Erickson Roky (11 results)

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(= 7599-26422-2). CD. Gutes Ex. Roky Erickson (* 15. Juli 1947 in Dallas als Roger Kynard Erickson) ist ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Gitarrist. Vor seiner wechselhaften Solo-Karriere war er von 1965 bis zur Auflösung im Jahr 1969 Mitglied der Band The 13th Floor Elevators, die zu den Pionieren des Psychedelic Rock zählen. Aufgrund einer psychischen Erkrankung lebte Erickson lange vollkommen zurückgezogen, nahm aber weiterhin Alben auf. Seit 2005 gibt er auch wieder regelmäßig Konzerte.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. "Openers II: The Lyrics of Roky Erickson" by Erickson, Roky (Erickson, Roger Roky Kynard). 2.13.61 Books, 1st edition, 1st printing, no month, 1995. Cover photos by Scott Newton. 317 pages. Most if not all of Erickson's song lyrics published by Henry Rollins' publishing company. Trade-sized softcover. This copy in NF condition with light storage rubbing to wraps, a partial spine crease, and very light soiling to top page edges. lyrics.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Stiff clean unmarked crisp book, about new but for tiny bump/nick to lower corner of spine; 8.4 X 5.6 X 0.8 inches; 320 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A trade paperback in excellent condition, clean with a tight binding and an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours, with a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Stated 1st Edition. Text unmarked w/no rips. Title page has very minor, tiny edge chip. Binding tight. Cover clean & bright, but corner creased. Quick, secure shipping w/free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore. Photos available upon request.

Magazine. 40p. includes covers, 7x11 inches, prose, poetry, song lyrics, illustrations, bibliography of . A. Lafferty, lightly-worn magazine/literary journal in stapled white pictorial wraps with minor wear, soiling, and foxing. Four songs by Erickson, lead-singer, founder of the 13th Floor Elevators psychedelic rock band from SF and Texas. Also a short evil story set in Haiti written by Nazi Eweres in the 1930s. Only one issue published and only two holdings located in OCLC as of 9/2020.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. In white boards with gilt spine titiling and gilt cross with a peace sign to upper cover, 8vo, 69pp. (minor light surface wear and scoffing). A very scarce work by Roky Erickson. a pioneer in the psychedelic annals of Austin Texas'. Wikipedia recounts the circumstances of the printing of the book: He was first sent to the Austin State Hospital. After several escapes, he was sent to the Rusk State Hospital in Rusk, Texas, where he was subjected to more electroconvulsive therapy and Thorazine treatments, ultimately remaining in custody until 1972. During his time at Rusk, he continued writing songs and poetry. Family and friends managed to smuggle out some of these poems and, in 1972, self published the book Openers, intending to use the proceeds to hire a lawyer. (Various sources claim approximately 1,000 copies of Openers were printed; how many copies were actually sold remains unknown.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. [viii], [70]pp Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. 70 pp. Bound in publisher's white cloth with gilt lettering. Very Good with clean pages and sturdy binding. Cloth foxed near head, worn along top edge of front and back boards. A self-published volume of poetry written by the 13th Floor Elevators singer while he was in a Houston mental hospital where he involuntarily received electroshock treatments. One of approximately 1,000 copies; poems are organized alphabetically.…

Austin, TX: Pyramid Publishing Company. 1972. 8vo. White cloth-covered boards, a peace/cross symbol in gilt design on front board, gilt lettering on spine without dust jacket, pp. [6], 69, [3], soiled front and back boards with rubbing to rear spine, slightly stained on pastedown, otherwise very good.Extremely rare signed first edition.Openers is a collection of poems writen by the singer and songwriter for the 13th Floor Elevators, Roky Erickson, during his incarceration at the Rusk Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Texas. Written alongside his childhood friend George Kinney, Erickson would publish this volume whilst still institutionalised. This is an unusual collection in that the poems are arranged in alphabetical order and, despite the dark context, are nearly all extremely jovial and positive with titles such as "Lets have a Never-Ending Love Contest", "Thank God for Civilisation" and "Looking with The Light". Despite this optimistic outlook, upon his release, Erickson would form the heavy rock band Roky Erickson and the Aliens who would compose songs exclusively satanic in nature.A second collection Openers II, a compilation of Erickson's essays, interviews and song lyrics would be published in 1995, twenty three years later.…