session tapes. Occasional studio chatter can be heard between tracks.

Track 9 is an alternate mix, notable for its lack of backing vocals.

Track 13 is heard here from a tape playback, rather than the more common acetate source. It seems to have been truncated on purpose; the noise at the end is a reel-to-reel tape coming to a halt. Had the acetate not been found, nothing more would have remained of this song.

Track 20 is a rough mix; no alternate version has ever surfaced.

 

** RELEASE 16 - ROKCDR016 **

 

Disc 1

Length: 71:37

 

1984-08-11

Consolidated Arts Warehouse, Houston, Texas

Source: 3rd gen audience tape

John Ike Walton w/Evil Hook Wildlife

01. Before You Accuse Me

02. Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)

03. Bloody Hammer (inst)

04. Bloody Hammer

05. Don't Slander Me

06. Clear Night for Love

07. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

08. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Disc 2

Length: 68:18

 

01. The Beast

02. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

03. You're Gonna Miss Me (reprise)

04. Splash 1 (Now I'm Home) (reprise - cuts)

1984-08-11

KTXZ-FM, Austin Opera House, Austin, Texas

05. Intro

06. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

07. Interview

08. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

09. Interview

10. You're Gonna Miss Me

11. Outro

1984-10-01

KTXZ-FM, Austin Opera House, Austin, Texas

12. Intro/Interview

13. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

14. Starry Eyes

15. Don't Slander Me

16. Interview

17. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

18. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Notes:

This is the crash and burn of the final 13th Floor Elevators reunion attempt (with Roky). It's John Ike playing with Evil Hook Wildlife. Ronnie quit because he said he never got paid for the 1984-06-16 gig. Long jams are the order of the evening but Roky burns above them. The You're Gonna Miss Me has a long guitar intro that's cool. Then Roky starts screaming. That is cool too. This is 3rd gen audience that has had all the hiss & ugliness scooped out with Soundforge. The second disc is filled out with two radio broadcasts from 1984 at the Austin Opera House.

 

** RELEASE 17 - ROKCDR017 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Resurrectionists

"Louisiana"

 

Disc 1

A significantly better version of this performance is available in ROK087. That version Is far superior to this one, which has major audio problems that are not correctable.

 

Length: 75:31

 

1982-03-25

Faces, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

01. Bermuda

02. I Think of Demons

03. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

04. The Damn Thing

05. You're Gonna Miss Me

06. White Faces

07. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

08. The Beast

09. Don't Slander Me

10. I Walked with a Zombie

11. Mine Mine Mind

12. Starry Eyes

13. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

14. Crazy Crazy Mama

15. Bloody Hammer

16. Creature with the Atom Brain

17. The Wind and More

 

Disc 2

A much better version of this show is available in ROK088, and should be considered a true upgrade to this recording. That version Is significantly better than this one, which has major audio problems that are not correctable.

 

Length: 72:48

 

1982-03-26

Beat Exchange, New Orleans, Louisiana

Set 1:

01. Bermuda

02. I Think of Demons

03. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

04. The Damn Thing

05. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

06. White Faces

07. The Beast

08. I Walked with a Zombie

Set 2:

09. Don't Slander Me

10. Creature with the Atom Brain

11. Mine Mine Mind

12. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

13. Bloody Hammer

14. Starry Eyes

15. The Interpreter

16. Crazy Crazy Mama

17. You're Gonna Miss Me

18. 1982-03-26 WTUL-FM Interview, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Disc 3

Length: 72:35

 

1982-09-04

Tupelo's, New Orleans, Louisiana

01. Starry Eyes

02. Don't Slander Me

03. The Interpreter

04. Stand for the Fire Demon

05. Night of the Vampire

06. Hasn't Anyone Told You?

Unknown venue/date:

07. You're Gonna Miss Me

Recorded June 1976, re-mixed May 1992

08. Bloody Hammer

09. Miss Elude

10. Haunt

11. Laughing Things

12. You Don't Love Me Yet

"Don't Slander Me" out-take

13. Realize You're My Sweet Brown Angel Eyes

7" single - w/The Resurrectionists, June 25 or 26, 1982 Island Club, Houston, Texas

14. Hasn't Anyone Told You?

As above, B-side, not on official album

15. The Interpreter

27 Devils Joking - 1990 7" single

Recorded at Earth & Sky Studios, Austin, Texas with Roky Erickson

16. You Don't Love Me Yet

Recorded in Santa Fe, New Mexico, without Roky Erickson

17. I Am Her Hero, She Is My Heroin

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Jimmy Jones - lead guitar, backing vocals

Brian S. Curly - bass, backing vocals  (of Lester Bang’s Delinquents)

Carl Giesecke - drums (of the Nervebreakers)

 

** RELEASE 18 - ROKCDR018 **

 

"Evil Hook Wildlife 84 and More"

 

Length: 66:37

 

Evil Hook Wildlife, Last Practice Session - 1984

01. Arguing

02. The Beast

03. Talk

04. Clear Night for Love

05. The Wind and More (1)

06. The Wind and More (2)

Last Gig - 1984

07. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

08. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

09. I Walked with a Zombie

10. Bermuda

11. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) (reprise)

Spoken Words

12. Inards Outing In (from Two Twisted Tales)

13. The Bank Robber (from Two Twisted Tales)

14. Love To See You Bleed

15. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Aug 1976 w/The Aliens

16. Bumblebee Zombie

Aug 1976 w/The Aliens

17. Things That Go Bump In The Night

1978 Whisky A Go-Go, Los Angeles w/The Aliens

18. Please Don't Kill My Baby

 

Notes:

A snapshot of a band in disintegration! Somebody left a cigarette burning on Roky's amp and he's about to kill them! Like, stomp their guts out. Then he says that somebody stole his fuzz-box and the shit REALLY hits the fan! You mess with Roky's fuzz-box and you're playing with fire. There's some cool spoken word stuff on this disc as filler.

 

** RELEASE 19 - ROKCDR019 **

 

Demon Angel Outtakes (from George Cedarskoog's master tape)

 

Length: 65:16

 

1984-05-27:

01. Intro -> I Believe in America

02. I Walked with a Zombie

03. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

04. Mine Mine Mind

05. Interview

Car Interviews:

06. Dracula, The Devil & Aliens / Evilhook Wildlife E.T.

07. Dylan

08. James Brown / God

09. Horror / Signing Your Soul To The Devil / Fire Demon

10. Alligator Persons / Drunks

11. Bear with Me

12. Columbo & Kojack

13. Screaming / Horror Rock / Money

14. Right Track Now

15. Blowin' In The Wind

16. Europe

 

17. Dylan Interview Excerpt

 

Notes:

Demon Angel outtakes & car interview from George Cedarskoog's master tape. Roky riding around Austin with a group of Swedish fans! Prior to that we have Demon Angel outtakes. All of this, the interview and the outtakes were part of the Demon Angel production. This is all from George Cedarskoog's master tape, the Producer of Demon Angel.

 

** RELEASE 20 - ROKCDR020 **

 

Roky Erickson interview with George Gimarc

July 1981 "The Edge" KDGE-FM 94.5, Dallas, Texas

Rebroadcast in 1990

 

Length: 70:51

 

01. DJ Introduction -> Roller Coaster -> Roky intro

02. Twp Headed Dog

03. Five Symbols, Roky's music advanced

04. If You Have Ghosts

05. Writing monster movies, stories, pleading insanity to avoid jail

06. Don't Slander Me

07. Roky's influence on others, evil

08. Creature With the Atom Brain

09. Monsters and demons and evil ones, possession

10. I Have Always Been Here Before

11. Sympathy for movie monsters

12. Slip Inside This House (partial)

13. What scares you?

14. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

15. About "I Walked With The Zombie"

16. I Walked With The Zombie

17. About "I Think of Demons", gremlins, goblins

18. I Think of Demons

19. About 'Evil', gig in Bermuda?

20. Bermuda

21. Where to visit? South America, shrunken heads, Moscow

22. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

23. The king of creature guitar, learning guitar

24. "Music is evil"

 

Notes:

This is an interview from 1981-07-xx that was rebroadcast in 1990 to celebrate the release of Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye. It's about 70 minutes long and has Roky answering questions and playing cuts from his albums.

 

** RELEASE 21 - ROKCDR021 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

"The Monodelic Sounds Of"

 

Length: 74:09

 

The Psychedelic Sounds of 13th Floor Elevators LP (mono mix)

(from an unplayed mono copy; we broke the seal to rip this)

01. You're Gonna Miss Me

02. Roller Coaster

03. Splash 1

04. Reverberation

05. Don't Fall Down

06. Fire Engine

07. Thru the Rhythm

08. You Don't Know

09. Kingdom of Heaven

10. Monkey Island

11. Tried to Hide

1966-03-25

Speed-corrected, Sump'n Else TV Show, WFFA-TV, Dallas, Texas (mono)

12. You're Gonna Miss Me

13. Fire Engine

14. You Really Got Me

15. Roll Over Beethoven

1966-05-99

Speed-corrected, Sump'n Else TV Show, WFFA-TV, Dallas, Texas (mono)

16. Mercy, Mercy

17. Tried to Hide

18. Gloria

19. Fire Engine

20. You're Gonna Miss Me

21. Roller Coaster

 

See ROKCDR043 for the stereo LP version.

 

Notes:

We have the mono mix of the Psychedelic Sounds of 13th Floor Elevators LP. This is the Mother of all psychedelic music! This is the very first psychedelic LP by the very first psychedelic band. The first modern Rock LP and the blueprint for everything that followed (Psychedelic, Punk, Alternative). Yeah, it all dat peoples, it all dat. It's a legend, a fucking legend! Why is this mono mix special?

 

Well... Back in the day at International Artists, an Engineer, stewed on Listerine probably, added some sort of horrible echo/reverb effect to the final mix of the stereo version. This was a bad mistake; it dated the mix and it sounds like you're listening to the band play from down a concrete hallway underground. This is the mix that has been reissued on CD countless times. The mono LP mix escaped and this is the "real" mix of this legendary and influential LP. With this mix, it's a totally different ball game. The band sounds right upfront and in your face, urgent with fervor.

 

These guys were trying to turn on the whole world. This is one of the foundations of all things 'Elevators. Now, you NEED this CD. This recording was taken off an unplayed mono copy. We broke the seal to rip this. To make matters even worse, we added on the speed-corrected Sump'n Else TV Show tracks from 1966. They're in mono too. It's mono madness! The 'Elevators, live on stage, spewing their subversive message out to the kids over Dallas television; right under the noses of the Establishment because they didn't care to listen to the words. That soon changed.

 

"Forget about San Francisco: The American capitol of psychedelic rock was Austin, Texas, and no band soared higher than Roky Erickson and 13th Floor Elevators. In addition to acid-tinged garage rockers such as the crazed-love anthem, "You're Gonna Miss Me," the Elevators' debut included tracks such as "Reverberation (Doubt)," "Roller Coaster," and "Splash 1," which viscerally evoked the sounds of their titles while offering lyrics that provided a philosophical structure for the psychedelic experience." --Jim Derogatis

 

** RELEASE 22 - ROKCDR022 **

 

"Roky Erickson and The Aliens Live At The Keystone 1977"

 

1977 Keystone, Berkeley, California

Source: soundboard

 

See also ROK077 for a very good vinyl rip of an original bootleg of this same basic performance.

 

Length: 79:46

 

01. The Wind and More

02. The Damned Thing

03. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

04. I Know I Know How To Love You

05. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

06. Mine Mine Mind

07. Don't Slander Me

08. Stand for the Fire Demon /

09. The Interpreter

10. Bo Diddley's a Headhunter

11. Bloody Hammer

12. Before In the Beginning (aka: The Necronomicon Song)

13. Bermuda

14. Two Headed Dog

15. Night of the Vampire

 

Notes 1:

The Aliens live in Berkeley, 1977. It's a soundboard. Roky's Manager used to hand these cassettes out for promotional purposes. This has been bootlegged numerous times. You might remember the title You Will Believe In Ghosts. Well... This is taken direct off one of those tapes that was handed out back in the day. It's not a 4th gen copy. What's more, the signal was processed. It sounds better than anything out there. There are a very few, slight, tape dropouts but this tape IS old. It's very slight and only in a few places. The bottom line is that this is the best sounding recording of the Aliens live extant. Is it Punk? Is it Metal? Is it Punk/Metal? You be the judge.

 

I got this Roky show from the manager of the Nervebreakers about 1977. . . It is a soundboard recording. . . Sounds like the Blieb Aliens [sic]. Two guitar players, organ and electric jug. Two sets. The recording quality is excellent with a little tape hiss. . . The mix starts off funky and it gets better during The Wind and More as the person at the mixing board adjusts the levels. It was recorded onto an old TDK Super Avilyn cassette.

 

Based on the song selection and the sequencing of the songs these recordings are almost surely the same as those which appeared on the bootleg LPs "Weird Tales" and "New Tales Of The Weird", in a slightly rearranged order. "New Tales Of The Weird" is The Aliens at Berkeley, 1977; the live portion of "Weird Tales" is probably the same. These LPs have only decent to poor sound quality however. "I Know How To Love You" is "I Love How You Love Me" (a 50's song), and "The Necronomicon Song" appears in truncated form on the CD/LP/Cassette Gremlins Have Pictures as "Before In The Beginning".

 

Notes 2:

If you listen to ROK077, I don’t agree with the above reviewer at all, while it’s true that 22 was processed, it was processed and essentially ruined in terms of the actual sonic quality and ‘feel’ of the show in my opinion. I used to see shows in this area in the late 70’s, and I promise you, bands did not sound at all like 22, but they definitely sounded like ROK077, which is the same basic show, but with most of the in between song amp noise and talk left in, and all the slicing/cutting guitar tones intact. 22 removes a lot of it, and made a real mistake in my opinion trying to reduce the amplifier buzz, because getting rid of that got rid of the snare/guitar mid/high range stuff, which is what creates the ‘bite’ in live rock music, and in this case, leaves a ‘clean’ but muffled recording which does not really sound l like a live concert. I had the luxury of being able to compare ROKCDR022 and ROK077 (sourced from an excellent vinyl rip of the original bootleg) side by side, which reviewer 1 may not have had. In my opinion ROK077 is a significant upgrade, since it actually sounds like the band would have sounded live in 1977.

 

According to 1977-07-29 Berkeley Barb article, the Keystone gig was on a Monday, a bit previous to the publishing date, so this show probably is summer 1977. They list Bleib Alien as his backing band at that time, so no reason to not believe them since they were there at the time. That review PDF is included in ROK077, and notes the

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Duane Aslaksen - lead guitar

Bill Miller - electric auto harp

John Jeffrey Sutton - drums

John Maxwell - bass

 

** RELEASE 23 - ROKCDR023 **

 

"Red Temple Prayer"

 

Roky and The Resurrectionists

1982-09-03

Trinity's, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

 

Disc 1

Length: 47:15

 

First Set:

01. Bermuda

02. Hasn't Anybody Told You?

03. Two Headed Dog

04. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

05. Night of the Vampire

06. Mine, Mine, Mind

07. Damned Thing

08. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

09. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Disc 2

Length: 71:45

 

Second Set:

01. The Beast

02. I Think of Demons

03. Creature with the Atom Brain

04. The Interpreter

05. Crazy, Crazy, Mama

06. Bloody Hammer

07. Starry Eyes

08. Don't Slander Me

09. Stand for the Fire Demon

10. Angel

11. I Walked with a Zombie

12. Two Headed Dog (reprise)

 

-----------------------

Total:  119:01

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Jimmy Jones - lead guitar, backing vocals

Brian S. Curly - bass, backing vocals  (of Lester Bang’s Delinquents)

Carl Giesecke - drums (of the Nervebreakers)

 

Notes:

A bit of this has already appeared on CD-R #14, It's So High That It's Underground, but this is the full shot. The quality is very good audience that has been tweaked.

