13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS
SIGN OF THE 3 EYED MEN
(10 CD SET)
Available only from this official website, the ultimate package the band has long deserved. Strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies worldwide and shipping in Spring 2009.
With excellent sound quality from newly discovered sources with rare previously unavailable recordings and including unique reproductions of original band memorabilia.
Produced and compiled by Paul Drummond. The definitive 10 CD anthology of the pioneers of pre-punk US garage rock and psychedelia.
The box set, endorsed by the band and graced and named by Tommy Hall, includes:
- The band’s three landmark albums The Psychedelic Sounds Of The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Easter Everywhere and Bull Of The Woods including rare mono versions, outtakes and alternate versions.
- Two ‘lost’ albums featuring previously unreleased material
- Rare and previously unreleased live recordings
- A 72 page hardback book written by the band’s biographer Paul Drummond, enhanced with posters, ephemera, discographies and many rare and previously unseen photos
- A selection of reproduction memorabilia including photographic prints, reproduction posters, stickers and handbills.
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"The importance here is to contemplate the message of sage wisdom within... the presence of The 13th Floor Elevators. Through a soundscape originating in South Texas, onward throughout the planets, here is a stunning outlay of the mysterious energy of The 13th Floor Elevators. Think about it." Billy F Gibbons, ZZ Top
"Holy blues, the psychedelic bible." Bobby Gillespie, Primal Scream
"Slip Inside This House is such a great record. They kind of sounded like Buddy Holly on acid!" Peter Buck, REM
"In two hundred years time there will only be two ’60s bands that count - The 13th Floor Elevators and The MC5. Julian Cope
"A symbolic kicking open of those garage doors, the Elevators sniffed out the new-found freedom and ran with it." Lenny Kaye, Nuggets
"Well - THE 13th Floor Elevators were THE band." Paul Kantner, Jefferson Airplane
"Far-reaching, eloquent, fucked-up and beautiful - the greatest rock’n’roll in the world." J Spaceman, Spiritualized
"Roky Erickson was special. He was an extraordinary musician and songwriter". Chet Helms, The Family Dog