The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas, United States,formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland. The band was together from 1965 to 1969, and during that period released four albums and seven singles for the International Artists record label.
The Elevators were the first band to refer to their music as psychedelic rock, with the first-known use of the term appearing on their business card in January 1966. The 2005 documentary You're Gonna Miss Me specifically credits Tommy Hall with coining the term "psychedelic rock", although artists such as the Holy Modal Rounders and the Deep had described their music as "psychedelic" earlier. Their contemporary influence has been acknowledged by 1960s musicians such as Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Chris Gerniottis of Zakary Thaks.
The 13th Floor Elevators debut single "You're Gonna Miss Me", a national Billboard No. 55 hit in 1966, was featured on the 1972 compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968. Seminal punk rock band Television played the Elevator's song "Fire Engine" live in the mid-1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, the 13th Floor Elevators influenced bands such as Primal Scream, the Shamen, and Spacemen 3, all of whom covered their songs, and 14 Iced Bears who use an electric jug on their single "Beautiful Child". In 2009, International Artists released a ten CD box set entitled Sign of the 3-Eyed Men, which included the mono and new, alternate stereo mixes of the original albums together with two albums of previously unreleased material and a number of rare live recordings.
1 You're Gonna Miss Me
2 Levitation
3 I Had To Tell You
4 She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
5 Never Another
6 I'm Gonna Love You Too (Live Version)
7 Thru The Rhythm
8 The Kingdom of Heaven
9 Slip Inside This House
10 Monkey Island
11 Splash 1
12 Fire Engine
13 Dr. Doom
14 Roller Coaster
15 Earthquake
16 Reverberation (Doubt)
17 May The Circle Remain Unbroken
18 You're Gonna Miss Me (Live Version)
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01 - 13th Floor Elevators - You're Gonna Miss Me.flac
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02 - 13th Floor Elevators - Levitation.flac
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03 - 13th Floor Elevators - I Had To Tell You.flac
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04 - 13th Floor Elevators - She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own).flac
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05 - 13th Floor Elevators - Never Another.flac
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06 - 13th Floor Elevators - I'm Gonna Love You Too (Live Version).flac
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07 - 13th Floor Elevators - Thru The Rhythm.flac
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09 - 13th Floor Elevators - Slip Inside This House.flac