 

** RELEASE 24 - ROKCDR024 **

 

"Reverberation In The Round"

 

Length: 78:10

 

13th Floor Elevators

1967-02-18

Houston Music Theater, Houston, Texas

Source: from a Japanese issue of the Contemptables box

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)

1966-03-16

New Orleans Old World Night Club, Austin, Texas, KAZZ-FM

12. The Word

13. I'm Down

14. Gloria

15. Monkey Island

16. Roller Coaster

Taken from 1984-06-16 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 1966-03-16 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 1984-06-16.

 

** RELEASE 25 - ROKCDR025 **

 

Raincrow

1971-12-09

The Jade Room, Austin, Texas

 

Source: original recording courtesy of George Kinney of The Golden Dawn

 

Length: 64:24

 

01. Let It Roll

02. Slippin' and Slidin'

03. Mathilda

04. Stagger Lee

05. So Long

06. instrumental

07. All Along the Watchtower

08. Brown Sugar

09. I Feel Good

10. Cripple Creek

11. Something on Your Mind

12. Money

13. Shadow Falling

14. For Your Love

15. band song

16. blues instrumental

17. Honky Tonk Women

 

Band:

Stacy Sutherland - guitar

Ronnie Leatherman - bass

Obi Hardeman - vocals

Bobby Rector - drums

Cecil Morris - harp

 

Notes:

The music is rock, blues, soul, but some of the names involved may be of interest to fans of Texas Psych. The original recording is courtesy of George Kinney of The Golden Dawn, who has cleared its distribution. There is hardly any audience noise between tracks, so it's TAO and fits only on an 80 minute CDR. There are cover versions by the Band, Stones and Dylan (plus whoever wrote 'Money' - Barrett Strong IIRC), as well as blues standards and band compositions. No compositions by The Elevators. Sound quality is a fairly consistent 8/10 with very occasional clipping.

 

** RELEASE 26 - ROKCDR026 **

 

Clementine Hall interview by Joe Trybyszewski

2003-10

Berkeley, California

 

Notes:

Clementine tells the amazing story of 13th Floor Elevators from her perspective. She comes across as intelligent and articulate.

 

Length: 77:06

 

01. The Ghetto, Janis Joplin, Bluegrass, Tommy

02. Gilbert Sheldon, The Ghetto, Tommy

03. The Jade Room, Roky, the Lingsmen

04. Psychedelics, Tommy, College, LSD Experiments

05. Tommy: Song Writing, creating songs with Roky, LSD

06. Stacy, Easter Everywhere, Psychedelic Sounds, improvising, Benny

07. Creative outpouring, unpublished materials

08. Other groups, Babycakes, Joke books

09. Dec 1965 Elevators form, Jade Room, New Orleans Club

10. Houston, Elevators, lack of money, food, vending machine soup

11. Texas to CA, breaking down in Bakersfield

12. San Francisco, hearing "You're Going to Miss Me" on radio

13. Longshoreman's Hall, teenyboppers, Stacy/Elevators don't want to be pop stars

14. Avalon, Fillmore, Hippies, acid heads

15. Clementine on performing, serious music, Elevators, her kids

16. Tommy's (the sage), Roky (the child), Clementine (the queen)

17. Stacy (the dark angel), his dark views, his playing

18. Benny (jazz bass style), John Ike (bass on drums), Sandy Locket (sound engineer)

19. Living in San Francisco, CA tour, Apartment in SF, Riots, Mugging

20. Roky bluffing, police pullover, Roky's "safety devices", kind critiques

21. The Ghetto: Janis, Tommy, Roky, painting/drawing, Powell St. John, Psychedelics

22. Janis stories: her first singing, her use of Roky's scream, charity gig with Elevators

23. Powell St. John: his apartment, visiting, w/Tommy

24. Tommy: thought processes, today, working on book, visiting w/Clementine and Roland

25. Roland: similarities with Tommy, writing music, Western music

26. Tommy's/Clementine's views on Elevators today, on a different trip today, seeing Roky

27. Tommy and Stacy Sutherland musical disagreements, Roky

28. Turning on with the band, The Jug, Stacy thought it overused

29. Elevators and fame, ego, Stacy, sycophants, Clementine's roll, John Ikm

30. When things started going bad, Rusk, the band, breaking him out, hiding Roky

31. Roky's state of mind coming out of Rusk, shock treatments, Roky in SF with Clem.

the Russians in his teeth, cold waves to bring him back, being afraid of Roky

32. Roky in SF, back in Texas, tapes of things

33. What is Clementine doing today? Work, Singing, Drawing, Quilting

34. New Elevators fans, psychedelics, Clementine's views today, DMT, Holy drugs

35. Spiritual journey, giving this gift to other people, John Kearny

36. The most memorable mystical experience of Elevators? So many... laughing,

loving, music [the 3rd song], the Holy Ghost Experience, The Cosmic Goose

37. Closing outro from producers

20. Roky bluffing, police pullover, Roky's "safety devices", kind critiques

21. The Ghetto: Janis, Tommy, Roky, painting/drawing, Powell St. John, Psychedelics

22. Janis stories: her first singing, her use of Roky's scream, charity gig with Elevators

23. Powell St. John: his apartment, visiting, w/Tommy

24. Tommy: thought processes, today, working on book, visiting w/Clementine and Roland

25. Roland: similarities with Tommy, writing music, Western music

26. Tommy's/Clementine's views on Elevators today, on a different trip today, seeing Roky

27. Tommy and Stacy Sutherland musical disagreements, Roky

28. Turning on with the band, The Jug, Stacy thought it overused

29. Elevators and fame, ego, Stacy, sycophants, Clementine's roll, John Ikm

30. When things started going bad, Rusk, the band, breaking him out, hiding Roky

31. Roky's state of mind coming out of Rusk, shock treatments, Roky in SF with Clem.

the Russians in his teeth, cold waves to bring him back, being afraid of Roky

32. Roky in SF, back in Texas, tapes of things

33. What is Clementine doing today? Work, Singing, Drawing, Quilting

34. New Elevators fans, psychedelics, Clementine's views today, DMT, Holy drugs

35. Spiritual journey, giving this gift to other people, John Kearny

36. The most memorable mystical experience of Elevators? So many... laughing,

loving, music [the 3rd song], the Holy Ghost Experience, The Cosmic Goose

 

** RELEASE 27 - ROKCDR027 **

 

"More Power to You: Roky Erickson Unplugged"

 

Length: 50:59

 

Roky Erickson

1984-10-09

Soap Creek saloon, Austin, Texas

Source: master tape clone that has been tweaked with Cool Edit Pro

01. For

02. Devotional Number One

03. I Believe in America

04. I Love the Blind Man

05. I Love You

06. It's Love

07. rokyspeak: The Photographer

08. I've Never Known This Til Now

09. The Light

10. The Looking Glass Song

11. Loving Isn't a Part Time Thing

12. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

13. More Power to You

14. rokyspeak: Rocketship Accident

Bonus track:

15. It's a Cold Night for Alligators (recorded at Roky's home, 1983)

 

Notes:

An AMAZING recording! I think Roky is reading out of his book, Openers and putting music to the poems/songs. It's all religious stuff and really gorgeous. "Jesus is not a hallucinogenic mushroom..." you gotta love that man. Some of these songs HAVE NEVER been heard and only known in lyrical form (until now). This is a real find.

 

The quality is a master tape clone that has been tweaked with Cool Edit Pro. The mic is right up there on the stage with Roky and he even bumps it a few times. The quality is gorgeous.

 

See ROK085 for a very nice AM radio performance of some of the songs from Openers.

 

** RELEASE 28 - ROKCDR028 **

 

"John Ike Walton Interviews"

 

Also contains a very long, unrelated, interview with Roky Erickson (disk 2, track 17), as well as a rare short interview with Tommy Hall..

 

Disc 1:

Length: 75:39

 

John Ike Walton interview 1992 Ingram, Texas conducted by Phil "The Ranger" James

01. Meeting the Elevators

02. Cutting the first tracks

03. Benny the violinist

04. The big break

05. On Ronnie

06. The live album

07. On going to California

08. TV shows

09. Ronnie & John Ike leave

10. Back to California

11. The gig is Modesto

12. Tommy/naming the band/the jug

13. The first gig/other bands/Roky's first bust

14. Roky's second bust/Rusk

15. Gigs after Roky's release

16. '84 reunion/the Ritz

17. Visiting Roky/The birthday party gig

18. Royalties

19. The break with IA

20. Song writing on acid

21. Conqueroos/Theater in the round

22. Playing again with Roky?

23. John Ike's drum kit

24. On Roky

25. Downfall/the jug/meeting Tommy

26. The bust

27. On Powell St. John

 

Disc 2:

Length: 67:59

 

"The Story of 13th Floor Elevators as told by John Ike Walton"

Part 1 - John Ike Walton, 1994 Ingram, Texas

01. Tripping with Stacy & Tommy

02. Tommy smuggling weed

03. Busts in Austin

04. Longshoreman's Hall

05. Roky planted

06. Rusk

07. Busted in Austin

Part 2 - John Ike Walton and Paul Tannison, 1994 Ingram, Texas

08. Pre-'Elevators/ICE

09. Stacy and the Bandidos

10. On Stacy

11. Bull of the Woods

12. On Benny

13. Austin's venues

14. Stacy's death

Part 3 - 1992-06-06 phone discussions with Jack Ortman, book release party

for 'Roky III: Son of the Sequel', Larkspur bookstore, Marin County, California

15. John Ike in Ingram

16. Tommy Hall in San Francisco

Part 4

17. Interview with Roky conducted by Mark Linimon for KTRU-FM Houston @1981

 

Notes:

These are two interviews from Ingram, Texas done on 1992 & 1994. In these, John Ike Walton gives his take on the Amazing Story of 13th Floor Elevators. These have been heavily processed and while the sound is good and clear there might be some digital pops.

 

** RELEASE 29 - ROKCDR029 **

 

Roky Erickson - Casting The Tunes

 

(Disc 5 is in ROKCDR041)

 

Disc 1:

Length: 47:05

 

"Demos For Demons/Best Laid Plans Redux"

Demos for unreleased EP w/Harry Hess on 2nd guitar

Source: 1st gen source tape:

01. Hasn't Anyone Told You? (take 1)

02. Hasn't Anyone Told You? (take 2)

03. For You (I'd Do Anything)

04. I'm Satisfied

05. Something Extra

Demos for Openers

Source: 1st gen source tape:

06. Splash 1 (Now I'm Home) (cut)

07. I Had to Tell You

08. The Looking Glass Song

09. Bloody Hammer

10. When You Get Delighted

11. True Love Cast Out All Evil (cut)

 

Disc 2:

Length: 67:57

 

Demos for Demon Angel video

Source: 1st gen source tape:

01. I Believe in America

02. I Walked with a Zombie

03. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

04. Mine Mine Mind

1988-09-19

Roky's home, Austin, Texas

Source: 1st gen source tape:

05. Bashful Bobby

06. Run to Him/Walking with My Angel

07. Susie Baby

Unknown:

08. Can't Do You No Justice

09. What Would You Do?

1985-04-05

KTXZ-FM Studio, Austin, Texas

Source: 2nd gen source tape:

10. I Love the Blind Man

11. I've Never Known This 'Till Now

12. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

13. Starry Eyes

14. John Lawman (cut)

 

Disc 3:

Length: 75:34

 

"Dylan Meets Donovan At The Holiday Inn"

Holiday Inn Tapes

1986-12-01

Solo live Room 424, Holiday Inn Red River, Austin, Texas

01. The Singing Grandfather

02. The Times I've Had

03. That's My Song

04. True Love Ways

05. Peggy Sue Got Married

06. Mighty Is Our Love

07. I Look At the Moon

08. Don't Slander Me

09. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

10. The Singing Grandfather

1984 Roky's home, Austin, Texas with Jack Ortman 2nd guitar

11. One Too Many Mornings

12. When The Ship Comes In

13. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

14. Lay Down Your Weary Tune

15. The Chimes of Freedom

16. To Sing For You

17. Catch The Wind

18. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down

19. Colors

20. Honey, Just Allow Me One More Chance

21. The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll II

1975 live California (Sleeping Lady Café ?, Fairfax, California):

22. I'm Gonna Free Her

23. Bermuda

24. Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)

25. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

26. I Had to Tell You

27. Hide Behind the Sun (For Brian Jones)

 

Disc 4:

Length: 74:06

 

"A Clear Night To Do My Rhyme"

Clear Night for Love EP

Source: vinyl transfer:

01. You Don't Love Me Yet

02. Clear Night for Love

03. Haunt

04. Starry Eyes

05. Don't Slander Me

All That May Do My Rhyme Outtakes:

06. I'm Gonna Free Her

07. Please Judge

08. We Are Never Talking

09. For You (I'd Do Anything)

10. For You

11. Starry Eyes 2 [duet with Lou Ann Barton]

12. Please Judge 45 [acoustic version]

13. We Are Never Talking [7" single version] - longer than CD version

14. Starry Eyes 3

Openers:

15. When You Get Delighted

16. To Think

17. Warning

18. True Love Cast Out All Evil

19. Loving Isn't a Part Time Thing

20. The Looking Glass Song

21. Don't Slander Me [from Openers CD]

22. Splash 1 (Now I'm Home) [from video]

 

Notes:

This was originally #'s 5A & 5B of the Roky CD Club. It has had two names: Demos For Demons & Best Laid Plans. Since this came out, much better quality of some recordings was found. Additionally, the original recordings were tweaked with Soundforge by somebody much more skilled in it. The result is a much better sounding recording all around.

 

See ROK085 for a very nice AM radio performance of some of the songs from Openers.

 

** RELEASE 30 - ROKCDR030 **

 

Roky Erickson with Cornerstone

Continental Club

Austin, Texas

1984-05-21

 

Source: transferred from the master tape

 

Length: 57:55

 

01. Introduction

02. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

03. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

04. Night of the Vampire

05. Don't Slander Me

06. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

07. You're Gonna Miss Me

08. The Beast

09. I Think of Demons

10. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) (with Brian Curley (bass) of Evil Hook Wildlife E.T.)

 

Notes:

This is an A- (or a critical B+) audience recording, transferred from the master tape, of Roky Erickson backed by a group called Cornerstone from a show at the Continental Club in Austin, TX on May 21, 1984.  Supposedly Roky played with Cornerstone for a very short time, less than a year, and this is the first recording of this lineup to be offered through the Roky CD club.

 

The second version of 'Two Headed Dog' features a guest appearance by Brian Curley of Evil Hook Wildlife E.T. fame.  Regretfully, his bass is mixed way too much up front, but the mix on the rest of the recording is fine.  The band is tight (if  IMO the lead guitar is a bit over the top at times) and Roky sings with conviction.

 

** RELEASE 31 - ROKCDR031 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Resurrectionists

Tupelo's Tavern

New Orleans

1982-09-04

 

Disc 1:

Length: 56:10

 

01. Bermuda

02. Hasn't Anyone Told You ?

03. Two Headed Dog

04. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

05. Mine Mine Mind

06. White Faces

07. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

08. Angel

09. The Beast

10. I Walked with a Zombie

11. Heroin

 

Disc 2:

Length: 55:44

 

01. I Think of Demons

02. Bloody Hammer

03. Crazy Crazy Mama

04. Creature with the Atom Brain

05. Starry Eyes

06. Don't Slander Me

07. The Interpreter

08. Stand for the Fire Demon

09. Night of the Vampire

10. Hasn't Anyone Told You ?

11. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Jimmy Jones - lead guitar, backing vocals

Brian S. Curly - bass, backing vocals  (of Lester Bang’s Delinquents)

Carl Giesecke - drums (of the Nervebreakers)

 

** RELEASE 32 - ROKCDR032 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

Complete Easter Everywhere

 

Length: 80:05

 

01. Slip Inside This House

02. Slide Machine

03. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

04. Nobody to Love

05. Baby Blue

06. Earthquake

07. Dust

08. Levitation

09. I Had to Tell You

10. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)

11. Never Another (Easter. Out)

12. Dust (Easter. Alt.)

13. Splash 1 (Easter. Session)

14. Right Track Now (Easter. Out)

15. I Don't Ever Want to Come Down (Beauty. Track)

16. Fire in My Bones (Beauty. Track)

17. Livin' On (Beauty. Track)

18. Til Then (Beauty. Track)

19. Dear Dr. Doom (Beauty. Track)

20. Wait for My Love (Beauty. Track)

21. May the Circle Remain Unbroken (Beauty. Track)

22. Bull Of The Woods 60 Second Radio Spot

23. Levitation (Backing Track)

 

** RELEASE 33 - ROKCDR033 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

Easter Everywhere (mono edition)

 

Length: 43:00

 

01. Slip Inside This House

02. Slide Machine

03. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

04. Nobody to Love

05. Baby Blue

06. Earthquake

07. Dust

08. Levitation

09. I Had to Tell You

10. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)

 

See ROKCDR043 for the stereo LP version.

