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Another Dimension
Roky Erickson
Price $ 13.27
11 real rare ones, but keep trying (send me a copy).
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Easter Everywhere
Roky Erickson
Price $ 13.27
Nate Cunningham:
one of the best albums i've ever heard. what's amazing is how absolutely dead earnest these
guys were in their cracked out vision. every track feels like both a '67 artifact and an impossibly
perfect conception of low-fi psychedelic rock. the vocals are the voice of a prophet, even if you
know that roky ericson went completely insane. and the guitars work so instinctively well together
that this album somehow manages to encompass all of my favorites moods from folk rock, acid
rock, kraut-rock, space-rock, and even recent post-rock. upon first hearing it, i felt like i'd opened
the pandora's box of just about everything good that's been happening in music since the late
'60s. it really sounds like something that should exist but doesn't (and if you're at all a spacemen 3
or spiritualized fan, then in roky you can discover jason pierce's godfather). track 5 (it's all over
baby blue....) seems to me like the epic summation of its time. it's a bob dylan cover, and the
lyrics are revolutionary in dylan's typical socio-political way. what the elevators give it is the most
delicate guitar shadings, and a mood that is, i think, intended to be totally
anti-establishment/sixties glory--but the time that has elapsed between then and now have given
the song an unwitting edge of muted tragedy that will quite break your heart at the sime time it's
being soothed. the same could be said for the rest of the album, except that the less introspective
tracks will just make you feel straight-up invincible--probably exactly how roky and company felt on
a lot of acid in (it sounds like) somebody's garage in austin before the age of aquarius somehow
never happened and psychedelic drugs turned out to be not too good for your mental health....
from Honky Tonk Texas -This album changed the world, I still have "gravitation".
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Hide Behind The Sun
Roky Erickson
Price $ 13.27
15 tracks, not as well known, but it's Roky.
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I Think Of Demons
Roky Erickson
Price $ 16.97
This album combines the erie mythological lyric stylings of Rush and a power of music that can only be described as
pure Roky. The mental trials Roky has faced over the years bleeds out into a pool of science fiction imagination in this
album.
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Never Say Goodbye
Roky Erickson
Price $ 14.22
As frontman for the incendiary 13th Floor Elevators from 1965 to 1968, outsider singer/songwriter Roky Erickson
helped fuse the raw excitement of garage rock with the spiritual seeking and sublime silliness of the farthest-reaching
psychedelic rock. Never Say Goodbye showcases Erickson's solo style--the songs are strong (if idiosyncratic), the
lyrics delicately wrought and informed by a Christian sensibility. The fidelity approaches that of an Edison cylinder, but
it somehow fits the material just fine--the tunes dig so nakedly and unpretentiously into the human heart, they sound like
they come from Mars. Mostly recorded between 1971 (when he was still interned in Rusk State Hospital during a
three-year stint for possession of marijuana) and 1974, Never Say Goodbye is wholly recommended despite its sound
quality; there are no other known versions of these songs. On each tune, Erickson tosses off pure pop hooks ("I've
Never Known This 'Til Now") with seemingly total ease and croons in that Buddy Holly-esque, high-pitched voice of his,
which never falters. Most of all, his lyrics and spirit demonstrate true grace and love in the face of far worse. --Mike
McGonigal
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Psychdelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators
Roky Erickson
Price $ 13.27
Forget about San Francisco: The American capitol of psychedelic rock was Austin, Texas, and
no band soared higher than Roky Erickson and the 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. The lyrics were written by Tommy Hall,
who also played amplified jug. Hard as it may be to believe now, that jug created a weird sound
that predicted that burbling synthesizers of modern-day techno. --Jim Derogatis
HonkyTonkTx.com" This was started a new world!
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Roky & Evilhook Wildlife
Roky Erickson
Price $ 10.49
This album is a great live album documenting Roky Erickson's Post 13th Floor Elevator career. There are several short
interviews where Roky reveals his thoughts on song he has written. All in all this has really great quality sound for a live
album and som great tracks including "Heroin" originally written by Velvet Underground.
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The Magic Of The Pyramids
Roky Erickson
Price $ 13.27
13, yes 13 songs that are hard to find.
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