Disc 11. We Sell Soul - (with The Spades) 2. Your Gonna Miss Me - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 3. Reverberation (Doubt) - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 4. Tried to Hide - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 5. Fire Engine - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 6. She Lives (In a Time of Her Own) - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 7. Slip Inside This House - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 8. Splash 1 - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 9. Dust - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 10. I Had to Tell You - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 11. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind) - (with 13th Floor Elevators) 12. Right Track Now 13. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) - (with Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien) 14. Starry Eyes - (with Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien) 15. Bermuda 16. Interpreter, The - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 17. Mine Mine Mind - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 18. I Have Always Been Here Before 19. Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 20. I Think up Demons - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 21. Don't Shake Me Lucifer - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 22. White Faces - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) Disc 21. It's a Cold Night For Alligators - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 2. Creature With the Atom Brain - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 3. Stand For the Fire Demon - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 4. Bloody Hammer - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 5. Wind and More, The - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 6. If You Have Ghosts - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens) 7. Song to Abe Lincoln - (with Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien) 8. Anthem (I Promise) 9. Warning (Social and Political Injustices) 10. Beast, The - (with Roky Erickson & Evilhook Wildlife) 11. You Don't Love Me Yet 12. Clear Night For Love 13. Don't Slander Me 14. Nothing in Return 15. Burn the Flames 16. When You Get Delighted 17. True Love Cast Out All Evil 18. For You (I'd Do Anything) 19. Please Judge 20. We Are Never Talking 21. I'm Gonna Free Her
Label: Shout! Factory
Release Date: 03/01/2005
Original Release Date: 2005
Recording Mode: Stereo
Producer: Lelan Rogers; Doug Sahm; Stu Cook; Craig Luckin; Speedy Sparks; Doug Mobley; Karl Derfler; Brian Curley; Casey Monahan; Duane Aslaksen
Recording Type: Studio
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (
Roky Erickson: Tommy Hall, Clementine Hall (vocals); Stacy Sutherland (guitar); John Shropshire (bass guitar, background vocals); Bennie Thurman, Ronnie Leatherman (bass guitar); Danny Thomas, John Kearney (drums).
Personnel: Roky Erickson (vocals, guitar, harmonica, tambourine); Harry Hess (guitar, harmonica); Ernie Cull, Johnny Eli, Duane Aslaksen (guitar, background vocals); Doug Sahm, Jack Johnson, John X Reed, Mike Hinton (guitar); Charlie Sexton (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, dobro, organ); Speedy Sparks (acoustic guitar, bass guitar); Paul Leary (electric guitar, 12-string guitar); Billy Angel (autoharp); John Hogan (cello); Sumner Erickson (tuba); Hugh Patton (keyboards, synthesizer); Andre Lewis (synthesizer); Jack Casady, Stu Cook, Mike Ritchey, Bob Gorman, Steven Morgan Burgess (bass guitar); Scott Matthews, B.E. "Frosty" Smith, John Ike Walton, Jeff Sutton, Fuzzy John Oxendine, Ernie Durawa, Paul Zahl (drums); Brian Marnell (background vocals).
Recording information: Texas, USA (1965 - 1994).
Ensemble: 13th Floor Elevators.
Given the influence Roky Erickson has had throughout a career dating back to his work with the psychedelic garage rockers The 13th Floor Elevators, it is amazing that it took until 2005 for an anthology as comprehensive as I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HERE BEFORE to appear. Kicking off with "We Sell Soul," a 1965 lo-fi nugget Erickson cut with his pre-Elevators band The Spades, this wild ride spans over three decades. In addition to the seminal Elevators classic "You're Gonna Miss Me" (with its gravelly vocals and rubbery twang), there's his mid-'70s solo comeback featuring the Doug Sahm-produced, wah-wah-drenched dirge "Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)" and its hook-filled sibling "Starry Eyes." Marred by frequent bouts with mental illness throughout his career, it is frightening to hear the enormous talent that Erickson displayed during moments of clarity. His raw, mercurial skills shine throughout, whether on the late '70s sessions with the Aliens (including the faux skinny-tie twang of "I Think Up Demons" and "Don't Shake Me Lucifer") or the forlorn, autobiographical chamber pop of "Please Judge" from 1995's ALL THAT MAY DO MY RHYME.
Rolling Stone (No. 967, p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] spectacular two-CD survey of Erickson's third-eye visions..."
Uncut (p.120) - 5 stars out of 5 - "Bringing Erickson's work under one umbrella, this is a staggering testament to many things, not least the perseverance of the creative spirit."
Magnet (p.88) - "It includes wailing highlights from the first two Elevators Lps, which were cornerstones of '60s psychedelia."
Dirty Linen (p.48) - "[With] melodies that sound surf-drenched with fuzzy distortion and with lyrics that most likely will blow your mind into a thousand multi-colored pieces."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.114) - 4 stars out of 5 - "Comprehensive....It offers 11 13th Floor Elevators classics..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 - "As proved here, Rory's best, rawest solo recordings have been buried on obscure 45s all along..."
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