 

** RELEASE 34 - ROKCDR034 **

 

Epitaph for a Legend - Definitive Edition

 

Source: original edition vinyl > processed > Cdr

 

Length: 77:17

 

01. Chaynes - "Night Time"

02. Patterns - "In My Own Time"

03. Chapparrals - "I Tried So Hard"

04. Thursday's Children - "A Part of You"

05. Electric Rubayyat - "If I Were a Carpenter"

06. Sonny Hall - "Poor Planet Earth"

07. Inner Sense - "Communication Breakdown"

08. The Red Krayola - "Hurricane Fighter Plane"

09. The Red Krayola - "Pink Stainless Tail"

10. The Red Krayola - "Nickle Niceness"

11. The Red Krayola - "Vile Vile Grass"

12. The Red Krayola - "Transparent Radiation"

13. Emperors - "I Want My Woman"

14. Lost & Found - "25 M.P.H."

15. Big Walter - "Breakfast in Bed"

16. Dave Allen - "C.C. Rider"

17. Dave Allen - "Saturday A.M. Blues"

18. Lightnin' Hopkins - "Conversation with Lightnin' Hopkins"

19. Lightnin' Hopkins - "Black Ghost Blues"

20. Roky Erickson - "Excerpts from Interview With Roky, KSAN-FM 1978-04-01"

21. Spades - "You're Gonna Miss Me"

22. Spades - "We Sell Soul"

23. Roky & Clementine Hall - "Splash 1"

24. Roky & Clementine Hall - "Right Track Now"

25. 13th Floor Elevators - "Wait for My Love"

26. 13th Floor Elevators - "60-Second Radio Spot/Bull of the Woods"

27. 13th Floor Elevators - "Fire Engine"

28. mystery track - "78RPM"

 

** RELEASE 35 - ROKCDR035 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

Paradise Found

 

Length: 79:54

 

1966-01-03

First Contact session, Andrus Studio, Houston TX

01. You're Gonna Miss Me

1966-06

Gold Star Studios, Houston TX

02. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

45 rpm single:

1966-06

Gold Star Studios, Houston TX

03. I'm Gonna Love You Too

45 rpm single:

1966-06

Gold Star Studios, Houston TX

04. Before You Accuse Me

1966-06

Gold Star Studios, Houston TX

05. You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

06. Make That Girl Your Own

1966-10

Summit Sound Studio, Dallas TX

07. Monkey Island

08. Thru the Rhythm

09. Roller Coaster

10. Fire Engine

45 rpm single:

1966-12

Andrus Studio, Houston TX

11. Levitation

45 rpm single:

1967-12-01

Andrus Studio, Houston TX

12. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

 

1967-09

"Easter Everywhere" sessions, Andrus Studio, Houston TX

13. Dust [alternate version]

LP track: "Easter Everywhere" mono mix

1967-09

Andrus Studio, Houston TX

14. Slide Machine

LP track: "Easter Everywhere" mono mix

1967-09

Andrus Studio, Houston TX

15. Nobody to Love

LP track: "Easter Everywhere" mono mix

1967-09

Andrus Studio, Houston TX

16. Slip Inside This House

1967-09

"Easter Everywhere" sessions, Andrus Studio, Houston TX

17. Right Track Now

18. Splash 1

LP track: "Bull Of The Woods"

1967-09

"Easter Everywhere" sessions, Andrus Studio, Houston TX

19. Never Another

1968-03

"Beauty and the Beast" sessions, IA Studios, Houston TX

20. Fire in My Bones

21. I Don't Ever Want to Come Down

22. Livin' On [without horns]

45 rpm single:

1968-11

"Bull Of The Woods" sessions, IA Studios, Houston TX

23. Scarlet and Gold

45 rpm single:

1968-03

"Beauty and the Beast" sessions, IA Studios, Houston TX

24. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

Larry Kane Show

25. May 1967 Larry Kane Show

 

** RELEASE 36 - ROKCDR036 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

Receive All You Can Hold

 

Length: 76:24

 

Demos

01. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

02. Monkey Island

03. Monkey Island (slightly truncated)

04. Through the Rhythm

05. Roller Coaster

06. Fire Engine

1966-03-16 KAZZ-FM, Austin, Texas

07. The Word

08. Monkey Island

09. Roller Coaster

10. DJ patter

11. I'm Down

12. DJ patter

13. Gloria

14. DJ patter

15. Miss Me

1966 International Artists rough session tapes

16. chatter

17. Monkey Island

18. chatter

19. Roller Coaster

20. chatter

21. Fire Engine

22. bits

23. Through the Rhythm

24. Tried to Hide

25. false starts

26. Don't Fall Down

27. You Don't Know

 

** RELEASE 37 - ROKCDR037 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Aliens

1975-11-10

Longbranch Saloon, Berkeley, CA

 

Length: 79:45

 

Source: Aud>Gen1 (Dolby B)>Sony KA1ESA Tape Deck>VIA AC'97 Soundcard>

Cool Edit Pro (Basic Edits & Re-EQ)>FLAC>CDr

1st Set:

01. Sputnik 

02. The Wind and More

03. Bermuda 

04. The Interpreter 

05. Starry Eyes 

06. Splash 1

07. You're Gonna Miss Me/

08. Don't Slander Me

09. Just Can't Be Brought Down

10. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog.

2nd Set:

11. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

12. White Faces

13. The Interpreter

14. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

15. Wake Up to Rock and Roll

16. The Wind and More

17. Bermuda

18. Sputnik (Alien I Creator)

19. You're Gonna Miss Me

20. Can't Be Brought Down

 

** RELEASE 38 - ROKCDR038 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

Attack Of The 8-Tracks

 

Disc 1:

Length: 72:35

 

The Psychedelic Sounds Of 13th Floor Elevators

01. You're Gonna Miss Me

02. Fire Engine

03. You Don't Know

04. blank

05. Roller Coaster

06. Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)

07. blank

08. Reverberation

09. Don't Fall Down

10. Thru the Rhythm

11. blank

12. Kingdom of Heaven

13. Monkey Island

14. Tried to Hide

15. blank

13th Floor Elevators - "Live"

16. Before You Accuse Me

17. She Lives In a Time of Her Own

18. I'm Going to Love You Too

19. blank

20. Tried to Hide

21. Take That Girl

22. You're Going To Miss Me

23. blank

24. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

25. Roller Coaster

26. blank

27. I'm Going to Love You Too

28. Levitation

29. You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

 

Disc 2:

Length: 78:44

 

Easter Everywhere

01. Slip Inside This House

02. Nobody to Love

03. blank

04. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

05. Baby Blue

06. I've Got Levitation

07. blank

08. Slide Machine

09. Earthquake [fades out]

10. I Had to Tell You

11. blank

12. Dust

13. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)

14. blank

Bull Of The Woods

15. Livin' On

16. Never Another

17. Dear Dr. Doom

18. blank

19. Barnyard Blues

20. Til Then

21. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

22. blank

23. Rose and the Thorn

24. Scarlet and Gold

25. blank

26. Down by the River

27. Street Song

28. With You

 

In a nod to the original format, a silent track has been added between programs. Of the original 8-track mixes, most were sped up 1% or 2%. We've restored them to their original pitches. "Live" is notable for a true-stereo mix of "Before You Accuse Me". Cassettes, 8-tracks and reels (unlike LPs) are several generations nearer to the master mixdown, and these mixes reflect that as well. "Easter Everywhere" was assembled from two different copies, one of which self-destructed upon playback.

 

** RELEASE 39 - ROKCDR039 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

2005-03-17

South by Southwest Festival

Holy Fire: 13th Floor Elevators' Quest For Enlightenment

Room 18 ABC, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas

 

(symposium with band members Roky Erickson, John Walton,

Ronnie Leatherman, Benny Thurman, Powell St. John

and commentators Margaret Moser, David Fricke and Billy Bentley)

 

Length: 62:21

 

01. You're Gonna Miss Me

02. Introduction of members

03. The Elevators '65, the Lingsmen, the scene

04. First Elevators rehearsals, writing the songs, the Kingdom of Heaven

05. The Elevators: lyrics: songs; the Fillmore, Big Brother

06. Beatniks, Janis, San Francisco, Leland Rogers

07. Long hairs, violence, busts

08. Tommy and the Jug, other bands, Stacy Sutherland

09. Punks, today and the Elevators

10. When the Pyramid meets the Eye, the master tapes, Danny Galindo, Charlie/Waterloo records

11. Closing comments  -> Slip into this House...

 

** RELEASE 40 - ROKCDR040 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Explosives

2005-09-24

Austin City Limits Festival

Zilker Park, Austin, Texas

 

Length: 58:13

 

01. Introduction by Kinky Friedman

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. White Faces

04. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

05. The Interpreter

06. The Beast

07. Bermuda

08. Splash 1

09. Creature with the Atom Brain

10. Starry Eyes

11. Two Headed Dog

12. You're Gonna Miss Me

13. The Damned Thing

14. I Walked with a Zombie

 

** RELEASE 41 - ROKCDR041 **

 

Casting The Tunes: Disc 5: Roky Erickson - The Singles

 

Disc 5:

Length: 78:18

 

Mars Records Single (1975)

01. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

02. Starry Eyes

Rhino Records Single (1977)

03. Bermuda

04. The Interpreter

Sponge EP (1977)

05. Mine Mine Mind (studio)

06. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

07. Two Headed Dog

08. I Have Always Been Here Before

CBS Single (1980)

09. Creature with the Atom Brain

10. The Wind and More

Roky Erickson & The Aliens - 7" CBS (1980) UK 9055

11. Mine Mine Mind

12. Bloody Hammer (long version)

Acoustic EP (1980)

13. Right Track Now

14. Mr. Tambourine Man

15. Interview

16. Creature with the Atom Brain

17. For You

12" Live Wire (1985) US LW 5 / 12" One Big Guitar UK OBG004T (1986)

18. The Beast

19. Heroin (live)

Scatterbrainchild Records Single (Nov 1987)

20. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

21. Can't Be Brought Down

27 Devils Joking 7" EP (1990)

22. You Don't Love Me Yet

 

** RELEASE 42 - ROKCDR042 **

 

Danny Thomas Interview  - 2005-11-12 by Joe Trybyszewski

Master Maxell UR Cassette (no Dolby) > Sony KA1ESA Tape Deck > C-Media CMI8738/C3DX Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro (edits, normalize, NR, EQ) > FLAC via dBpoweramp converter

 

Length: 58:30

 

1. Meeting the Elevators; joining the group, philosophical/spiritual aspect

2. Austin in the 60's, International Artists/Leland Rogers, recording Easter Everywhere in Kerrville

3. Tom Hall as a philosopher, Leland Rogers and full artistic control, Roky and hallucinogens

4. The demise of the Elevators, Roky and Tommy leave state, turning 'Beauty and the Beast' into Bull of the Woods.

5. Our evolution as a species, a different way to deal with things, Tommy's 'Horizontal Thinking'

6. Music sharing, music business.

7. Roky's and The Aliens, Rusk, Easter Everywhere photos.

 

** RELEASE 43 - ROKCDR043 **

 

13th Floor Elevators - Attack of the LP's

 

All are the stereo versions. See ROKCDR033 for mono Easter Everywhere, and ROKCDR021 for mono The Psychedelic Sounds Of...

 

Disc 1:

Length: 70:22

 

Psychedelic Sounds Of:

01. You're Gonna Miss Me

02. Roller Coaster

03. Splash 1

04. Reverberation

05. Don't Fall Down

06. Fire Engine

07. Thru the Rhythm

08. You Don't Know

09. Kingdom of Heaven

10. Monkey Island

11. Tried to Hide

Live:

12. Before You Accuse Me

13. She Lives In a Time of Her Own

14. Tried to Hide

15. You Gotta Take That Girl

16. I'm Gonna Love You Too

17. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love

18. I've Got Levitation

19. You Can't Hurt Me Anymore

20. Roller Coaster

21. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Disc 2:

Length: 79:36

 

Easter Everywhere:

01. Slip Inside This House

02. Slide Machine

03. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

04. Nobody to Love

05. Baby Blue

06. Earthquake

07. Dust

08. Levitation

09. I Had to Tell You

10. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)

Bull Of The Woods:

11. Livin On

12. Barnyard Blues

13. Till Then

14. Never Another

15. Rose and the Thorn

16. Down by the River

17. Scarlet and Gold

18. Street Song

19. Dr. Doom

20. With You

21. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

 

** RELEASE 44 - ROKCDR044 **

 

Roky Erickson & The Aliens

1975-12-09

River City, Fairfax, CA

Source: Aud, 1st Gen

Length: 47:10

01. Bermuda

02. The Wind and More

03. Mine Mine Mind

04. Wake Up to Rock 'n Roll

05. The Interpreter

06. Don't Slander Me

07. Starry Eyes

08. Splash 1

09. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

10. White Faces

11. You're Gonna Miss Me

12. Two Headed Dog

 

Roky Erickson & Doug Sahm

1975-07-20

Palomino, LA, CA

Source: Aud, 2nd Gen?

Length: 14:22

13. Intro

14. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

15. You're Gonna Miss Me

16. Starry Eyes

17. Two-Headed Dog

 

The Spades - first 45 issued by Zero Recording Co, in Austin, TX on 1965-04-12 label #10001

Length: 5:03

18. I Need a Girl

19. Do You Want to Dance

 

-----------------------

Total:  66:36

 

** RELEASE 45 - ROKCDR045 **

 

Roky Erickson & The Resurrectionists

1982-06-25/1982-06-26

Island Club, Houston, TX

Source: Aud/FM

 

Unknown Gen Recording on Maxell UDS-II 90' cassette > Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby B On) > Adcom SLC-505 straight line

 

Controller > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro (EQ & minor edits) > wav > FlacFrontend > flac (no SBE)

 

Length: 77:51

 

01. Bermuda

02. Two Headed Dog

03. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

04. Hasn't Anyone Told You

05. Mine Mine Mind

06. Crazy Crazy Mama

07. The Beast

08. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

09. Angel

10. The Wind and More

11. Bloody Hammer

12. I Think of Demons

13. Starry Eyes

14. I Walked with a Zombie

15. You're Gonna Miss Me

16. Hasn't Anyone Told You

17. Creature with the Atom Brain

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Jimmy Jones - lead guitar, backing vocals

Brian S. Curly - bass, backing vocals  (of Lester Bang’s Delinquents)

Carl Giesecke – drums (of the Nervebreakers)

 

Notes:

* Tracks 1-15 are from 06-25. Tracks 16 & 17 are from 06-26.

* Due to cuts in the recording, Tracks 4 & 9 each have one fade out/fade in and Track 1 has two.

* Texas Roadhouse Records rubber-stamped on the J-card. 

* David at Texas Roundhouse Records provided above date & location info.

* Tape possibly mail-ordered from Doug Hanners.

