Sign of the 3 Eyed Men (limited edition, numbered)

~ Release by 13th Floor Elevators (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Disc 1
Track 18 is a bonus track, uncredited on the sleeve notes or in the book.

Disc 2
Tracks 1-3 from Live KAZZ FM broadcast 16/3/1966
Tracks 4-14 from Sumpin' Else TV Show: 4-6*, 10 to 12 broadcast, 7-8*, 13-14 aftershow, 9 audience warm up * from first appearance 25/3/1966, others from second appearance 9/3/1966
Tracks 15-20 Live- La Maison Jan-June 1966

Disc 3
Track 12,13 from IA#111 mono single
Track 14 unreleased acetate
Track 15 Alt mono mix

Disc 4
Tracks 13-15 alternate backing tracks
Track 16 from Larry Kane Show 27/5/1967

Disc 5
Recorded between sept and nov 1966 somewhere in the Bay area, California. Re-broadcast on KSAN radio circa 1978

Disc 6
Track 11-12 IA#113 single A&B sides
Track 13-14 IA#121 single A&B sides
Track 15 IA#122 single A side

Disc 7
Tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, 9,10, 11 Remastered
Tracks 2, 3, 7, 8, 12 alt unreleased mixes
Track 13, 14 Roky solo session

Disc 8
Track 1 - unreleased 6th single
Track 2 acetate
Track 3 - original mix
Track 4, 5 Full take with original vocals
Track 7,8 UNreleased backing track
Track 9 Take 1, edited & overdubbed vocals
Track 10-12 rehearsal takes

Disc 9
Tracks 1-11 remastered
Tracks 12-13 IA#130 A&B sides
Track 14 IA#126 B side (mono)
Track 15 Alternate Horn Arrangement

Disc 10
Tracks 1-9 recorded 1967 Electric Grandmother Show
Track 10 Mother Earth 11/2/1973, Austin
Tracks 11-12 Last Bash On The Hill 19/3/1973, Austin
Tracks 13-14 La Bastille 1-3/4/1973 Houston
Track 15 Liberty Lunch 16/6/1984 Austin Texas

Comes in hard card box with glossy hardback book and folder of photographs and other stuff.
Limited to 4000 copies

Matrix / Runout (CD1): AVIA00202276; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 1 LPB0100698M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD2): AVIA00202277; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 2 LPB0100699M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD3): AVIA00202278; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 3 LPB0100700M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD4): AVIA00202279; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 4 LPB0100701M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD5): AVIA00202280; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 5 LPB0100702M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD6): AVIA00202281; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 6 LPB0100703M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD7): AVIA00202282; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 7 LPB0100704M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD8): AVIA00202283; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 8 LPB0100705M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD9): AVIA00202284; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 9 LPB0100706M01S01
Matrix / Runout (CD10): AVIA00202285; 13th Floor Elevators-Sign of the 3 Eye-Disc 10 LPB0100707M01S01
Mastering SID Code (All CDs): IFPI LQ52
Mould SID Code (All CDs): IFPI FS51

