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The 13th Floor Elevators - Music Of The Spheres

Factory Sealed, Stored in a Climate and Light Controled Enviroment. Condition is New Factory Mint.

The 13th Floor Elevators were one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic music. Many have cited them as the first true psychedelic rock band, and if they weren't, they certainly predated most of the San Francisco bands that gave the sound a global audience. The Elevators played a bracing fusion of garage rock and genre-defying musical exploration powered by Roky Erickson's feral vocal and rhythm guitar, Stacy Sutherland's concise but agile lead guitar work, and Tommy Hall's amplified jug playing, giving them a sound unlike any other in rock.

Now, International Artists Records has produced a numbered, limited edition vinyl box set tribute to the Elevators — so groovy and so visually as well as sonically appealing! You'll want to dig out the tie-dyes and break out the Birkenstocks before you slip Music Of The Spheres on your turntable. So much rich content, it's only available in this edition.

Included in the box set are:

- Three gatefold double and two single albums, all pressed on heavyweight vinyl
- Best sound quality ever for Elevators' vinyl releases
- Strictly limited to a maximum of 3,000 sets.

Full contents:

A strong 13-inch square hard box, featuring a unique 3D lenticular cover image of the iconic Zebra man artwork which was used on a poster advertising the band’s performance at the Avalon Ballroom.

A two-LP gatefold sleeve edition of The Psychedelic Sounds of, remastered from a safety master derived from the original tape source. Album one is the mono edition; album two, a remastered version of the original stereo mix and thus different to the version on Sign of the Three Eyed Men. This, as for Easter Everywhere and Bull of the Woods below is the first vinyl reissue from tape sources of the stereo editions for over three decades. Album two is the first ever vinyl pressing of the album in the band’s intended running order.

A two-LP gatefold sleeve edition of Easter Everywhere, mastered from the original tape source. Album one is the mono edition; album two, a remastered version of the original stereo mix. This is the first official mono reissue of the album since 1967.

A two-LP gatefold sleeve edition of Bull of the Woods/A Love that’s Sound. This is the first release on vinyl for the latter and it contains a recently discovered and never-heard before version of Some Day My Love, the song originally scheduled as the band’s sixth single

The first ever vinyl release of the band’s unreleased first album Headstone.

The first official vinyl release of Live in California-The Avalon Recordings

The Sumet Sounds Masters EP, a six track 10-inch EP of Bob Sullivan’s original stereo ‘desk mixes’ of five tracks from The Psychedelic Sounds of recordings plus the highly desirable early version of the band’s second single Reverberation from an acetate, only previously available on the long sold out Sign of the 3 Eyed Men CD box set. This disc will only be available in this package.

Three stunning 8-inch (200cm) 3D lenticular prints of the album artwork for The Psychedelic Sounds of, Bull of the Woods and Easter Everywhere.A 48-page full colour revised edition of Sign of the Three Eyed Men the book by Paul Drummond, packed with rare band memorabilia and photos, which traces the strange history of the band,

A limited edition numbered certificate of authenticity.

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