Tag: Roky Erickson

  • May The Circle Remain Unbroken: A Stribute to Roky Erickson, 2021 on LIght In The Attic

    May The Circle Remain Unbroken: A Stribute to Roky Erickson, 2021 on LIght In The Attic

    Posthumous tribute album for Roky Erickson by the same producer who assembled Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye, which was a 1990 tribute album that introduced my to many of his songs (though I also knew the 13th Floor Elevators LPs). Tracklist and participants: Plus a “Record Store Day only” 7″ flexi-disc single with Erickson…

  • 13th Floor Elevators, Flivver, 1988 on World Productions of Compact Music

    13th Floor Elevators, Flivver, 1988 on World Productions of Compact Music

    I first heard Roky Erickson and the 13th Floor Elevators on fourth or fifth generation tape copies from friends in the 80s, but didn’t really come to appreciate them fully until much later. This record, on a bootleg Italian label with releases in the late 80s and early 90s, gathers live performances from The Avalon…