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Jackdawg CCR and Doobie Brothers Supergroup To Release CD antiMUSIC.com, CA - Dec 2, 2008 The never-before-released album includes 13 original tracks penned by McFee, Cook and Knudsen as well as two covers including Roky Erickson's "Cold Night ...

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Welcome to drone n' roll The Sun, UK - Nov 27, 2008 The Angels have recently been touring with another of their inspirations, Roky Erickson of legendary acid rockers 13th Floor Elevators, and their music also ...

Tearing Down the Pillars PopMatters, IL - Dec 1, 2008 And to prove that they’re capable of some searing rock ‘n’ roll, they toss in a spirited cover of Roky Erickson’s “White Faces”. Outstanding. ...

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The Evil One (plus one)

This album is absolutely fantastic. I don't know why this isn't more popular than it already is. Every song is memorable, even from the first listen. From the unnerving opening riff of "Two Headed Dog" to the loud pleas of "Mine Mine Mind", this disc never bores (with the possible exception of the slightly long "Stand for the Fire Demon"). The guitar playing and backing band are superb and fit the material like a glove. The lyrics cover everything from Satan to zombies and are delivered with the best vocal performance I've ever heard on a rock album.

Tracks:
    1. Two Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)
    2. I Think Of Demons
    3. Creature With The Atom Brain
    4. The Wind And More
    5. Don't Shake Me Lucifer
    6. Bloody Hammer
    7. Stand For The Fire Demon
    8. Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play
    9. If You Have Ghosts
    10. I Walked With A Zombie
    11. Night Of The Vampire
    12. It's A Cold Night For Alligators
    13. Mine Mine Mind
    14. Sputnik
    15. White Faces
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I Have Always Been Here Before: The Roky Erickson Anthology

This is a great collection of the Roky Erickson's music. It covers all his eras - from the 13th Floor Elevators to the present day and includes all the classics. A fine, thoughtful and lovingly packaged collection.

Tracks:
    1. We Sell Soul - The Spades
    2. You’re Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators
    3. Reverberation (Doubt) - 13th Floor Elevators
    4. Tried To Hide - 13th Floor Elevators
    5. Fire Engine - 13th Floor Elevators
    6. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) - 13th Floor Elevators
    7. Slip Inside This House - 13th Floor Elevators
    8. Splash 1 - 13th Floor Elevators
    9. Dust - 13th Floor Elevators
    10. I Had To Tell You - 13th Floor Elevators
    11. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind) - 13th Floor Elevators
    12. Right Track Now - Roky Erickson & Clementine Hall
    13. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) - Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien
    14. Starry Eyes - Roky Erickson & Bleib Alien
    15. Bermuda - Roky Erickson
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Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye - Tribute to Roky Erickson

Roky Erickson was one of the 13th Floor Elevators, a legendary and very strange psychedelic garage band from Texas in the 1960s. He subsequently went solo and, rather famously, went a bit mad, resulting in his incarceration in a psychiatric hospital where he was given electroconvulsive treatment.

He struggled through the 70s and 80s and it was, oddly enough, with the production and release of this album that his fortunes began to revive. He had had little idea of how many people admired his music, but this album is a treasure trove of great alternative 80s bands - people like Thin White Rope, Bongwater, Angry Samoans, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Sister Double Happiness rub shoulders with 70s heroes like Doug Sahm, T-Bone Burnett, Richard Lloyd and ZZ Top.

Tracks:
    1. Reverberation (Doubt)
    2. If You Have Ghosts
    3. I Had to Tell You
    4. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)
    5. Slip Inside This House
    6. You Don't Love Me Yet
    7. I Have Always Been Here Before
    8. You're Gonna Miss Me
    9. It's a Cold Night for Alligators
    10. Fire Engine
    11. Bermuda
    12. I Walked With a Zombie
    13. Earthquake
    14. Don't Slander Me
    15. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)
    16. Burn the Flames
    17. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)
    18. Nothing in Return
    19. Reverberation (Doubt)

Boys Don't Cry

I purchased the soundtrack after seeing the movie. The song Bluest Eyes in Texas caught me pretty heavily and puts a lump in my throat so big...
Looking at the tracks on it I was definately sold with The Knitters(although a different song was used in the movie) Roky Erickson and The Dictators all on one cd.
Was looking forward to the song Boys Don't Cry(The Cure's classic covered by Oleander) but the rest of the tracks make up for what is lost.

Tracks:
    1. The Bluest Eyes in Texas - Stephenson, Van
    2. A New Shade of Blue - The Bobby Fuller Four
    3. She's Got a Way - Smithereens
    4. Who's That Lady - Isley, OKelly
    5. Codine Blues - Marie, Buffy Sainte
    6. Silver Wings - Haggard, Merle
    7. Who Do You Love? - McDaniel, Elias
    8. Tuesday's Gone - Collins, Allen
    9. Haunt - Erickson, Roky
    10. Dustless Highway - Larson, Nathan
    11. What's Up with That? - Schernoff, Andrew
    12. Why Can't We Live Together - Thomas, Timmy

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