M- Psych Garage 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS Bull Of The Woods

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MINT CONDITION PSYCHEDELIC CLASSIC ~~ AUTOGRAPHED BY ROKY ERICKSON              

     THE 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS

           Bull Of The Woods

                                UK - International Artists - IA LP 9      

BEAUTIFUL MINT authentic old vintage release on the legendary International Artists label, in thick cover...a very rare collectible released a few years later ...

AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE ON BACK COVER BY SINGER/GUITARIST ROKY ERICKSON 

          ...an excellent array of Teaxas psychedelic laced garage nuggets ...

Although the album was planned to be titled "The Beauty And The Beast" ...the label decided for whatever reason to change the title after the band¹s demise. Its finest moments are "Never Another" (one of the best and most demented tracks ever recorded and the only one on the album written by the usual songwriting duo of Roky Erickson and Tommy Hall) and "May The Circle Remain Unbroken," a haunting Roky composition that may be the strangest thing this great band ever cut... 

The group had tasted success in 1966 with the garage psych-punk single 'You're Gonna Miss Me' and a minor hit LP The Psychedelic Sounds Of... which gave them some notoriety as the LP cover clearly referenced LSD, not to mention the sleeve notes on the back with its none too subtle references to the drug.

After another minor hit of an LP (Easter Everywhere), the band attempted one last blast, even after their guitar/singer guru Roky Erickson had just been drugs busted and jailed.

So some of the tracks were recorded while lead singer Rocky Erickson was away for possession, and facing a 10 year stretch, the record sounds charmingly raw and highly spiritual: a snapshot of a band recalling their garage roots. The album was mainly the guitar player's, Stacey Sutherland's work-the production also introduced background arrangements to add a spooky disjointed feel.

The opening track, "Livin' On", is an anti-speed rant, extolling the virtues of grass - and it is dreamy and hypnotic, a simple delayed guitar with echo conjuring up slow days in the summer. In fact this track sets the scene for much of the LP -- gone are the frenetic, spiky punk chords of their first LP, replaced with hypnotic chords, atonal arrangements and a vocal style which can be charitably described as off key.

Don't let that put anyone off  -- the interesting use of some of the arrangements on are simulated ala  Love's Forever Changes and the few other bands  that were experimenting with sounds not generally expected on rock records, but here they are used and differently, in a minor key, depressed but oddly joyous, as counterpoint to the bands harmonies and jangly guitars. Other highlights include 'Dear Doctor Doom' and 'Street Scene', songs referencing the band's life in the backwater of Texas.

A lot of the lyrics seem almost biblical, unsurprisingly considering where they came from, and the problems they were experiencing - Another highlight is 'The Rose and The Thorn' key and time signature changes ahead of their time but a simple love song which aches with loss.

1. Livin On
2. Barnyard Blues
3. Till Then
4. Never Another
5. Rose And The Thorn
6. Down By The River
7. Scarlet And Gold
8. Street Song
9. Dr. Doom
10. With You
11. May The Circle Remain Unbroken

CONDITION: The thick cover is clean and sharp with no problems, M- 

The vinyl is all clean and smooth, M- visual minor short scuffs on last track that are not audible 

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING

All imperfections are noted both cover & record

CORRECTION TO ABOVE:

"Bull Of The Woods" Is a  USA PRESSING NOT UK AS NOTED...pressed by the International Artists label, TEXAS, USA....