Annotation last modified on 2023-11-05 13:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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CD 1: Headstone: The Contact Sessions
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1You're Gonna Miss Me (single version)
13th Floor Elevators52:31
2Tried to Hide (single version)
13th Floor Elevators2:23
3Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
13th Floor Elevators3:44
4Take That Girl (A.K.A. You Gotta Take That Girl)
13th Floor Elevators3:00
5You Can't Hurt Me Anymore
13th Floor Elevators3:43
6I'm Gonna Love You Too
13th Floor Elevators1:57
7Monkey Island
13th Floor Elevators2:26
8Roller Coaster
13th Floor Elevators3:47
9Now I'm Home (A.K.A. Splash 1)
13th Floor Elevators3:41
10Where Am I? (A.K.A. Thru the Rhythm)
13th Floor Elevators3:15
11Fire Engine
13th Floor Elevators2:15
12You Can't Hurt Me Anymore (take 1) (backing track)
13th Floor Elevators3:09
13Fire Engine (take 8)
13th Floor Elevators2:37
14You're Gonna Miss Me (take 6)
13th Floor Elevators2:43
15Tried to Hide (take 7)
recording of:
Tried to Hide
writer:
Tommy Hall (jug player in 13th Floor Elevators) and Stacy Sutherland (guitarist in 13th Floor Elevators)
13th Floor Elevators2:47
16I'm Gonna Love You Too (single version)
13th Floor Elevators1:58
17All Night Long
The Bad Seeds2:21
18You're Gonna Miss Me (take 6) (vocal track only)
13th Floor Elevators2:35
CD 2: Live in Texas
#TitleRatingLength
1Monkey Island (live)
2:54
2Roller Coaster (live)
4:51
3Gloria (live)
8:27
4You're Gonna Miss Me (Sumpin' Else TV #1) (broadcast)
3:16
5Interview (Sumpin' Else TV #1) (broadcast)
0:57
6Fire Engine (Sumpin' Else TV #1) (broadcast)
2:44
7You Really Got Me (Sumpin' Else TV #1) (aftershow)
4:37
8Roll Over Beethoven (Sumpin' Else TV #1) (aftershow)
3:19
9Gloria (Sumpin' Else TV #2) (audience warm up)
4:00
10Fire Engine (Sumpin' Else TV #2) (broadcast)
2:33
11You're Gonna Miss Me (Sumpin' Else TV #2) (broadcast)
3:01
12Roller Coaster (Sumpin' Else TV #2) (broadcast)
4:19
13Mercy, Mercy (Sumpin' Else TV #2) (aftershow)
3:34
14Tried to Hide (Sumpin' Else TV #2) (aftershow)
2:49
15I'm Down (live)
4:41
16(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (live)
5:01
17I'm Gonna Love You Too (live)
1:44
18I Got You (I Feel Good) (live)
2:08
19Gloria (live)
6:45
20Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (live)
6:00
CD 3: The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators: Mono Edition
#TitleRatingLength
1You're Gonna Miss Me
2:31
2Roller Coaster
5:05
3Splash 1
3:53
4Reverberation (Doubt)
2:47
5Don't Fall Down
3:01
6Fire Engine
3:20
7Thru the Rhythm
producer:
Lelan Rodgers
recording of:
Thru the Rhythm
writer:
Tommy Hall (jug player in 13th Floor Elevators) and Stacy Sutherland (guitarist in 13th Floor Elevators)
43:08
8You Don't Know
2:56
9Kingdom of Heaven
3:09
10Monkey Island
2:41
11Tried to Hide
2:49
12Reverberation (Doubt) (single version)
recording of:
Reverberation (Doubt)
writer:
Roky Erickson (American psychedelic rock musician), Tommy Hall (jug player in 13th Floor Elevators) and Stacy Sutherland (guitarist in 13th Floor Elevators)
publisher:
Charity Publishing Ltd. and Tapier Music
2:48
13Fire Engine (single version)
recording of:
Fire Engine
writer:
Roky Erickson (American psychedelic rock musician), Tommy Hall (jug player in 13th Floor Elevators) and Stacy Sutherland (guitarist in 13th Floor Elevators)
2:37
14Reverberation (Doubt) (acetate)
recording of:
Reverberation (Doubt)
writer:
Roky Erickson (American psychedelic rock musician), Tommy Hall (jug player in 13th Floor Elevators) and Stacy Sutherland (guitarist in 13th Floor Elevators)
publisher:
Charity Publishing Ltd. and Tapier Music
2:59
15Fire Engine (alternate mono mix)
3:19
CD 4: The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators: Alternate Stereo Edition
#TitleRatingLength
1You Don't Know (alternate stereo mix)
2:57
2Thru the Rhythm (alternate stereo mix)
3:25
3Monkey Island (alternate stereo mix)
2:55
4Roller Coaster (alternate stereo mix)
5:05
5Fire Engine (French EP version)
2:38
6Reverberation (Doubt) (French EP version)
2:53
7Tried to Hide (false start)
0:27
8Tried to Hide (French EP version)
2:49
9You're Gonna Miss Me (French EP version)
2:31
10Splash 1 (alternate stereo mix)
3:56
11Don't Fall Down (original stereo mix)
3:19
12Kingdom of Heaven (original stereo mix)
3:11
13You Don't Know (alternate backing track)
2:45
14Roller Coaster (alternate backing track)
4:21
15Don't Fall Down (alternate backing track)
3:03
16Don't Fall Down / Band Introduction (Larry Kane Show)
4:07
CD 5: Live in California
#TitleRatingLength
1Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (live)
5:46
2Before You Accuse Me (live)
live cover recording of:
Before You Accuse Me
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Big Seven Music, EMI Longitude Music, EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Figure Music and Longitude Music
2:42
3You Don't Know (live)
2:57
4Splash 1 (live)
3:42
5I'm Gonna Love You Too (live)
2:11
6You Really Got Me (live)
6:37
7Fire Engine (live)
3:12
8Roll Over Beethoven (live)
2:55
9The Word (live)
2:56
10Monkey Island (live)
2:52
11Roller Coaster (live)
5:43
CD 6: Easter Everywhere: Mono Edition
#TitleRatingLength
1Slip Inside This House
recording of:
Slip Inside This House
writer:
Roky Erickson (American psychedelic rock musician) and Tommy Hall (jug player in 13th Floor Elevators)
7:55
2Slide Machine
3:39
3She Lives (In a Time of Her Own)
42:57
4Nobody to Love
2:57
5It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
5:09
6Earthquake
4:44
7Dust
3:58
8I've Got Levitation
2:40
9I Had to Tell You
2:26
10Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)
36:21
11I've Got Levitation (single version)
2:37
12Before You Accuse Me (single version)
recorded at:
Avalon Ballroom (San Francisco, CA) in San Francisco, California, United States (in 1966-09)
live cover recording of:
Before You Accuse Me (in 1966-09)
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
Big Seven Music, EMI Longitude Music, EMI Songs Scandinavia AB, Figure Music and Longitude Music
2:37
13She Lives (In a Time of Her Own) (single version)
2:57
14It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (single version)
5:12
15Slip Inside This House (single version)
recording of:
Slip Inside This House
writer:
Roky Erickson (American psychedelic rock musician) and Tommy Hall (jug player in 13th Floor Elevators)
4:06
CD 7: Easter Everywhere: Alternate Stereo Edition
CD 8: A Love That's Sound
CD 9: Bull of the Woods
CD 10: Death in Texas