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Easter Everywhere (1967) is the second album from the Texas psychedelic rock band 13th Floor Elevators . The album was originally released as an vinyl record|LP by International Artists . For a long time, the album was a hard-to-find collectors' item, until re-released as a Compact disc|CD from Collectables Records in 1993.

The mono edition of this album is very rare. Surviving IA paperwork suggests only very few were pressed as white label promos for AM radio, and even fewer as mono stock copies (the paperwork suggests as few as 120 copies) that were probably only sold to order.
The mono mix offers a more solid sound throughout, with a notably heavier bass mix compared to stereo. There are also some obvious differences: the jug on 'She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)' is far more prominent; 'Levitation' has a double tracked vocal; Roky's harmonica solo on 'I Had To Tell You' is far clearer.
The album features the band's distinctive sound on songs ranging from their own psychedelic masterpiece " Slip Inside this House " to a trippy cover of Bob Dylan 's "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue". "Levitation" ranks among the band's most iconic songs, with its 13th Floor Elevators|Tommy Hall penned lyrics and its twisted blues sensibilities, while "Postures" displays a distinct Motown influence. As on the previous album Tommy Hall's electric jug is prominent in the music.

In 2009, the original mono version and a new, alternate stereo version were released as part of the "Sign of the 3-Eyed Men" box set. Both versions featured different bonus tracks, some that were previously unreleased. The mono version contains missing electric jug overdubs on some tracks that the stereo mix does not have. In 2010, Charly Records|Charly re-released this album on Monaural|mono and stereo together in a limited edition CD set featuring a new previously unreleased track called "Fire In My Bones".

Packaging

Easter Everywhere was packaged with lyrics printed on the inner sleeve, gold ink on the cover (which flaked off on your fingers) and full colour pictures on the reverse. The packaging was quite expensive at the time.

Track listing

# " Slip Inside This House " (T. Hall, Roky Erickson|R. Erickson ) – 8:03
# "Slide Machine" ( Powell St. John ) – 3:43
# "She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own)" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 2:58
# "Nobody To Love" (S. Sutherland) – 3:00
# " It's All Over Now, Baby Blue|Baby Blue " ( Bob Dylan|B. Dylan ) – 5:17
# "Earthquake" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 4:51
# "Dust" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 4:02
# "Levitation" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 2:41
# "I Had To Tell You" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 2:28
# "Postures (Leave Your Body Behind)" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 6:30

In 2003, Charly Records|Charly reissued the CD, with additional tracks:

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"Splash 1" (C. Hall, R. Erickson) – 4:21
# "Kingdom of Heaven" (Powell St. John) – 3:33
# "You're Gonna Miss Me" (R. Erickson) – 3:42
# "Reverbation (Doubt)" (T. Hall, S. Sutherland, R. Erickson) – 3:23
#* Tracks 11 to 14 recorded live in Texas, 1967.
# "You Don't Know" (Powell St. John) – 2:35
# "Fire Engine" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 3:00
# "Monkey Island" (Powell St. John) – 2:42
# "Roller Coaster" (T. Hall, R. Erickson) – 5:41
#* Tracks 15 to 18 recorded live in San Francisco, 1966.
# "Levitation" (Instrumental) (T. Hall, S. Sutherland) – 4:11
# "I Don't Ever Want to Come Down" (Unidentified) – 2:41

Personnel

Roky Erickson – vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica

Tommy Hall – electric jug

Stacy Sutherland – lead guitar

Dan Galindo – bass

Danny Thomas (musician)|Danny Thomas – drums

John Ike Walton – drums ("She Lives (In A Time of Her Own)", and "Levitation")

Ronnie Leatherman - bass ("She Lives (In A Time of Her Own)", and "Levitation")

Clementine Hall - backing vocals ("I Had To Tell You")

Production Credits

Lelan Rogers – producer

Frank Davis – engineer

Walt Andrus - engineer

Guy Clark – photography

Russell Wheelock – photography

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