13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS – Bull Of The Woods (Reissue) – LP – Half-Speed Remaster Black Vinyl

LP – Black Vinyl, Half-Speed lacquers cut by Air Mastering from the original album master tapes

1969 final studio album by the Texan pioneers of psychedelia.Presenting the singles Livin On and bands the ethereal swansong May The Circle Remain Unbroken. It is an important album in the band’s discography and has continued to gain significance as their story has become more widely known.

By the time the album was recorded, the band were facing extreme challenges, lead vocalist Roky Erickson had to be broken out of a mental hospital in Houston by the bands lyricist Tommy Hall. They fled to San Francisco, leaving the bands lead guitarist, Stacy Sutherland stranded in Texas unable to leave the state boundaries due to his probation restrictions.

While the songs Livin’ On, Never Another, Dr. Doom and May the Circle Remain Unbroken feature the full band the remainder of the album features Sutherland leading a power trio featuring former bassist Ronnie Leatherman with drummer Danny Thomas. Soon after the recordings were completed Ronnie was drafted to Vietnam, Danny was subjected to electric-shock treatment and Stacy was imprisoned for parole violation. Despite the challenges faced during its creation, Bull Of The Woodshas continued to gain recognition as a unique and significant album for its darker psychedelic sound. Since this is a faithful reproduction of the original LP pressing the number of processes from themixed mastertape to lacquer were limited to an absolute minimum. Ahalf speed masterwas then cut atAIR Studiosand a test pressing was then dubbed and the dynamic range compared against the original pressing. The result was a better sound pressing than the original!

Tracklist:

A1 Slip Inside This House
A2 Slide Machine
A3 She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
A4 Nobody To Love
A5 Baby Blue

B1 Earthquake
B2 Dust
B3 Levitation
B4 I Had To Tell You
B5 Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)

C1 Slip Inside This House
C2 Slide Machine
C3 She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)
C4 Nobody To Love
C5 Baby Blue

D1 Earthquake
D2 Dust
D3 Levitation
D4 I Had To Tell You
D5 Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)