THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS Released Their Debut LP Today 60 Years Ago
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
Band: THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Who: Psychedelic garage rock legends from
Austin, Texas fronted by renownded vocalist/guitarist
Roky Erickson (1947-2019)
Active: 1965-1969 / 3 LPs
Anniversary Album: THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF THE 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
Released: 17 October 1966 – today 60 years ago.
Photo: Doug Hanners archive / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · WebP conversion
The album showcases the earliest known use of the word ‘psychedelic‘ on an album title.
The tracks are described as exhibiting a dark, eerie quality. Roky Erickson‘s vocals have been likened to banshee wailing and have been described as sounding like yelping and howling like a man possessed.
Pitchfork in retrospect: “Erickson’s psychedelia was not passive aural wallpapers,
all pretty shapes and colors to listen to while tripping, but an active force of social,
musical, and psychological change.”
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