Search - 13th Floor Elevators :: Easter Everywhere

This is the version to buy

06/21/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Already having a copy of the original album on cassette, I had my reservations about buying this CD. At any rate, I did--hoping the bonus cuts would be worth it. Well, folks, they are. Tracks 11-14 are live recordings from Texas, 1967, and the recordings are crisp and authentically LIVE (as opposed to the 1968 live album). The other live recordings of songs from the 1st album are from a San Francisco gig in 1966. Although these 1966 recordings aren't as well recorded as the previous tracks, the historical significance of the Elevators doing psychedelia in the Love Capitol at a time when the Airplane were still a Mamas and Papas throwback makes up for any minor lack of fidelity in the recording process. The instrumental "Levitation" is a studio workout. Last but not least, though, the final track, "I Don't Ever Want To Come Down," is a previously unreleased track from the "Bull" sessions that I'm glad I didn't miss out on."

LSD not included...or needed.

old white guy 57 | USofA | 08/17/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Your wife will hate it. She will like the album well enough, but you will play it so much that she will be a most sympathetic figure at the divorce proceedings. If you are a fan of late 60's psychedelia, and really, who is not...and you have never heard this...order it now, and hire a good lawyer."

Kenny Rogers might've been better'n Lelan (no, Lelan was fin

Stephen M. Amy | Portland, OR United States | 03/01/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It is a GREAT album, but could've been better: the culprit was the IA (Int'l Artists) label. This label was run by some parsimonious swine! As great as "Easter Everywhere" is, first-hand accounts say that it sounded a whole lot better than does the final mix (which sounds muddy in comparison, they say). This could be a reason why most of the songs have similar "color" (similar sound of the dominant electric jug, with the rhythm section relegated to being almost obliterated. Good thing Sutherland's guitar isn't too far back). IA was just too cheap to spend money on a person who knew how to mix an album.



When the Elevators were recording this, they were ensconced in a fleabag motel that had a large fungus growing under one of their beds! (And it was not edible or psylocibin). Fleabag rates in those days were probably about $3 or $4 dollars per night. These were the state of the accommodations of one of the most important bands in US history during the recording of their magnum opus.



Lelan Rogers was a cool dude. The Elevators & Red Crayloa members all liked him. I believe he wrote liner notes on "Parable of Arable Land". Too bad he ended up as advance man for some robotic bean-counters.



So, despite all this, it's still an essential recording.



(Read a book called "Eye Mind"- a fantastic in-depth bio of the Elevators)."