* Tape Source: Kevin Walsh

 

** RELEASE 46 - ROKCDR046 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Aliens

1977-07

Mabuhay Gardens, San Francisco

Source: Aud

 

Unknown Gen Aud Recording on TDK SA90 Cassette > Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby Off) > Adcom GFP-565 Preamp > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro (minor edits, EQ) > Flac frontend 6 > FLAC (no SBE)

 

Length: 56:27

 

01. The Wind and More

02. Bermuda

03. Night of the Vampire

04. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

05. The Damned Thing

06. Bloody Hammer

07. Sputnik [previously erroneously called: Spanning Your Theory (Alien I Creator)]

08. White Faces

09. Mine Mine Mind

10. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

11. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

 

** RELEASE 47 - ROKCDR047 **

 

Roky Erickson

1976-01-12

Sleeping Lady Cafe, Fairfax, CA + Private Session

 

Unknown Gen Aud Recording on TDK D * C120 cassette > Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby Off) > Adcom GFP-565 Preamp > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro (EQ, minor edits) > Flac Frontend 6 > FLAC (no SBE)

 

Roky Erickson - ?, Private Session, Aud

Length: 18:43

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. /Bloody Hammer

03. The Damned Thing

 

Roky Erickson

1976-01-12

Sleeping Lady Cafe, Fairfax, CA

Source: Aud

Length: 56:22

04. I'm Gonna Free Her

05. Hide Behind the Sun (Dedicated To Brian Jones)

06. When You Get Delighted

07. Two Headed Dog

08. Mine Mine Mind

09. The Wind and More

10. Wake Up to Rock 'N Roll

11. Bermuda

12. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

13. Splash 1

14. I Had to Tell You

15. Starry Eyes

16. Maybe Baby

17. You're the One

18. Sputnik [previously erroneously called: Spanning Your Theory (Alien I Creator)]

19. Birds'd Crash (It's Gonna Last)

20. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

21. Hardest Working Alien Around?

22. The Interpreter

23. Ooh My Soul

24. White Faces

-----------------------

Total: 75:05

 

Notes:

* All small cuts throughout recording were on source tape.

* Private Session: Acoustic / solo.

* Sleeping Lady Cafe: Acoustic / solo.  A somewhat distant audience recording with, at times, fairly prominent audience /

background noise; at times dull, at others shrill.

 

** RELEASE 48 - ROKCDR048 **

 

Roky Erickson & The Aliens - 1978?, The Evil One Demos, Studio

 

Length: 48:51

 

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Night of the Vampire

03. White Faces

04. I Think of Demons

05. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

06. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

07. Creature with the Atom Brain

08. Stand for the Fire Demon

09. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

10. Sputnik (Rehearsal)

11. Bermuda (Rehearsal)

12. Sputnik (Rehearsal #2)

 

Lineage: unknown

 

Source: Tracks 1-11 from 224kbps mp3 (no lossless source could be found)

Track 12 from 'Spanning Your Theory' CD-R

 

Processing: no EQ or NR

 

Tracks 1-9: Corrected pitch and channel gain imbalance/offset fixed

Tracks 10-11: Re-balanced channels so the guitar in the left channel wasn't overpowering everything else.

Track 12: Corrected pitch and used a gain envelope to fix the gradual volume decrease.

 

A LewsiVer Production

 

** RELEASE 49 - ROKCDR049 **

 

Roky Erickson & The Aliens - The Evil One Alternate Takes & Mixes, Studio

 

Recorded 1978-79 at:

The Church Studio, Marin County, CA

The Automatt, San Francisco, CA

Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, CA

 

Lineage:

* Assorted Cassettes > Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby Off) > Adcom SLC-505 Straight Line Controller > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro > Wav 

* CD2 tracks 14-16 from 'Mad Dog' CD

 

Processing: Pitch correction, gain adjustments and channel offsets aligned. No NR or EQ.

 

Disc 1:

Length: 63:04

 

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators (alternate mix)

02. Night of the Vampire (alternate mix)

03. Don't Shake Me Lucifer (alternate take, mix 1)

04. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play (alternate mix)

05. Mine Mine Mind (alternate mix)

06. If You Have Ghosts (alternate mix)

07. Stand for the Fire Demon (alternate mix)

08. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) (alternate mix)

09. I Think of Demons (alternate take, mix 1)

10. White Faces (alternate mix - doubled vocals)

11. I Walked with a Zombie (extended alternate mix 1 - more backing vocals)

12. I Walked with a Zombie (extended alternate mix 2 - alternate backing vocals)

13. I Think of Demons (alternate take, mix 2 - alternate backing vocals)

14. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) (alternate mix)

15. White Faces (alternate mix)

16. White Faces (alternate mix)

17. White Faces (alternate mix)

18. Creature with the Atom Brain (alternate take)

19. White Faces (alternate mix)

 

Disc 2:

Length: 55:12

 

01. Don't Shake Me Lucifer (alternate take, mix 2)

02. Don't Shake Me Lucifer (alternate take, mix 3)

03. Mine Mine Mind (alternate mix)

04. I Walked with a Zombie (extended alternate mix 3)

05. The Wind and More (alternate mix)

06. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play (alternate mix)

07. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play (alternate mix)

08. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) (alternate mix)

09. Don't Shake Me Lucifer (alternate take, mix 4)

10. I Think of Demons (alternate mix)

11. Night of the Vampire (alternate mix)

12. If You Have Ghosts (alternate mix)

13. Bloody Hammer (full-length alternate mix used for single)

14. It's a Cold Night for Alligators (alternate take - The Church Studio, Marin County, CA 1977)

15. Alien I Creator (alternate take - The Church Studio, Marin County, CA 1977)

16. White Faces (alternate take - The Church Studio, Marin County, CA 1977)

-----------------------

Total: 118:17

 

Musicians: Roky Erickson (vocals & guitar)

Duane Aslaksen (guitar)

Steven Burgess (bass)

Fuzzy Furioso (drums)

Andre Lewis (keyboards)

Bill Miller (autoharp)

Also: Brian Marnell, Scott Matthews, Link Davis Jr. and Stu Cook

 

A LewsiVer Production

 

** RELEASE 50 - ROKCDR050 **

 

Roky Erickson & The Aliens - The Evil One Vocal Takes & Instrumentals, Studio

 

Recorded 1978-79 at:

The Church Studio, Marin County, CA

The Automatt, San Francisco, CA

Wally Heider's Studio, San Francisco, CA

 

Lineage:

* Assorted Cassettes > Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby Off) > Adcom SLC-505 Straight Line Controller > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro > Wav 

 

Disc 1: Processing: Pitch correction, gain adjustments and channel offsets aligned. No NR or EQ.

Disc 2: Processing: Pitch correction, gain adjustments and channel offsets aligned. Some EQ, no NR.

 

Disc 1:

Length: 78:21

 

Vocal Takes

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

04. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

05. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

06. If You Have Ghosts

07. If You Have Ghosts

08. If You Have Ghosts

09. If You Have Ghosts

10. If You Have Ghosts

11. If You Have Ghosts

12. The Wind and More

13. The Wind and More

14. White Faces

15. White Faces

16. White Faces

17. White Faces

18. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play/

19. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

20. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

21. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

22. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

23. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

24. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

 

Disc 2:

Length: 58:43

 

Instrumentals

01. Stand for the Fire Demon

02. The Damned Thing

03. The Damned Thing

04. The Damned Thing

05. The Damned Thing

06. The Damned Thing

07. The Damned Thing

08. The Damned Thing

09. The Damned Thing

10. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

11. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

12. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

13. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

14. Night of the Vampire

15. Night of the Vampire

16. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

17. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

18. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

-----------------------

Total: 137:04

 

Musicians: Roky Erickson (vocals & guitar),

Duane Aslaksen (guitar)

Steven Burgess (bass)

Fuzzy Furioso (drums)

Andre Lewis (keyboards)

Bill Miller (autoharp)

Also: Brian Marnell, Scott Matthews, Link Davis Jr. and Stu Cook

 

A LewsiVer Production

 

** RELEASE 51 - ROKCDR051 **

 

Roky Erickson - Don't Slander Me Alternate Takes & Mixes, 1982, The Site Studio, San Rafael, CA

 

Lineage: Assorted Cassettes > Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby Off) > Adcom SLC-505 Straight Line Controller > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro > Wav

Processing: Pitch correction (7 tracks), gain adjustments and channel offsets aligned. No NR or EQ.

 

Disc 1:

Length: 62:02

 

01. Starry Eyes (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

02. Starry Eyes/ (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

03. Starry Eyes (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

04. Starry Eyes (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

05. Starry Eyes (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

06. Haunt (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

07. Haunt (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

08. Haunt (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

09. Haunt (5-14, Mix _, Take _)

10. Haunt (5-17, Mix 45, Take 1)

11. Haunt (5-17, Mix 45, Take 2)

12. Haunt (5-19, Mix 63, Take 1)

13. Bermuda (5-20, Mix 54, Take 1)

14. Bermuda (5-25, Mix 99, Take 4)

15. Bermuda (5-28, Mix 105, Take 1)

16. Bermuda/ (5-30, Mix 108, Take 1)

17. Bermuda (5-30, Mix 109, Take 1)

18. Don't Slander Me (6-5, Mix 36, Take 1)

19. Starry Eyes (6-5, Mix 31, Take 1)

20. Starry Eyes (6-8, Mix 34, Take 2)

 

Disc 2:

Length: 66:20

 

01. You Drive Me Crazy (6-10, Mix 49, Take 1)

02. You Drive Me Crazy (6-10, Mix 49, Take 2)

03. You Drive Me Crazy (6-13, Mix 53, Take 1)

04. Can't Be Brought Down (6-23, Mix 47, Take 1)

05. Can't Be Brought Down (6-23, Mix 47, Take 2)

06. Crazy Crazy Mama (6-28, Mix 16, Take 1)

07. Crazy Crazy Mama (6-28, Mix 16, Take _)

08. Crazy Crazy Mama (6-28, Mix 16, Take 6)

09. Crazy Crazy Mama (6-29, Mix 16, Take 1)

10. Crazy Crazy Mama (6-29, Mix 16, Take 2)

11. Crazy Crazy Mama (6-29, Mix 16, Take 3)

12. Crazy Crazy Mama (6-29, Mix 16, Take 4)

13. Crazy Crazy Mama (6-29, Mix 16, Take 5)

14. Nothing in Return (7-7, Mix 14, Take 1)

15. The Damned Thing (7-14, Mix 21, Take 2)

16. The Damned Thing (7-14, Mix 23, Take 1)

17. Burn the Flames (7-16, Mix 71, Take 1)

18. Nothing in Return (_, Mix _, Take _)

19. Nothing in Return (_, Mix 34, Take 3)

20. Can't Be Brought Down (same mix as the b-side of 'The Haunt of Roky Erickson' 7" single, but is included here from a superior tape source.)

-----------------------

Total: 128:23

 

Musicians:

Roky Erickson (vocals & guitar)

Duane Aslaksen (guitar)

Jack Casady (bass)

Paul Zahl (drums)

Andre Lewis (keyboards)

Bill Miller (autoharp)

Also: Bill Burgess, Jack Johnson, Mike Hinton, Jeff Sutton, John Whitelaw, Martin Fierro

 

A LewsiVer Production

 

** RELEASE 52 - ROKCDR052 **

 

Roky Erickson

2012-11-09

T.T. the Bear's Place, Boston, MA

Source: Aud/M

 

Olympus WS-400S in Stereo XQ mode (16-bit, 44.1kHz sampling, 128kbps stereo wma) > dBpoweramp > wav > Cool Edit Pro (EQ & minor edits) > Wav > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 6 (no SBE)

 

Length: 67:22

 

01. Bo Diddley's a Headhunter

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. Don't Slander Me

04. The Interpreter

05. Bermuda

06. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

07. John Lawman

08. White Faces

09. Stand for the Fire Demon

10. Night of the Vampire

11. Splash 1

12. Reverberation

13. Roller Coaster

14. Wind and More

Encores:

15. Two Headed Dog

16. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Backing Band: The Hounds of Baskerville (Jegar Erickson's band), jegarerickson.com

 

Opening Act: Nude Beach

 

** RELEASE 53 - ROKCDR053 **

 

Roky Erickson & The Hounds of Baskerville

2014-02-17

The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA

Source: Aud/M

 

Olympus WS-801 (Stereo, 16-bit, 44.1kHz sampling, 192kbps CBR mp3) > dBpoweramp > wav > Cool Edit Pro (EQ & minor edits) > Wav > Trader's Little Helper >

 

FLAC 6 (no SBE)

 

Length: 45:19

 

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. John Lawman

03. Tried to Hide

04. Fire Engine

05. Levitation

06. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

07. Kingdom of Heaven

08. Slip Inside This House

09. Roller Coaster

10. Reverberation (Doubt)

11. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

12. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Opening Act: Viva Viva

Opening for: Black Angels

 

A pschnob production

 

** RELEASE 54 - ROKCDR054 **

 

Roky Erickson

1971-1974

 ~Austin, Texas

Source: Aud

 

1974 Lineage: Cassette of unknown lineage >

1974-08-22 & 1971-02-28 Lineage: 1/4" Reel 7 1/2 IPS >

Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby Off) > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro > Wav > TLH > Flac (no SBE)

Processing: Bias Peak: minor edits, Izotope RX3: spectral repair & EQ, gain adjustments and channel offsets aligned. No Compression or NR.

 

Disc 1:

Length: 69:20

 

1974:

01. Be and Bring Me Home

02. The Hardest Working Man Around

03. @2 Gone and Number

04. Mandy

05. Moody Tunes

06. Love Hieroglyphics

07. I'm Satisfied

08. Alien I Creator

09. Hasn't Anyone Told You?

10. Bird's 'd Crash

11. Smother Me

12. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

13. How Can We Ask for More

14. And Now We Fly

15. Ain't Blues Too Sad

16. Join the Marching

17. Never Say Goodbye

18. I'm Hungry for Your Love

19. Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog)

20. Starry Eyes

21. Starry Eyes

22. Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog)

23. Starry Eyes

24. Red Temple Prayer (Two-Headed Dog)

 

Disc 2:

Length: 73:10

 

1974:

01. The Interpreter

02. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

03. Haunt

04. Don't Slander Me

05. Sweet Honey Pie

06. Bird's 'd Crash

07. Love Hieroglyphics

08. I'm Satisfied

09. Ooh! My Soul

10. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

 

1974-08-22:

11. I'm Hungry for Your Love

12. I'm Hungry for Your Love

13. I'm Hungry for Your Love

 

1971-02-28

 Rusk State Hospital:

14. The Looking Glass Song

15. Giving Receiving

16. I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag

17. I Love You

18. When You Get Delighted

19. God Is Everywhere

20. Devotional Number One

21. Devotional Number One

22. I've Never Known This 'Till Now

23. Devotional Number One

24. instrumental

 

1974?:

Source: from Paradise Lost release

25. Peace

26. Peace

27. I Love the Blind Man

28. With No Fuss (Devotional Number One)

-----------------------

Total: 142:31

 

Musicians:

Roky Erickson (vocals & guitar)

Bill Miller (1974 recordings: autoharp, guitar, bass)

possibly John Walcott (1971 Rusk recordings: guitar)

 

A LewsiVer Production

 

** RELEASE 55 - ROKCDR055 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

1966-02-22 & 1966-03-16

New Orleans Club, Houston, TX, KAZZ

Source: Pre-FM

 

1966-02-22:

Length: 26:14

Unknown Source > 2 Channel 44.1k/16-bit FLAC file > iZotope (EQ, gain adjustments, minor edits) > WAV > TLH > FLAC 6 (no SBE)

01. Gloria

02. You're Gonna Miss Me

03. Tried to Hide

04. Roller Coaster

05. You Really Got Me (fades out)

 

-----------------------

 

1966-03-16:

Length: 30:06

Unknown Source > Mono 44.1k/16-bit FLAC file >  iZotope (EQ, gain adjustments, minor edits, light decrackle for non-vinyl distortion) > WAV > TLH > FLAC 6 (no SBE)

06. Station Introduction

07. The Word

08. Monkey Island

09. Roller Coaster

10. I'm Down

11. Gloria

12. You're Gonna Miss Me (fades out)

-----------------------

Total: 56:20

 

A LewsiVer Production

 

** RELEASE 56 - ROKCDR056 **

 

Roky Erickson

2016-10-28

El Club, Detroit

Source: Aud

 

Lineage: Unknown equipment > ? > Wav > Cool Edit Pro (minor edits and amplitude adjustments) > Wav > TLH > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

 

Length: 75:37

 

