Detailed item info | Track listing | 1. 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 2:
1. 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
| | Details | | Producer: | Brian Curley, Casey Monahan, Craig Luckin, Doug Mobley, Doug Sahm, Duane Aslaksen, Karl Derfler, Lelan Rogers, Speedy Sparks, Stu Cook | | Distributor: | Sony Music Distribution ( | | Recording type: | Studio | | Recording mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
| | Album notes | 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.
| | Editorial reviews | 4 stars out of 5 - Comprehensive....It offers 11 13th Floor Elevators classics...
Mojo
4 stars out of 5 - [A] spectacular two-CD survey of Erickson's third-eye visions...
Rolling Stone
It includes wailing highlights from the first two Elevators Lps, which were cornerstones of '60s psychedelia.
Magnet
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.
Uncut
4 stars out of 5 - As proved here, Rory's best, rawest solo recordings have been buried on obscure 45s all along...
Mojo
[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.
Dirty Linen
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