1.12.2011

13th Floor Elevators - The High Baptismal Flow




                    The High Baptismal Flow
                             a/k/a
             How Much Is That Vinyl In The Window?

CD1
length -- 76:11

mono 45 mixes:

01)  IA 107a  You're Gonna Miss Me (Contact 45 session, Jan 66)   2:32
02)  IA 107b  Tried To Hide (Contact 45 session, Jan 66)   2:25
03)  IA 111a  Reverberation (45 session, Sep 66)   2:50
04)  IA 111b  Fire Engine (Psych Sounds session, Oct 66)   2:39
05)  IA 113a  Levitation (45 session, Jan 67)   2:39
06)  IA 113b  Before You Accuse Me (edit, 45 session, Jan 67)   2:40
07)  IA 121a  She Lives (45 session, Jan 67)   2:58
08)  IA 121b  Baby Blue (Easter session, Sep 67)   5:16
09)  IA 122a  Slip Inside This House (edit, Easter session, Sep 67)   4:08
10)  IA 122b  Splash 1 (45 demo session, Jun 66)   3:57
11)  IA 126a  I'm Gonna Love You Too (Contact demos, Apr 66)   2:00
12)  IA 126b  May The Circle Remain Unbroken (Beast session, Feb 68)   2:45
13)  IA 130a  Livin' On (Beast session, Feb 68)   3:28
14)  IA 130b  Scarlet And Gold (Bull session, Aug 68)   5:03

misc:

15)  Don't Fall Down (alt with long intro)   3:20
16)  Fire Engine (alt version, Epitaph LP)   3:18

SPADES - Zero 10002 - Nov/Dec 1965
17)  You're Gonna Miss Me   3:21
18)  We Sell Soul   3:15

backing tracks:

19)  Roller Coaster (instrumental, aborted, Demos Everywhere LP)   4:20
20)  You Don't Know (backing track)   2:45
21)  Don't Fall Down (backing track)   3:03
22)  Levitation1 (backing track)   3:15
23)  Levitation2 (backing track)   4:12

tracks 1-19 ripped directly from the original
vinyl and processed from there

Track 15 
 includes a slight glitch at one point and doesn't feature
the false start included here.

Track 16, "Fire Engine" from the "Epitaph For A Legend" LP
take is the same, but the mix is not.

CD2
length -- 67:56

La Maison Ballrom, Houston, 8/66:

01)  Everybody Needs Somebody To Love   6:02
02)  Satisfaction   4:51
03)  I'm Down   4:47
04)  Roller Coaster   4:48
05)  I Feel Good   2:07

live jam w/Conqueroo members, winter 1967:

06)  She Lives   5:01

raw session tapes, 1966-68:

07)  Monkey Island   3:14
08)  Roller Coaster   5:03
09)  Fire Engine   4:19
10)  Through The Rhythm   4:06
11)  Tried To Hide   2:52
12)  May The Circle Remain Unbroken   2:37
13)  I Don't Ever Want To Come Down (cut)   0:38
14)  Living On   3:22
15)  Living On   3:25
16)  Tried To Hide   0:23
17)  Tried To Hide   2:50
18)  Reverberation   2:48
19)  Tried To Hide   1:36
20)  Kingdom Of Heaven   3:05

Tracks 1-6 are ripped from the original
vinyl and processed from there.

Tracks 7-20 are rough mixes, raw session tapes.
Occasional studio chatter can be heard between
tracks.

Track 9 is an alternate mix, notable for its
lack of backing vocals.

Track 13 is heard here from a tape playback,
rather than the more common acetate source.
It seems to have been truncated on purpose;
the noise at the end is a reel-to-reel tape
coming to a halt.  Had the acetate not been
found, nothing more would have remained of
this song.

Track 20 is a rough mix; no alternate version
has ever surfaced.