Easter Everywhere

Easter Everywhere
Studio album by 13th Floor Elevators
Released November 1967
Recorded Walt Andrus Studios, 1967
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 41:29
Label International Artists
Radar (1979 UK reissue)
International Artists (2009 remaster as part of "Sign of the 3-Eyed Men")
Producer Lelan Rogers
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13th Floor Elevators chronology
The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators
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Easter Everywhere (1967) is the second album from the Texas psychedelic rock band 13th Floor Elevators. The album was originally released as an LP by International Artists. For a long time, the album was a hard-to-find collectors' item, until re-released as a CD from Collectables Records in 1993.

The mono edition of this album is very rare. Surviving IA paperwork suggests only very few were pressed as white label promos for AM radio, and even fewer as mono stock copies (the paperwork suggests as few as 120 copies) that were probably only sold to order.

The mono mix offers a more solid sound throughout, with a notably heavier bass mix compared to stereo. There are also some obvious differences: the jug on 'She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)' is far more prominent; 'Levitation' has a double tracked vocal; Roky's harmonica solo on 'I Had To Tell You' is far clearer.

The album features the band's distinctive sound on songs ranging from their own psychedelic masterpiece "Slip Inside this House" to a trippy cover of Bob Dylan's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". "Levitation" ranks among the band's most iconic songs, with its Tommy Hall penned lyrics and its twisted blues sensibilities, while "Postures" displays a distinct Motown influence. As on the previous album Tommy Hall's electric jug is prominent in the music.

In 2009, the original mono version and a new, alternate stereo version were released as part of the "Sign of the 3-Eyed Men" box set. Both versions featured different bonus tracks, some that were previously unreleased. The mono version contains missing electric jug overdubs on some tracks that the stereo mix does not have. In 2010, Charly Re-Released this album on Mono and Stereo together in a limited edition CD set featuring a new previously unreleased track called "Fire In My Bones".

Contents

Packaging

Easter Everywhere was packaged with lyrics printed on the inner sleeve, gold ink on the cover (which flaked off on your fingers) and full colour pictures on the reverse. The packaging was quite expensive at the time.

Track listing

  1. "Slip Inside This House" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 8:03
  2. "Slide Machine" (Powell St. John) – 3:43
  3. "She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 2:58
  4. "Nobody To Love" (S. Sutherland) – 3:00
  5. "Baby Blue" (B. Dylan) – 5:17
  6. "Earthquake" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 4:51
  7. "Dust" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 4:02
  8. "Levitation" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 2:41
  9. "I Had To Tell You" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 2:28
  10. "Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 6:30

In 2003, Charly reissued the CD, with additional tracks:

  1. "Splash 1" (C. Hall, R. Erickson) – 4:21
  2. "Kingdom of Heaven" (Powell St. John) – 3:33
  3. "You're Gonna Miss Me" (R. Erickson) – 3:42
  4. "Reverbation (Doubt)" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland, R. Erickson) – 3:23
    • Tracks 11 to 14 recorded live in Texas, 1967.
  5. "You Don't Know" (Powell St. John) – 2:35
  6. "Fire Engine" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 3:00
  7. "Monkey Island" (Powell St. John) – 2:42
  8. "Roller Coaster" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 5:41
    • Tracks 15 to 18 recorded live in San Francisco, 1966.
  9. "Levitation" (Instrumental) (T. Hall, S. St. John) – 4:11
  10. "I Don't Ever Want to Come Down" (Unidentified) – 2:41

Personnel

See also

Book: 13th Floor Elevators
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