OFF: Roky/Elevators

[Michel Ellis]

>My recommended Roky list:
>
>Elevators: _Psychedelic Sounds of..._ (includes their sole "hit", "You're
>Gonna Miss Me".  Seminal Texan psychdelia from when LSD was still legal!)
>Roky/Aliens: _The Evil One_ (most tracks are also on _I Think Of Demons_, and
>are from the 1980 sessions which spawned the overlapping LPs _Roky Erickson
>and the Aliens_ and _The Evil One_ - this CD collects all 15, including the
>essential "Bloody Hammer")
>Roky/Explosives: _Casting the Runes_ (live) (I have seen this on CD!  Not
sure
>of the legitimacy of the release, but it's truly excellent.  Some track
>overlap with the above, but essential versions.)
>Roky: _Gremlins Have Pictures_ (live/studio - great version of "Heroin", and
>the plangent "Warning (Social and Political Injustices)")
>
>plus:
>
>various artists: _Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye_ - superb tribute album
with
>absolutely stellar line-up, including ZZ Top, REM, Julian Cope, Jesus and
Mary
>Chain, Butthole Surfers, Thin White Rope, Primal Scream...
>
>After that tread very carefully!
>
>

Hmm, you didn't list "Easter Everywhere" their 2nd album, which is as good as
"Psychedelic Sounds ... " (and considered their best by many a Roky fan).
BTW, the Roky legend remains strong here in Austin, where once in a blood-red
moon he'll play.

-mike