01. Roller Coaster

02. Reverberation

03. Fire Engine

04. Levitation

05. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

06. I Walked with a Zombie

07. Night of the Vampire

08. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

09. Mine Mine Mind

10. White Faces

11. Creature with the Atom Brain

12. The Wind and More

13. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

14. Bloody Hammer

15. Stand for the Fire Demon

16. Kingdom of Heaven

17. If You Have Ghosts

18. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

A pschnob production

 

** RELEASE 57 - ROKCDR057 **

 

Roky Erickson

2016-10-29

Wolfshield Ranch, Austin, TX

Source: Aud/M

 

Third Annual Roky Erickson's Celebration Of A Family Curse with The Hounds Of Baskerville

 

Zoom H1 (24/96k) > TAudioConverter > 16/44k wav > Cool Edit Pro (minor edits) > wav > TLH > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

 

Length: 69:57

 

01. Roller Coaster

02. Reverberation

03. Fire Engine

04. Levitation

05. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

06. I Walked with a Zombie

07. Night of the Vampire

08. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

09. Mine Mine Mind

10. Sputnik (Alien I Creator)

11. White Faces

12. I Think of Demons

13. The Wind and More

14. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

15. Stand for the Fire Demon

16. If You Have Ghosts

17. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Recorded by: Nick Sanchez

 

A pschnob production

 

** RELEASE 58 - ROKCDR058 **

 

Roky Erickson

2010-11-13

Royale Boston, Boston, MA

Source: Daud/M

 

Olympus WS-400S in Stereo XQ mode (44.1kHz / 16-bit, 128kbps stereo wma) > dBpoweramp > wav > Cool Edit Pro (EQ & minor edits) > Wav > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

 

Length: 72:20

 

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Creature with the Atom Brain

03. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

04. Wind and More

05. Starry Eyes

06. Bloody Hammer

07. The Beast

08. Stand for the Fire Demon

09. Night of the Vampire

10. John Lawman

11. The Haunt

12. Don't Slander Me

13. Two Headed Dog

14. I Walked with a Zombie

15. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

16. Warm-up Band: The Lyres - We Sell Soul 4:24

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - Vocals, Guitar

Kyle Ellison - Guitar (Meat Puppets, Ministry)

Kyle Schneider - Drums

John Michael Schoepf - Bass (The Happenins)

Jegar Erickson - Harmonica on You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Warm-up Bands: The Happen-Ins & The Lyres

 

A pschnob production

 

** RELEASE 59 - ROKCDR059 **

 

Roky Erickson

2016-04-29

White Trash Ballroom, Berlin, Germany

Source: Daud/M

 

OKMIIr > A3 > Edirol R-09HR (24/48) > USB > Adobe Audition CC (16/44.1) > CDwave > TLH > flac

 

Length: 78:15

 

01. Intro

02. Fire Engine

03. Earthquake

04. You Don't Know

05. Slip Inside This House

06. I Had to Tell You

07. Dr. Doom

08. Monkey Island

09. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

10. You Gotta Take That Girl

11. Thru the Rhythm

12. Tried to Hide

13. Splash 1

14. (I've Got) Levitation

15. Kingdom of Heaven (Is Within You)

16. Roller Coaster

17. Reverberation

18. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Encore:

19. Night of the Vampire

20. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

 

Recorded by Vortex242 (v242-808)

 

** RELEASE 60 - ROKCDR060 **

 

13th Floor Elevators

2015-05-10

50th anniversary reunion, Levitation Festival, Carson Creek Ranch, TX

Source: Daud/M, 51:47 (schoeps MK4)

 

Recorded from left side chair line. Audience->Schoeps MK4-Tinybox-Sony PCM-M10-cdwav->Traders Little Helper->mp3tag for tagging->recorded by seedy

 

Length: 51:53

 

01. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

02. Fire Engine

03. Earthquake

04. Tried to Hide

05. Slip Inside This House

06. (I've Got) Levitation

07. Splash 1

08. Kingdom of Heaven

09. Nobody to Love

10. Reverberation

11. Roller Coaster

12. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Roky Erickson - Guitar, vocals

Tommy Hall - Jug

John Ike Walton - Drums

Ronnie Leatherman - Bass

Fred Mitchim - Guitar

Eli Southard - Guitar

Jegar Erickson - harmonica and vocals

 

** RELEASE 61 - ROKCDR061 **

 

Roky Erickson

2017-09-11

Brighton Music Hall, Allston, MA

Source: Daud/M

 

Zoom H1 > Wav (44.1/16) > Cool Edit Pro (minor EQ & edits) > Wav > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

 

Length: 72:38

 

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Sputnik (Alien I Creator)

03. I Think of Demons

04. Night of the Vampire

05. Mine Mine Mind

06. White Faces

07. Fire Engine

08. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

09. Roller Coaster

10. You Don't Know (How Young You Are)

11. Tried to Hide

12. Reverberation (Doubt)

13. Kingdom of Heaven

14. Levitation

15. Don't Slander Me

16. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

17. The Wind and More

 

Encore:

18. If You Have Ghosts

19. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

20. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 62 - ROKCDR062 **

 

Roky Erickson

2017-09-12

Underground Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Source: Daud/M

 

Source: Schoeps mk4 -> actives -> baby-nbox -> Roland R05 (24/48)

Transfer: Audition CS6 (tracking, Ozone 5 MBIT+ dither)->flac 16/48

Processing: Cool Edit Pro (minor edits)-> Wav (44.1/16) > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

 

Length: 72:23

 

01. intro

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. Sputnik (Alien I Creator)

04. Mine Mine Mind

05. White Faces

06. Starry Eyes

07. Fire Engine

08. Thru the Rhythm

09. Roller Coaster

10. You Don't Know (How Young You Are)

11. Tried to Hide

12. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

13. Reverberation (Doubt)

14. Night of the Vampire

15. Bloody Hammer

16. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

17. The Wind and More

 

Encore:

18. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

19. Kingdom of Heaven

20. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

taper: philataper (https://logamp.com/1463/music/tracks/17206)

 

** RELEASE 63 - ROKCDR063 **

 

Roky Erickson

2018-11-02

Once Ballroom, Somerville, MA

Source: Daud/M

 

Zoom H1 > Wav (44.1/16) > Cool Edit Pro (minor edits) > Wav > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

 

Length: 79:14

 

01. Entrance / Applause

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. John Lawman

04. Bermuda

05. The Haunt

06. Sputnik [previously erroneously called: Spanning Your Theory (Alien I Creator)]

07. I Walked with a Zombie

08. Night of the Vampire

09. Roller Coaster

10. Reverberation (Doubt)

11. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

12. Starry Eyes

13. Mine Mine Mind

14. White Faces

15. The Interpreter

16. Can't Be Brought Down

17. Levitation

18. You Don't Know

19. Kingdom of Heaven

20. The Wind and More

21. Two Headed Dog

22. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 64 - ROKCDR064**

 

Roky Erickson and The Explosives

2006-09-30

Pecan Street Festival, Austin, TX

Source: Audience->Sonic DSM-6S/L->Sonic PA-3SX→MT2496→cdwav

Recorded about 10 feet back from stage center

recorded by seedy

 

Length: 54:31

 

Setlist::

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. White Faces

03. Don't Shake For Lucifer

04. The Interpreter

05. The Beast

06. Bermuda

07. Splash I

08. Creature with the Atom Brain

09. Starry Eyes

10. Before You Accuse Me

11. Two Headed Dog

12. You're Gonna Miss Me

13. The Wind and More

 

** RELEASE 65 - ROKCDR065 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Explosives

2007-03-15

Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

 

Roky played his second ever gig in NY at the Bowery Ballroom on 15 March (first gig was in Brooklyn at Southpaw on 13 March).  A tremendous show!

 

Lineage: AUD : DC70SP --> H120 --> WAV --> TLH --> FLAC 6 --> You

 

Length: 65:22

 

Setlist::

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. White Faces

03. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

04. The Interpreter

05. The Beast

06. Bermuda

07. Splash I

08. Creature with the Atom Brain

09. Starry Eyes

10. I Think of Demons

11. Bloody Hammer

12. Before You Accuse Me

13. Two Headed Dog

14. You're Gonna Miss Me

15. I Walked with a Zombie

16. The Wind and More

 

** RELEASE 66 - ROKCDR066 **

 

Roky Erickson

2007-10-31

Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

 

Source: Schoeps ccm4 > Sonosax > Edirol r-09

Taper: calrust

 

Disk 1

Length: 43:32

 

01. Introduction

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. White Faces

04. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

05. Red Temple Prayer

06. Mine Mine Mind

07. Night of the Vampire

08. Bloody Hammer

09. The Beast

10. Splash 1

 

Disk 2

Length: 39:02

 

1. Creature with the Atom Brain

2. Starry Eyes

3. I Think of Demons

4. Before You Accuse Me

5. Bermuda

6. You're Gonna Miss Me

7. The Interpreter

8. The Wind and More

9. I Walked with a Zombie

 

-----------------------

Total: 82:35

 

** RELEASE 67 - ROKCDR067 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Explosions

2007-07-06

Roskilde Festival, Denmark

 

Source: at933->bb->iriver

Transfer: iriver→usb→cep→cdwav→flac

 

Length: 76:59

 

Setlist:

01. Intro

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. White Faces

04. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

05. The Interpreter

06. The Beast

07. Bermuda

08. Splash 1 (13th Floor Elevators)

09. Creature with the Atom Brain

10. Starry Eyes

11. Bloody Hammer

12. Before You Accuse Me (Bo Diddley)

13. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

14. You're Gonna Miss Me (13th Floor Elevators)

---

15. I Walked with a Zombie

16. The Wind and More

17. Outro

 

** RELEASE 68 - ROKCDR068 **

 

Roky Erickson

2010-03-18

8th Annual Ice Cream Social

Threadgills World Headquarters, Austin, TX

 

Bamboozle Productions

Recording:  Edirol R-09 using internal mics>PC>Sound Forge for tracking and gently limiting audience applause.

44.1khz/16bit wav

Position- Front row center, 2 ft from stage

 

Presented in both the Original and Remaster recording. This was one of my first remasters and an attempt to roll off some of the bass. Unfortunately at that time, I did not keep better records of what was done in remastering. Looking back, I could have done better.  

 

Length: 38:33

 

1. John Lawman

2. Red Temple Prayer

3. Bring Back the Past

4. Be and Bring Me Home

5. True Love Cast Out All Evil

6. I Walked with a Zombie

7. Starry Eyes

8. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

9. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 69 - ROKCDR069 **

 

Roky Erickson

2011-10-01

Continental Club, Houston, Texas

 

Source : SP-BMC-3 > Edirol 09 HR > wav > FLAC8> torrent

Taper  : mysticalcrow

 

Length: 59:07

 

Setlist:

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

03. Creature With the Atom Brain

04. The Wind and More

05. Bloody Hammer

06. Starry Eyes

07. Roller Coaster

08. Don't Slander Me

09. Reverberation

10. The Beast

11. Night of the Vampire

12. Two Headed Dog

13. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 70 - ROKCDR070 **

 

Roky Erickson

2012-10-27

The Parrish, Austin, TX

 

Bamboozle Productions

Recording:  Edirol R-09 using internal mics>PC>Sound Forge for tracking and gently limiting audience applause.

44.1khz/16bit wav

Position- Front row center, 4 ft left of center

 

Length: 79:55

 

01. Bo Diddley

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. Don't Slander Me

04. The Interpreter

05. Bermuda

06. Starry Eyes

07. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

08. John Lawman

09. White Faces

10. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

11. Creature With the Atom Brain

12. Stand for the Fire Demon

13. Night of the Vampire

14. Splash 1

15. Reverberation

16. The Wind and More

17. Applause & Roky Chant

18. You're Gonna Miss Me

19. Red Temple Prayer

 

** RELEASE 71 - ROKCDR071 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Hounds of Baskerville

2012-11-12

The Rock and Roll Hotel, Washington DC, USA

 

Source: CA-14's (Cards) at 90 degrees, 2.5" apart > Church ST-9100 > Edirol R09-HR @ 24/96

Location: **STEALTH**

Editing:  Tracking, fades, and EQ were done while the show was laid in Sony Soundforge 9.0a (Build 297) as a wav file.  Audience applause was mitigated in post using Soundforge's "Click and Crackle Removal" tool.  Periodic loud points were enveloped to allow for more headroom in Normalization (each channel independently to -0.10dB.)

Conversion: Trader's Little Helper v.2.7.0 (Build 172)

 

Length: 74:11

 

Setlist:

01. Bo Diddley's a Headhunter

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. Don't Slander Me

04. The Interpreter

05. Bermuda

06. Starry Eyes

07. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

08. John Lawman

09. White Faces

10. Stand for the Fire Demon

11. Night of the Vampire

12. Splash 1 (Now I'm Home)

13. Reverberation

14. Roller Coaster

15. I Walked with a Zombie

16. Wind and More

17. You're Gonna Miss Me

18. Two Headed Dog

 

Misc. Notes:

This is another installment in my "vindication" series-- that is-- it is a tape of an artist who I have taped before, and who's previous tape was less-than-ideal sounding.  The first time I caught Roky was very near exactly two years ago, on Nov 5, 2012 at DC's Black Cat.  I seem to recall that he was touring with a different band for that last show and I must say I really preferred The Hounds of Baskerville.  The show felt much more alive than the last time I saw him.  There is a little bit of stage sound that finds its way onto this recording, but overall I am happy with the way this tape sounds.  I have included a photograph of the setlist, but really, Roky went so far off the setlist that it's really just for decoration!

 

** RELEASE 72 - ROKCDR072 **

 

Roky Erickson

2013-03-15

Roky Erickson's Ice Cream Social

Threadgills World Headquarters, Austin, TX

 

Bamboozle Production:  You've Been Bamboozled

Recording:  Edirol R-09 using internal mics>PC>Sound Forge for tracking and gently limiting audience applause.

Location:  Dead center ~18 ft back

 

Remastered version:  Bass roll-off: 20Hz -15.8, 28 Hz -7.8, 40 Hz -5.1, 56 Hz -3.4, 80 Hz -2.1, 113 Hz -0.7

 

Length: 45:51

 

Setlist:

01. Introduction

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. Don't Slander Me

04. I Think of Demons

05. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

06. Splash 1

07. Tried to Hide

08. Reverberation

09. Night of the Vampire

10. The Wind and More

11. Two Headed Dog

12. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 73 - ROKCDR073 **

 

Roky Erickson

2014-03-14

Roky Erickson's Ice Cream Social

Threadgills, Austin, TX

 

Bamboozle Productions- You've Been Bamboozled

Recording:  Edirol R-09 using internal mics>PC>Sound Forge for tracking and gently limiting audience applause.

Location:  Front of stage, dead center

 

Length: 45:28

 

Setlist:

01. Introduction

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. John Lawman

04. Tried to Hide

05. Fire Engine

06. (I've Got) Levitation

07. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

08. Kingdom of Heaven

09. Slip Inside This House

10. Roller Coaster

11. Reverberation

12. Two Headed Dog

13. Stage Talk

14. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 74 - ROKCDR074 **

 

Roky Erickson

2014-10-31

Celebration of a Family Curse

American Legion, Austin, TX

 

Bamboozle Productions- You've Been Bamboozled

Recording:  Edirol R-09 using internal mics>PC>Sound Forge for tracking and gently limiting audience applause.

Location:  Front of stage, 3 ft left of center

 

Length: 77:26

 

Setlist:

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Night of the Vampire

03. Bermuda

04. If You Have Ghosts

05. White Faces

06. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

07. John Lawman

08. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

09. Tried to Hide

10. Fire Engine

11. (I've Got) Levitation

12. The Kingdom of Heaven

13. Splash 1

14. Roller Coaster

15. Reverberation

16. Stand for the Fire Demon

17. The Wind and More

~~*~~

18. Announcement on SIMMS Foundation

19. Red Temple Prayer

20. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 75 - ROKCDR075 **

 

Roky Erickson

2015-10-28

The Evil One Live, 2nd Annual Celebration Of A Family Curse

The Charles Johnson House

American Legion And Veteran's Park, Austin, TX

 

Bamboozle Productions- You've Been Bamboozled

Recording:  Edirol R-09 using internal mics>PC>Sound Forge for tracking and gently limiting audience applause.

