13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS rare PROMO “Psychedelic Sounds” LP IA wlp NM GRAIL

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2,000

Artist:  THIRTEENTH FLOOR ELEVATORS                  

Title:  “Thirteenth Floor Elevators”

Label:  INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS ~ IA-LP-1.  Mono pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Label is white with black text, Promotional Copy.   

Date:   1966.

Condition: 

DISC:  Side 1 is NM as clean as can be found.  Side 2 would grade NM except for one minor surface scuff that does not affect the listening enjoyment, so I will grade that solid VG++.  This came from the extensive collection of a music industry executive who handled and stored his records with utmost care.  Fidelity is superb.  Labels are clean.  You will be hard pressed to find a nicer copy of this extremely rare and highly sought-after promo pressing.     

JACKET:  Jacket is nice VG+ with nice bright artwork.  Front panel has a few light pen marks on the right side and small scrape at the left.  Light wear on seams, spine, and corners.  Top of spine has approx 3” split.  There are moderate bends on three of the corners, as seen in the photos.  Reverse has promotional stamp mark at the center.  No stickers or writing.  Overall a very presentable fine jacket with the promo ID stamp. 

Track Listing: 

Side One: 

• You’re Gonna Miss Me
• Roller Coaster
• Splash 1
• Reverberation
• Don’t Fall Down

Side Two:

• Fire Engine
• Thru the Rhythm
• You Don’t Know
• Kingdom of Heaven
• Monkey Island
• Tried to Hide

Review: 

“Did the 13th Floor Elevators invent psychedelic rock?  Aficionados will be debating that point for decades, but if Roky Erickson and his fellow travelers into inner space weren't there first, they were certainly close to the front of the line, and there are few albums from the early stages of the psych movement that sound as distinctively trippy -- and remain as pleasing -- as the group's groundbreaking debut, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators.  In 1966, psychedelia hadn't been around long enough for its clichés to be set in stone, and Psychedelic Sounds thankfully avoids most of them; while the sensuous twists of the melodies and the charming psychobabble of the lyrics make it sound like these folks were indulging in something stronger than Pearl Beer, at this point the Elevators sounded like a smarter-than-average folk-rock band with a truly uncommon level of intensity.  Roky Erickson's vocals are strong and compelling throughout, whether he's wailing like some lysergic James Brown or murmuring quietly, and Stacy Sutherland's guitar leads -- long on melodic invention without a lot of pointless heroics -- are a real treat to hear.  And nobody played electric jug quite like Tommy Hall...actually, nobody played it at all besides him, but his oddball noises gave the band a truly unique sonic texture.  If you want to argue that psychedelia was as much a frame of mind as a musical style, it's instructive to compare the recording of "You're Gonna Miss Me" by Erickson's earlier band, the Spades, to the version on this album -- the difference is more attitudinal than anything else, but it's enough to make all the difference in the world. (The division is even clearer between the Spades' "We Sell Soul" and the rewrite on Psychedelic Sounds, "Don't Fall Down").  The 13th Floor Elevators were trailblazers in the psychedelic rock scene, and in time they'd pay a heavy price for exploring the outer edges of musical and psychological possibility, but along the way they left behind a few fine albums, and The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators remains a potent delight.”

(review courtesy of Mark Deming, allmusic.com)

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