Location:  Front of stage, dead center

 

Length: 60:21

 

01. Introduction

02. Red Temple Prayer

03. I Walked with a Zombie

04. The Night of the Vampire

05. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

06. Mine Mine Mind

07. Talk

08. Sputnik

09. Talk

10. White Faces

11. I Think of Demons

12. Creature with the Atom Brain

13. Talk

14. The Wind and More

15. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

16. Bloody Hammer

17. Stand for the Fire Demon

18. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

19. Talk

20. If You Have Ghosts

21. Talk - The SIMMS Foundation

 

** RELEASE 76 - ROKCDR076 **

 

Powell St. John Interview by Joe Trybyszewski

2005-05-26

 

TDK D90 Master, no Dolby>Sony KA1ESA Tape Deck>VIA AC'97 Soundcard>Cool Edit Pro (re-EQ & edits)>FLAC Frontend 6 (SBE corrections)

 

This interview was recorded in Berkeley, California.

 

Another very special release, a good interview by Joe Trybyszewski, covering a wide range of topics.

 

Length: 74:36

 

Track List:

01. Clementine's Quilts / The Beginning

02. Tommy Hall / Janis

03. The Conqueroo / Tommy & Clementine

04. Tary Owens

05. Origins Of 13th Floor Elevators

06. Slide Machine

07. Renumeration / Roky  

08. Monkey Island / You Don't Know / Slide Machine

09. Mother Earth

10. Tommy / Tommy Hall Schedule

11. Texas Hall Of Fame / Roky

 

** RELEASE 77 - CVBR 024 - ROK077  **

 

Roky Erickson and Bleib Alien

1977 (Summer, Monday night)

The Keystone, Berkeley, CA

 

Cover says live in Austin 1981, Roky Erickson and The Aliens, but this is almost certainly the same performance as ROKCDR022, Roky Erickson and Bleib Alien at the Keystone Berkeley, recorded in 1977. There is not really any doubt about that based on the in between song chatter and amplifier buzz, which though truncated in ROKCDR022, is clearly from the same performance.

 

Lineage: Rega P3 With Ortofon Tango MovingCoil > Sony HA-T10 > McIntosh C40 Preamp

> Pioneer PDR-555RW Recorder > cut and indexed with CD Wave Editor >

TLH Flac level 6, no need for sector alignment.

 

Track markers set at the end of the songs as this corresponds with the grooves on the LP, and this is a vinyl rip, right?

 

Rank Stranger

March 2016

 

Classic Vinyl Bootlegs Revisited

CVBR 024

 

------------------------------------------------------

Note from ROK077 release:

http://web.archive.org/web/20110405071524/texaspsychedelicrock.com/2008/09/roky-erickson-cd-club-titles.html

"The Aliens [no, Bleib Alien] live in Berkeley, 1977. It's a soundboard. Roky's Manager used to hand these cassettes out for promotional purposes. This has been bootlegged numerous times. You might remember the title You Will Believe In Ghosts. Well... This is taken direct off one of those tapes that was handed out back in the day... Sounds like Bleib Alien (is his backing band)"

 

When you compare ROK077, this version, with ROKCDR022 (processed and direct sourced from low gen cassette), this version has much more 'bite' than ROKCDR022, which was (in this listener's view) over processed to get rid of amplifier buzz, but ended up removing a lot of the frequencies that give you that 'live' feel, cutting guitars, slicing mids and highs. This version also retains more of the in between song talk and noise of the actual performance than ROKCDR022. In this listener's view, the vinyl bootleg rip sounds much more like the real show would have than the 'cleaned up's ROKCDR022. When I A/B tested them side by side, I quickly realized that this version sounded 'live', and ROKCDR022 sounded muffled and over-processed.

 

According to 1977-07-29 Berkeley Barb article (PDF included in this release), the Keystone gig was on a Monday, a bit previous to the publishing date, so this show probably is summer of 1977. They list Bleib Alien as his backing band at that time, so no reason to not believe them since they were there at the time.

 

This is in my view a significant upgrade over ROKCDR022 if you are looking for something closer to the live sound you would have heard at the Keystone Berkeley in 1977. And yes, since you would have heard the amplifier buzz at the show, "[p]ropelled by the bone crushing lead guitar of Aslaksen", this version is much closer I think.

 

Includes an image of the original bootleg album cover.

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Duane Aslaksen - lead guitar

Bill Miller - electric auto harp

John Jeffrey Sutton - drums

John Maxwell - bass

------------------------------------------------------

 

Length: 79:43

 

Tracklist:

Side A: Aliens

01. The Wind And More

02. Damned Thing

03. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

Side B: Vampires

01. I Know How To Love You

02. Click Your Fingers

03. Mine Mine Mind

04. Don't Slander Me

Side C: Dogs

01. The Interpreter

02. Bo Diddley Is A Headhunter

03. Bloody Hammer

Side D: Nightmares

01. Before The Beginning

02. Bermuda

03. Two Headed Dog

 

** RELEASE 78 - ROK078  **

 

Roky Erickson and The Hounds of Baskerville

Granada Theatre

Dallas, TX

2016-07-23

 

Lineage: R-09 (16-41) > USB > CEP > CD Wave Editor > TLH > FLAC

 

This was a special night, where Roky and the band played almost an entire set of 13th Floor Elevators material.

 

The Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Eli Southard - guitar

Jason Richard - bass

? - drums

Jegar Erickson - vocals, psychedelic jug, harmonica

 

Length: 74:45

 

Tracklist:

01. (I've Got) Levitation

02. You Don't Know

03. Fire Engine

04. Earthquake

05. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

06. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

07. John Lawman

08. Kingdom of Heaven (Is Within You)

09. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

10. Roller Coaster

11. Reverberation

12. Thru The Rythm

13. I Had To Tell You

14. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

15. The Wind and More

16. --<encore break>--

17. If You Have Ghosts

18. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

19. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Notes:

 

A buddy of mine, Toe Knee, made some artwork.  The title, "Who's Got The LSD?" came from the Granada's twitter feed before the show that they run on one of the big screens.  You can see a picture of it included with the torrent.

 

* RELEASE 79 - ROK079  **

 

Roky Erickson

Teragram Ballroom

Los Angeles, CA

2018-10-03

 

CA-11c -> BB -> DR-2d -> Soundforge -> FLAC

 

Tracklist:

01. -intro-

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. Bermuda

04. Haunt

05. Sputnik

06. Night Of The Vampire

07. Roller Coaster

08. Reverberation

09. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

10. White Faces

11. Mine Mine Mind

12. The Interpreter

13. Don't Slander Me

14. Levitation

15. Can't Be Brought Down

16. The Wind And More

17. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

18. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 80 - ROK080  **

 

Roky Erickson

The Casbah, San Diego, CA

2018-10-05 (Friday)

 

Source: Aud: SP-CMC-8 > SP-SBSB-10 > Sony PCM M-10 (24 bit/48Hz) > Audacity (downsampling/editing) > CD wav (track splitting)

 

Length: 64.34

 

Tracklist:

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Bermuda

03. Haunt

04. Sputnik

05. Night of the Vampire

06. Roller Coaster

07. Reverberation

08. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

09. Mine Mine Mind

10. White Faces

11. The Interpreter

12. Don't Slander Me

13. (I've Got) Levitation

14. Can't Be Brought Down

15. You Don't Love Me Yet

16. The Wind and More

17. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

18. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

** RELEASE 81 - ROK081  **

 

Roky Erickson

White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ

2017-09-08

 

Lineage: Zoom iq5 -> iPhone 6s -> Audacity (MS decoding) -> Goldwave (track splitting, level boost 6%) -> TLH (FLAC level 8) -> Dime

 

Very good show by Roky Erickson.

 

The recording came out pretty good, there are some minor volume fluctuations for a first minute or so until I got the recording level set.

Some crowd noise and people talking can be heard between the songs but not too much.

 

Setlist:

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Sputnik

03. White Faces

04. Night of the Vampire

05. Starry Eyes

06. Fire Engine

07. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)

08. Roller Coaster

09. Through the Rhythm

10. Reverberation

11. You Don't Know

12. (I've Got) Levitation

13. Mine Mine Mind

14. I Think of Demons

15. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

16. The Wind and More

Encore:

17. You're Gonna Miss Me

18. If You Have Ghosts

19. Two Headed Dog

 

** RELEASE 82 - ROK082 **

 

Roky Erickson

Beachland Ballroom

Cleveland, OH

2017-09-13

 

Source: Core Sound HEBs (dpa 4061s) > C.S. Battery Box (Bass Filter Off) > Sony PCM-M10 (@24/48) (@20 feet from stage, center)

Transfer: PC > Audacity (Edits, Fades, Bass Reduced 6db, Tracking, > 16/44 WAV) > T.L.H. (FLAC 8, FFP)

 

Setlist:

01. It's A Cold Night For Alligators

02. Sputnik

03. White Faces

04. Mine Mine Mind

05. Starry Eyes

06. Fire Engine

07. Through The Rhythm

08. Roller Coaster

09. Tried To Hide

10. You Don't Know

11. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)

12. Reverberation

13. Night Of The Vampire

14. Bloody Hammer

15. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

16. The Wind And More

17. -Encore Break-

18. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

19. Kingdom Of Heaven

20. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Length: 69:50

 

** RELEASE 83 - ROK083  **

 

Roky Erickson

Duck Room, Blueberry Hill

St. Louis, MO

2017-09-16

 

Source: Core Sound HEBs (dpa 4061s) > C.S. Battery Box (Bass Filter Off) > Sony PCM-M10 (@24/48)

(8-10 heads from stage, center)

Transfer: PC > Audacity (Edits, Fades, Bass Reduced 6db, Tracking, > 16/44 WAV) > T.L.H. (FLAC 8, FFP) > Torrent

 

Setlist:

01. It's A Cold Night For Alligators

02. Sputnik

03. Mine Mine Mind

04. White Faces

05. Starry Eyes

06. Fire Engine

07. Through The Rhythm

08. Roller Coaster

09. You Don't Know

10. Tried To Hide

11. I've Got Levitation

12. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)

13. Reverberation

14. Night Of The Vampire

15. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

16. Bloody Hammer

17. The Wind And More

18. -Encore Break-

19. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

20. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Length: 70:05

 

** RELEASE 84 - ROKCDR084 **

 

Roky Erickson and the Explosives

107.1 KGSR FM/HiFi

Saxon Pub

Austin, Texas

2005-11-18

 

Lineage:

FM broadcast -> Sony HiFi VCR -> Abode Audition -> CD Wave -> CDR -> FLAC

 

Tracks:

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. White Faces

03. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

04. The Interpreter

05. The Beast

06. Bermuda

07. Starry Eyes

08. conversation with Roky

09. Two Headed Dog

10. You're Gonna Miss Me

Length: 38:13

 

** RELEASE 85 - ROK085**

 

Roky Erickson

"Austin After Hours"

KTXZ AM

Austin, TX

1985-04-05

 

This was an intimate performance, where Roky sings solo acoustic versions of the songs from his recently published book 'Openers'. The DJ is very respectful and appreciative.

 

Roky's mother, Evelyn, is in the studio during his performance, and you can hear her in the breaks.

 

Bill Jaeger (an old friend of Roky Erickson's) donated the 1st generation tape of this performance, and Knox Mitchell transferred it to digital, and also supplied the masters for this release. Much appreciated, to all involved.

 

Lineage:

AM Recording: TEAC AG-55 receiver > Sherwood DS1630r tape deck

Dubbing: TEAC AG-55 receiver > JVC TD-W707 tape deck (Maxell XL-IIS)

Digitizing: Tascam 112-mkII (Maxell XL-IIS) > Edirol UA-5 > Goldwave (WAV output)

Release Processing: Audacity (track splits, normalize to -2 db, mono) > FLAC 8 > tagging, checksums

 

Note that since this was an AM recording, it's been released in mono.

 

Length: 20:25

 

Setlist:

01. I Love The Blind Man

02. John Lawman > break

03. Never Known This 'Til Now > break

04. May The Circle Remain Unbroken

05. break (Evelyn introduction, station ID)

06. Starry Eyes

 

** RELEASE 86 - ROK086**

 

Roky Erickson

Interviews 1985-1987

Austin, TX

 

Bill Jaeger (an old friend of Roky Erickson's) donated the 1st generation tape of this performance, and Knox Mitchell transferred it to digital, and also supplied the masters for this release. Much appreciated, to all involved.

 

The tape with the KLBJ interview also had about 6 minutes of Roky reading tacked onto the end, probably at his house, from a notebook. This reading sounds like Roky writing about his early life. Bill remembers that also having been recorded off the radio the same day as the KLBJ recording.

 

Lineage:

FM Recording: TEAC AG-55 receiver > Sherwood DS1630r tape deck

Dubbing: TEAC AG-55 receiver > JVC TD-W707 tape deck (Maxell XL-IIS)

Digitizing: Tascam 112-mkII (Maxell XL-IIS) > Edirol UA-5 > Goldwave (WAV output)

Release Processing: Audacity (track splits, normalize to -2 db, mono) > FLAC 8 > tagging, checksums

 

Interview 1:

KLBJ FM

Austin, TX

1987-03-10

 

The songs in (..) are not included, but were played during the interview.

 

Topics:

(Elevation)

1-01. "You're Gonna Me Me", the Spades, The Roulettes

1-02. Dallas to Austin

1-03. San Francisco, the Elevators

1-04. San Francisco, NYC "Mental Home Towns"

1-05. The 13th Floor Elevators, psychedelic music, Airplane, Dead

1-06. Psychedelicia, drugs

1-07. Rusk

1-08. Openers, intro to "Bloody Hammer"

(The Evil One - Bloody Hammer)

1-09. About 'The Evil One', horror movies/writing

1-10. Evil Hook Wildlife ET

1-11. Source of horror, visions, The Dream Nightmare Walker

1-12. Roky and The Aliens

1-13. Money from records?

1-14. Intro to "Don't Slander Me"

(Don't Slander Me/Starry Eyes)

1-15. Other artists recording Roky songs

1-16. About "You're Gonna Miss Me"

1-17. The Blues as influence

1-18. Is life generally scary or fun?

1-19. The Universe, Good and Evil, Math

1-20. Satan in you, God as well? How you feel.

1-21. "Clear Night For Love intro

(Clear Night For Love - You Don't Love Me Yet)

1-22. Different groups Roky works with (Blieb Alien, Aliens, Resurectionists)

1-23. Evil Hook Wildlife ET

1-24. Intro to "I Have Always Been Here Before", Math, Roky as alien, reincarnation

(Note that it doesn't sound like the DJ ever got around to playing I Have Always Been Here Before)

1-25. John Lennon's Imagine, atheism, monsters

1-26. Are you the only sane one, or vica versa? "Twin Units" story

1-27. Have you been writing some new songs?

1-28. New records, magazine covers, outro

1-28. New records, magazine covers, outro

 

Length: 27:48

 

Reading 1:

2-01. "Another Hole In Baby's Head"

 

Length: 6:30

 

Interview 2:

KUT-FM

Austin, TX

1985-07-07

 

Topics:

3-01. About 'Evil Hook Wildlife ET' band name

3-02. The new record, new video (Openers)

3-03. Barker History Center exhibition of Elevators, Roky material

3-04. Evelyn, Butch Hancock

 

Length: 6:11

 

Total: 40:29

 

** RELEASE 87 - ROK087 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Resurrectionists

Faces

Baton Rouge, LA

1982-03-25 (Thursday)

 

These master tape recordings were made and transferred to digital by Reed Hayward, and provided by Knox Mitchell. Thanks a lot!

 

This is a significant upgrade to the version of this show found on ROKCDR017, which had  serious flaws.

 

Lineage:  Audience Master > CD transfer > WAV

Release processing: Audacity (split tracks) > FLAC 8 > tagging, checksums

 

Length: 1:21:25 (81:25)

 

Set 1:

00. intro

01. Bermuda

02. I Think of Demons

03. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

04. The Damn Thing

05. You're Gonna Miss Me

06. White Faces

07. It’s a Cold Night for Alligators

08. The Beast > applause

 

Set 2:

00. intro

01. Don't Slander Me

02. I Walked with a Zombie

03. Mine Mine Mind

04. Starry Eyes

05. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

06. Crazy Crazy Mama

07. Bloody Hammer > encore noise

Encore:

08. Creature with the Atom Brain > encore noise

Encore 2:

09. The Wind and More > applause

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Jimmy Jones - lead guitar, backing vocals

Brian S. Curly - bass, backing vocals  (of Lester Bang’s Delinquents)

Carl Giesecke - drums (of the Nervebreakers)

 

** RELEASE 88 - ROK088 **

 

Roky Erickson and The Resurrectionists

The Beat Exchange

New Orleans, Louisiana

1982-03-26 (Friday)

 

These master tape recordings were made and transferred to digital by Reed Hayward, and provided by Knox Mitchell. Thanks a lot!

 

This is a significant upgrade to the version of this show found on ROKCDR017, which had serious flaws.

 

The song in (..) is not included, but was played before the interview.

 

Lineage:  Audience Master > CD transfer > WAV

Release processing: Audacity (split tracks) > FLAC 8 > tagging, checksums

 

Length: 1:18:28 (78:28)

 

Set 1:

01. Bermuda

02. I Think of Demons

03. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

04. The Damn Thing

05. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

06. White Faces

07. The Beast

08. I Walked with a Zombie > applause

 

Set 2:

01. Don't Slander Me

02. Creature with the Atom Brain

03. Mine Mine Mind

04. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

05. Bloody Hammer

06. Starry Eyes

07. The Interpreter

08. Crazy Crazy Mama > encore noise

Encore:

09. You're Gonna Miss Me > applause

 

WTUL Interview:

(White Faces)

01. WTUL-FM Roky Interview, New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Band:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Jimmy Jones - lead guitar, backing vocals

Brian S. Curly - bass, backing vocals  (of Lester Bang’s Delinquents)

Carl Giesecke - drums (of the Nervebreakers)

 

* RELEASE 89 - ROK089 **

 

Roky Erickson

Texas Radio Program

Interview w/ Larry Monroe, KUT FM

Austin, TX

1985-07-07

 

Bill Jaeger (an old friend of Roky Erickson's) donated the 1st generation tape of this performance, and Knox Mitchell transferred it to digital, and also supplied the masters for this release. Much appreciated, to all involved.

 

ROK086 had the last 6 minutes of this KUT interview on it.

 

Lineage:

FM Recording: TEAC AG-55 receiver > Sherwood DS1630r tape deck

Dubbing: TEAC AG-55 receiver > JVC TD-W707 tape deck (Maxell XL-IIS)

Digitizing: Tascam 112-mkII (Maxell XL-IIS) > Edirol UA-5 > Goldwave (WAV output)

Release Processing: Audacity (track splits, normalize to -0.4 db, mono) > FLAC 8 > tagging, checksums

Length: 49:22

 

Topics:

01. //intro, retrospective

02. Horror, gore

03. Horror influences on music

04. Music paints a picture

05. What got you into music? 3 little frogs, opera, rock'n'roll

06. The Darkness, movie theater, radio

07. Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Chester?...Lead Belly, the Bible

08. Starting to play music in Austin, rednecks

09. The Spades, Missing Links, The Roulettes, Spades single

10. You're Gonna Miss Me, electric jug, Tommy Hall

11. KNOW, blacklist of YGMM, grass, DJs, bust, Tommy

(Elevators/You're Gonna Miss Me)

(Elevators/Fire Engine)

12. Psychedelic, 13th Floor Elevators, Dylan, LSD

13. San Francisco scene, shows, money, stolen equipment, Avalon

14. Playing psychedelic music, San Francisco / Texas bands

15. The Avalon, Fillmore... earth under water... naming 13th Floor Elevators

(Elevators/Live at Avalon)

(Elevators/Slip Inside This House)

16. How do you like the taste of the new Coke?

17. Openers, the Interpreter, crime

18. Satanic side/persona, future demonic bleib

19. Good Roky, bad Roky, heaven, hell, purgatory

20. The Evil One, band, songs, nuclear thoughts

(The Aliens/Creature With the Atom Brain)

(The Aliens/Bloody Hammer)

21. Time between Elevators and the Evil One

22. The Aliens, being from Mars, making horror movies

23. "Hook" theory, movies, Steven King

24. Scary movies, being scared, new record: The Beast/Heroin

(Evil Hook Wildlife ET/The Beast)

(Evil Hook Wildlife ET/Heroin)

25. About Evil Hook Wlldlife ET, new record, new video Openers

26. Songs played, Barker History Center exhibition, Evelyn

 

* RELEASE 90 - ROK090 **

 

Roky Erickson

Studio / Live 1974-79 - ROK090

 

Roky Erickson CD Club

A LewsiVer / Pschnob / Steve C. Production

 

Disc 1: 75:15

 

1974, Home Recordings, Austin, TX, Aud, 14:38

1-01. The Interpreter

1-02. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

1-03. Wrong Number

1-04. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

1-05. Guitar improvisation

1-06. Piano improvisation

 

Alternate Evil One mixes, 11:06

1-07. Cold Night For Alligators

1-08. Stand for the Fire Demon

1-09. Mine, Mine, Mind

 

Live 1976-1978, 49:31

1-10. Click Your Fingers

1-11. Bermuda

1-12. The Damned Thing

1-13. The Wind And More

1-14. Stand For The Fire Demon

1-15. Cold Night For Alligators

1-16. Two Headed Dog//

1-17. Creature With The Atom Brain

1-18. Mine Mine Mind//

1-19. //I Walked With A Zombie

 

Tracks 1-5: These are from a cassette Roky had (Roky's cassette > Charlie's reel)

Track 6: This is a live recording made in Charlie Sauer's home sometime shortly after 1974-03-16.

Tracks 7-9: Alligators and Fire Demon are mixes that don't seem to have appeared elsewhere. Mine Mine Mine sounds like one of the mixes on ROK049/050, but is an audio upgrade.

Tracks 10-19: T10 might be from the 1978-07-28 Whiskey-A-Go-Go performance, other tracks do not sound like any prior ROK release.

 

Tracks 1-6: 2019 transfer: Charlie Sauer's 7 1/2 ips quarter track reel > Cubase > 48k 32-bit float WAV

Processing: iZotope (level out uneven track / channel volumes, hum removal, manually remove clicks, minor EQ) > 44k 16-bit WAV > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE). Track 6 also has NR in sections of the left channel as hiss levels were too high there after balancing channels.

Tracks 7-9: Unknown Gen SB Recording on Maxell UDXL60 Cassette > Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby Off) > Adcom GFP-565 Preamp > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro (minor edits to remove microgaps) > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

Tracks 10-19: Unknown Gen Recording on JVC F1/90 Cassette > Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck (Dolby Off) > Adcom GFP-565 Preamp > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro (minor edits) > dbpoweramp > FLAC > SoundForge 7.0 (divided into separate tracks, speed correction) > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE). SoundForge work by Steve C.

Track 10: iZotope (hum removal)

 

--------------

Disc 2 - 74:03

 

Roky Erickson and The Explosives - 1979-Aug/Sept, Raul's, Austin

 

Live tracks on Openers LP, 17:19

2-01. Cold Night For Alligators

2-02. Two Headed Dog

2-03. Bermuda

2-04. White Faces

 

Live tracks on The Reverend of Karmic Youth CD, 7:14

2-05. Interpreter//

2-06. Starry Eyes

 

Live tracks on Live At Raul's CD, 7:47

2-07. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

2-08. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

 

Live track on Weird Tales LP, 3:26

2-09. I Have Always Been Here Before

 

1977?-?-?, perhaps Longbranch Saloon, Berkeley, CA?, Stage Mics?, 38:17

2-10. The Wind And More

2-11. Bloody Hammer

2-12. The Damned Thing

2-13. Cold Night For Alligators

2-14. The Interpreter

2-15. Two Headed Dog

2-16. If You Have Ghosts//

2-17. White Faces

2-18. Mine Mine Mind//

 

Tracks 1-8: These are from the same performance as ROK012 but are Soundboard recordings.

Tracks 7-8: These recordings have previously appeared on ROK CDs but these tracks are unprocessed.

Track 8: This track is different than the live Two Headed Dog on The Openers LP.

Tracks 10-18: These were labeled 'Collage Live - ?/?/19??'. Based on that and Roky's 'for all you college kids' comment Longbranch Saloon in Berkeley is a best guess. We believe this is a 1977 performance as the track list and performance style is a lot like Keystone '77-summer (ROK77).

 

Tracks 1-4: Manually declicked in Cool Edit Pro.

Track 9: This originally had a gap and some repeated content presumably from a tape flip; it's now all properly edited together. Source was mono so used best channel (left) to replace noisy right channel.

Tracks 10-18: Sony TC-KA1ESA Tape Deck > Adcom GFP-565 Preamp > Prodigy HD2 Soundcard > Cool Edit Pro > Wav > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

 

A LewsiVer / Pschnob / Steve C. Production

 

* RELEASE 91 - ROK091 **

 

Roky Erickson

2010-12-18, with Okerwill River, Vega, Copenhagen

 

Source: Unknown Aud

Transfer: ? > flac > Adobe Audition (minor edits/amplification) > Wav > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

Taper: Unknown

 

Disc 1: 66:20

 

 1. Cold Night For Alligators

 2. Creature With The Atom Brain

 3. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

 4. John Lawman

 5. Stand For The Fire Demon

 6. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

 7. Reverberation (Doubt)

 8. Splash 1

 9. Don't Slander Me

10. Roller Coaster

11. Two Headed Dog

12. Bloody // Hammer

13. Night Of The Vampire

14. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

* RELEASE 92 - ROK092 **

 

Duke Davis

2023-02-01, Interview

 

Source: (2) Audio Technica 4040 microphones > Presonus Studio 24c > 44k stereo 24-bit wav.  One mic on the iPhone on speakerphone, the other mic on interviewer. Taper processing: Mixed in stereo, but not hard panned L & R.  Each channel slightly EQ'ed to try and sound more balanced (more bass & mids for Duke and less for interviewer).

Post Processing: Adobe Audition (minor edits/amplification) > Wav > Trader's Little Helper > FLAC 8 (no SBE)

Interviewer / Taper: Eric Maurer

 

Disc 1: 63:54

 

 1. Musical Background / Meeting the Elevators

 2. Joining the Elevators / Starvation Army Band

 3. Impressions of the Elevators / Gig locations/memories

 4. Bull of the Wood sessions

 5. Lightnin' Hopkins Free Form Patterns sessions

 6. Bull of the Wood sessions

 7. Stacy memories

 8. Tensions in the band / Roky memories / Bull of the Wood sessions

 9. After the Bull of the Wood sessions

10. Tommy memories

11. Equipment / Family attitudes

12. Reflections on the Elevators

13. Legacy of the Elevators / Billy Gibbons

 

https://dukedavismusic.com

 

Duke Davis briefly replaced Dan Galindo as The 13th Floor Elevator's bassist in 1968 until the band's earlier bassist Ronnie Leatherman returned that summer.

 

Duke currently resides in Fredericksburg, Texas.

 

A pschnob production

 

 

** See Below For Video Releases **

************ ***** 2. VIDEO RELEASES ****************************************************************************************

 

** RELEASE 1 - ROKDVD01 ************************************************************************

 

* 13th Floor Elevators - 1966, You're Gonna Miss Me, Where the Action Is

Length: 2:45

Source Media: VHS

Quality: very rough, extremely degraded

 

See ROKDVD10 for an upgraded version.

 

* Roky Erickson - 1980, Meeting with an Alien (Interspersed with Interviews)

Length: 28:00

Source Media: VHS

Quality: degraded but decent, clear audio

 

Songs:

1. You’re Gonna Miss Me/

2. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

3. Right Track Now

4. White Faces

5. Mr. Tambourine Man

6. Creature with the Atom Brain

7. Two Headed Dog

8. Wait For You

 

Credits:

Dianne Kruppa/Suzie Seeligson - Camera Editing

Joseph Kruppa - Interviewer

Lou Dill  - Swamper

David Hough - Audio

Stronghold Visuals Productions.

 

* Roky Erickson - 1983-06, Philosophy Religion & Music

Length: 36:00

Source Media: VHS

Quality: degraded but decent, clear audio

 

Part I Songs:

1. You Don’t Love Me Yet

2. Beast Is Comin’

3. Clear Night

Part II Songs (different source, shot off of monitor):

4. Beast Is Comin’ (1983-06-01 Soap Creek Saloon)

5. ...You Don't Love Me Yet

6. Bloody Hammer

7. One Forever Shows One the Way (Acoustic)

8. May the Circle Remain Unbroken

9. The Looking Glass Song

 

** RELEASE 2 - ROKDVD02 ***********************************************************************

 

* 13th Floor Elevators - 1966-10-29, You're Gonna Miss Me, American Bandstand

Length: 2:24

Source Media: .rm (video file)

Quality: very grainy, sound rough but decent

 

See ROKDVD10 for a significant upgrade to this.

 

* 13th Floor Elevators - 1980s, You’re Gonna Miss Me: Psychedelic Reprise (Documentary)

Length: 39:24

Source Media: DVD/Master

Quality: Very good

 

* Roky Erickson - 1985, Openers

Length: 25:06

Source Media: SVCD

Quality: Quite good

 

Roky playing solo acoustic guitar.

 

See ROKDVD10 for an upgraded version of Openers.

 

Songs:

1. When You Get Delighted

2. Warning

3. To Think

4. True Love Cast Out All Evil

5. Loving Ain’t a Part Time Thing

6. The Looking Glass Song

7. Don’t Slander Me

8. Splash 1

 

** RELEASE 3 - ROKDVD03 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 1984, Demon - Angel - A Day And Night With Roky Erickson - 2020-01 UPGRADE

Length: 57:30

Source Media: Commercial-VHS

Quality: video and audio are very good

 

This is an upgraded version of the previous ROKDVD03 release. Upgraded 2020-01.

 

Video: Commercial VHS #1 > Panasonic AG-DS555P > S-video cable > Pioneer DVR-533H-S DVR (LPCM mode)

Music Audio Source: Roky Erickson - Demon Angel CD (1999 Amsterdamned Records) > Sync with VHS #1 in Audacity > Resample to 48khz and replicate original soundtrack edits in iZotope

Interview Audio Source: Commercial VHS #2 (less compressed audio than #1 but had video noise bar) > Panasonic AG-DS555P > Zoom H1 > Wav (48kHz/24bit) > Sync with VHS #1 in Audacity > minor edits in iZotope > music and interview audio merged and dithered to 16-bit in iZotope > Mux in MPEGstreamclip > DVD

 

Songs:

01. Bloody Hammer

02. Blowin’ In The Wind

03. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

04. Stand for the Fire Demon

05. Two Headed Dog

06. Right Track

07. Splash 1

08. Hungry for Love

09. White Faces

10. You’re Gonna Miss Me

11. Damned Thing

12. Night of the Vampire

13. Starry Eyes

 

Bonus:

COMPLETE Blowin' In The Wind, 1:46 (edited together from Demon Angel '94 & '84 versions)

 

** RELEASE 4 - ROKDVD04 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 1984-08-18, Happy Birthday Roky, Soap Creek Saloon, Austin, TX

Length: 52:34

Source Media: VHS

Quality: video very grainy, sound is decent.

 

Songs:

1. Starry Eyes

2. Two Headed Dog

3. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play

4. Splash 1

5. The Haunt

6. I Walked with a Zombie

7. You’re Gonna Miss Me

 

* Roky Erickson - 1992, Happy Birthday Roky

Length: 6:17

Source Media: VHS

Quality: Video distorted, sound decent.

 

** RELEASE 5 - ROKDVD05 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson and The Explosives - 2007-03-01, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

Length: 62:52

Source Media: .flv (video file)

Recording Info: Pro-Shot/Multi-Cam

Quality: Very good

 

Setlist:

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. White Faces

03. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

04. The Interpreter

05. The Beast Is Coming

06. Bermuda

07. Splash 1

08. Creature with the Atom Brain

09. Starry Eyes

10. I Think of Demons

11. Before You Accuse Me

12. Two Headed Dog

13. You're Gonna Miss Me

14. I Walked with a Zombie

15. Wind and More

 

* Roky Erickson and The Black Angels - 2008-10-31, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Source Media: DVD

Record Info: Aud/Hand-held

Quality: Very good

 

Tracks:

1. Bo Diddley's a Headhunter 5:11

2. Two Headed Dog 3:14

3. Night of the Vampire 4:33

4. Don't Fall Down 3:06

5. Photo Montage 2:04

 

* Roky Erickson and The Black Angels - 2008-11-01, Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

Length: 4:01

Source Media: DVD

Quality: Very good

 

Track:

1. Starry Eyes

 

** RELEASE 6 - ROKDVD06 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson and The Explosives - 2007-07-13, 'Roky's 60th Birthday Party', Paramount, Austin, TX

Length: 49:24

Source Media: MiniDV

Recording Info: HH Aud/M

Quality: Very good

 

Setlist:

01. White Faces

02. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

03. The Interpreter

04. The Beast

05. Bermuda

06. Creature with the Atom Brain

07. Starry Eyes

08. Bloody Hammer

09. Before You Accuse Me/

10. Two Headed Dog

11. You're Gonna Miss Me

12. Night of the Vampire

13. The Wind and More

14. I Walked with a Zombie/

 

** RELEASE 7 - ROKDVD07 ***********************************************************************

 

This is an upgrade to ROKDVD07, and replaces it. Upgrade date: 2020-05-21

 

* Roky Erickson - 2007-11-12, Austin Opry House, Austin City Limits S33E12, pre-broadcast screener DVD

Length: 31:43

Broadcast date:  2008-01-12

Video: 720 x 480 (4:3), MPEG-2, 29.97fps NTSC, 9.1 Mbps

Audio: 48 kHz 256 kb/s Stereo AC3

 

Setlist:

1. You're Gonna Miss Me

2. Two-Headed Dog

3. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

4. Mine Mine Mind

5. Creature with the Atom Brain

6. Bermuda

7. Starry Eyes

8. Wind and More

9. Billy & Roky Interview

 

Musicians:

Roky Erickson - guitar, vocals

Cam King - guitar, vocals

Freddie Steady Krc - drums, vocals

Chris Johnson - bass

Jon Sanchez - guitar, keyboards, vocals

John Leon - pedal steel

with Special Guest Billy Gibbons (from ZZ Top) - guitar

 

* Roky Erickson & The Explosives - 2006-10-31, Underground Garage (Hosted by Steven Van Zandt) Presents The Cheap Trick or Treat Halloween Ball, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, FL, VH1 Classic/M

Length: 16:37

Video: 704 x 480 (4:3), MPEG-2, 29.97fps NTSC, 4.7 Mbps

Audio: 48 kHz 256 kb/s Stereo AC3

 

Tracklist:

1. I Walked with a Zombie

2. Creature with the Atom Brain

3. Two Headed Dog

4. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

* Roky Erickson - 2011-05-01, Austin Psych Fest: Live at the Power Plant, Seaholm Power Plant, Austin, TX, Proshot

Length: 6:53

Video: 720 x 480 (16:9), MPEG-2, 29.97fps NTSC, 5.6 Mbps

Audio: 48 kHz 192 kb/s Stereo AC3

 

Tracklist:

1. Night Of The Vampire

 

* Roky Erickson - 2013-04-28, Austin Psych Fest: Beyond The Third Sound, Carson Creek Ranch, Austin, TX, Proshot

Length: 8:02

Video: 720 x 480 (16:9), MPEG-2, 23.976fps NTSC, 5.5 Mbps

Audio: 48 kHz 192 kb/s Stereo AC3

 

Tracklist:

1. Interview

2. ...Splash 1

3. Reverberation

4. Interview

 

** RELEASE 8 - ROKDVD08 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 2010-12-12, Luxor, Cologne, Germany, Rockpalast, PAL, 16:9

Length: 44:54

Broadcast Date: 2011-02-28

Lineage: Digital Cable

Quality: DVD menu appears to be broken, only dvd navigation shows, very good audio

 

Setlist:

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Creature with the Atom Brain [Not Broadcasted]

03. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

04. Starry Eyes

05. The Wind and More

06. Bloody Hammer

07. Reverberation

08. Don't Slander Me

09. Night of the Vampire [Not Broadcasted]

10. John Lawman

11. Roller Coaster

12. Splash 1 [Not Broadcasted]

13. The Beast Is Coming [Not Broadcasted]

14. I Walked with a Zombie

15. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

16. You're Gonna Miss Me [Not Broadcasted]

 

Musicians:

Roky Erickson - Vocals, Guitar

Jon Sanchez - Lead Guitar

John Michael Schoepf - Bass

Kyle Schneider - Drums

Jegar Erickson - Harmonica (on "You're Gonna Miss Me")

 

** RELEASE 9 - ROKDVD09 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson and The Hounds of Baskerville - 2012-03-01, El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Length: 40:55

Recording Info: HD Aud/HH

Quality: Excellent, albeit with grainy video and distorted audio

 

This is an excellent video!! Slightly grainy video, and slightly muffled audio (I assume taken on a smartphone), but absolutely captures the essence of Roky when he was at his most powerful, with a band around him he liked. Filmed from right in front of Roky, center stage, from the audience. To whoever recorded this, thank you. The band is Jegar Erickson’s group.

 

Setlist:

01. Bo Diddley's a Headhunter

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

04. The Interpreter

05. Bermuda

06. Splash 1

07. Don't Slander Me

08. John Lawman

09. Two Headed Dog

10. Don't Shake Me

11. Creature with the Atom Brain/

12.  /?

13. Wind and More/

 

** RELEASE 10 - ROKDVD10 ***********************************************************************

 

* 13th Floor Elevators - 1966-09-26, You're Gonna Miss Me, Where The Action Is (upgrade)

Length: 2:44

Quality: Very good, a huge upgrade over ROKDVD01

 

* 13th Floor Elevators - 1966-10-29, You're Gonna Miss Me w/brief Interview, American Bandstand (upgrade)

Length: 2:49

Quality: Very good. Video grainy, but a big upgrade over the version found in ROKDVD02, audio much more clear.

 

* Roky Erickson - 1983-06?, Clear Night for Love (Easter Egg / upgrade!)

Length: 2:57

 

* Roky Erickson - 1985-06, Openers (upgrade)

Length: 25:22

Quality: Significantly better version than the one on ROKDVD02., very clear audio

 

Roky playing solo acoustic guitar.

 

Songs:

1. When You Get Delighted

2. Warning

3. To Think

4. True Love Cast Out All Evil

5. Loving Ain’t a Part Time Thing

6. The Looking Glass Song

7. Don’t Slander Me

8. Splash 1

 

* Roky Erickson - 1986 - The M.H.M.R. Tapes

Length: 15:15

Recording Info: Shot by Douglas Mobley

Quality: Quite good, clear

 

* Roky Erickson & The Mystic Knights of The Sea - 1993-03-17, Austin Chronicle Music Awards, Palmer Auditorium, Austin, TX

Length: 16:03

Broadcast Source: Austin Public Access Cable TV

Quality: good, clear audio

 

Songs:

1. Two-Headed Dog

2. Starry Eyes

3. Don’t Slander Me

4. You’re Gonna Miss Me

 

* Roky Erickson & The Mystic Knights of The Sea - 1993-07-13, Roky's Birthday, La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX

Length: 21:36

Broadcast Source: Austin Public Access Cable TV

 

Songs:

1. Starry Eyes

2. If You Have Ghosts

3. Two-Headed Dog

4. Don’t Slander Me

 

** RELEASE 11 - ROKDVD11 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 1982-03-25, Faces, Baton Rouge, LA

Length: 66:42

Source Media: Single B&W camera

Quality: black and white, grainy video, but decent sound

Setlist:

01. White Faces

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. The Beast

04. Don't Slander Me

05. I Walked with a Zombie

06. Mine Mine Mind

07. Starry Eyes

08. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

09. Crazy Crazy Mama

10. Bloody Hammer

11. Creature with the Atom Brain

12. The Wind and More

13. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

* Roky Erickson - 1986-03, w/The True Believers (including Alejandro Escovedo), Opry House, Austin, TX

Length: 6:32

Broadcast Source: Austin Music Network

Quality: Quite good considering

 

Tracks:

1. Starry Eyes

2. Two Headed Dog

 

** RELEASE 12 - ROKDVD12 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 1984-10-31, Demon/Angel - A Day And Night With Roky Erickson - 1998 version

Length: 61:21

Video: Commercial VHS > Panasonic AG-DS555P > S-video cable > Pioneer DVR-533H-S DVR (LPCM mode)

Audio: Commercial VHS > Panasonic AG-DS555P > Zoom H1 > Wav (48kHz/24bit) > minor edits & dither to 16bit in iZotope > mux with video in DVD Studio Pro > DVD

Quality: Very good, audio and video are in good shape

 

This 1998 version of Demon Angel features different camera angles & edits, several interviews and a complete Right Track Now.

 

The interviews appear to be from ~1994-95 "Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye" Tribute release related and include: Bill Bentley, Evelyn Erickson, Sumner Erickson, Mike Jensen, Bill Miller & Jack Ortman.

 

Tracks:

01. Mike Alvarez

02. Splash 1

03. Bill Bentley

04. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

05. Bill Miller / Bill Bentley / Jack Ortman / Mike Jensen

06. You’re Gonna Miss Me

07. Bill Bentley / Jack Ortman / Evelyn Erickson

08. Roky

09. The Damn' Thing

10. Evelyn / Sumner Erickson

11. Roky

12. White Faces

13. Jack Ortman / Bill Miller / Sumner Erickson

14. Bloody Hammer

15. Sumner Erickson / Bill Miller

16. Roky

17..Two Headed Dog

18. Roky

19. Right Track Now (complete!)

20. Mike Jensen / Bill Miller

21. Roky

22. Hungry for Love

23. Roky

24. Night of the Vampire

25. Bill Miller

26. Roky

27. Stand for the Fire Demon

28. Bill Bentley / Jack Ortman / Sumner Erickson / Mike Jensen

29. Starry Eyes

 

** RELEASE 13 - ROKDVD13 ***********************************************************************

 

* 13th Floor Elevators - 1984-06-16, Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX

Length: 1:56:58

Recording Info: Stage/Tripod

Video: NTSC, 720x480 (4:3), 29.97fps, overall bit rate: ~5.3Mbps

Audio: 48kHz 256kbps stereo AC3

Video source: 1st or 2nd gen TDK HS VHS Videotape > Panasonic AG-DS555P VCR > S-video cable > Pioneer DVR-533H-S (XP Mode)

Audio source: Edited/re-EQ'ed ROK CD #3 (Beta Video Master > 1st Gen High-Bias Tape > CD-R) except for last ~2.5 minutes which are from VHS above.

Quality: Quite good, dark club, challenging light.

 

Setlist:

01. Before You Accuse Me

02. The Beast

03. Splash 1

04. Don't Slander Me

05. You're Gonna Miss Me

06. Clear Night for Love

07. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

08. Bloody Hammer

09. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)

10. Not Fade Away

11. I Am Her Hero, She Is My Heroine

12. The Haunt

13. You're Gonna Miss Me (reprise)

 

Roky Erickson: vocals, guitar

Greg "Catfish" Forrest: guitar

Ronnie Leatherman: bass

John Ike Walton: drums

 

Thanks much to Keiko for the VHS!

 

A LewsiVer / Pschnob Production

 

** RELEASE 14 - ROKDVD14 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 2010-11-08, Johnny Brendan's, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Length: 68:55

Video by: Joe Burns using a Panasonic TM900

Pro-Shot/Multi-Cam

Video: NTSC, 720x480 (16:9), 29.97fps

Audio: 48kHz 256bps stereo AC3

 

This is one of the best videos of Roky Erickson playing live the Roky CD Club has had the good fortune to release.

 

The video was shot from a center balcony angle, looking down on the stage, and the sound is stellar. The club itself is fairly dark, but the video does a very good job handling that challenging lighting.

Quality: very good, excellent audio.

 

Setlist:

01. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Creature with the Atom Brain

03. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

04. The Wind and More

05. Goodbye Sweet Dreams

06. True Love Cast Out All Evil

07. I've Never Been to Memphis

08. Bloody Hammer

09. Stand for the Fire Demon

10. The Beast

11. Night of the Vampire

12. John Lawman

13. Starry Eyes

14. I Walked with a Zombie

15. Don't Slander Me

16. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

 

A LewsiVer / Pschnob Production

 

* RELEASE 15 - ROKVID15 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 2018-10-07, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, San Francisco, USA

Length: 64:48

Quality: Excellent, both video and audio.

This is not a DVD, it's straight high resolution (1280x720) mp4. Very good quality. Don't ruin it by burning it to a DVD.

 

Roky Erickson playing at the legendary Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco.

 

This is an excellent video, very well shot and produced.

 

Setlist:

 

Setlist:

01. It’s a Cold Night for Alligators

02. Bermuda

03. Haunt

04. Sputnik

05. Night of the Vampire

06. Roller Coaster

07. Reverberation

08. Don’t Shake Me Lucifer

09. Mine Mine Mind

10. White Faces

11. The Interpreter

12. Don’t Slander Me

13. (I’ve Got) Levitation

14. Can’t Be Brought Down

15. You Don’t Love Me Yet

16. The Wind and More

17. Two Headed Dog

18. You’re Gonna Miss Me

 

Roky Erickson: guitar, vocals

Caleb Dawson: drums

Sam Bryant: bass

Jegar Erickson: jug, harmonica

Eli Southard: guitar

 

 

* RELEASE 16 - ROKDVD16 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 2010-06-25, Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, KY

Length: 67:22

Quality: Excellent Pro-Shot Multi-Cam video, audience audio

 

Setlist:

01. Cold Night for Alligators

02. Creature with the Atom Brain

03. The Wind and More

04. Splash 1

05. Reverberation

06. Bloody Hammer

07. Night of the Vampire

08. Stand for the Fire Demon

09. Don't Shake Me Lucifer

10. I Walked with a Zombie

11. Be and Bring Me Home

12. Starry Eyes

13. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)

14. Ooh My Soul

15. You're Gonna Miss Me

 

Roky Erickson - Vocals and Guitar

Kyle Ellison - Lead Guitar

Kyle Schneider - Drums

John Michael Schoepf - Bass

 

 

* RELEASE 17 - ROKDVD17 ***********************************************************************

 

* Roky Erickson - 1979-12, Meeting with an Alien - unedited version

Length: 51:57

Quality: Excellent Pro-Shot Multi-Cam video.  This is not only a big video upgrade but it's also much longer. This is the original unedited version before it was cut down to the half hour broadcast version. You're Gonna Miss Me is complete now, plus there are three additional performances (another You're Gonna Miss Me from another show, Mine Mine Mind and Bloody Hammer) and a lot more interview!

 

Video: 2nd Gen 3/4" Videotape > 3rd Gen? VHS > Panasonic AG-DS555P VCR > S-Video Cable > Pioneer DVR-533H-S DVR > DVDR > DVD-Lab Pro (mux video with audio below) > DVD

Audio: 2nd Gen 3/4" Videotape > 3rd Gen? VHS > Panasonic AG-DS555P VCR > Zoom H1 48k 24bit capture > iZotope (channel alignment / level balancing, minor edits) > 48k 16bit Wav

 

Interspersed with Interviews:

01. You’re Gonna Miss Me

02. It's a Cold Night for Alligators

03. Right Track Now

04. White Faces

05. Mine Mine Mind

06. Mr. Tambourine Man...

07. / /You’re Gonna Miss Me (Different Performance)

08. Creature with the Atom Brain

09. Bloody Hammer

10. Two Headed Dog

11..Wait For You

 

Credits:

Dianne Kruppa/Suzie Seeligson - Camera Editing

Joseph Kruppa - Interviewer

Lou Dill  - Swamper

David Hough - Audio

Stronghold Visuals Productions.

 

Video: 720 x 480, 29.97fps, ~8Mbps

Audio: 48k 16-bit stereo PCM

 

A LewsiVer / Pschnob Production