Never Say Goodbye

Artist: Roky Erickson
Label: Emperor Jones
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 036172842629
EAN: 0036172842629
ASIN: B00000GBR8

Release Date: 1999-02-09

Never Say Goodbye

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Tracks:

Unforced Peace
I Love The Living You
I Pledge Allegiance
Pushing And Pulling
Save Me
Think Of As One
Birds'd Crash
Never Say Goodbye
Be And Bring Me Home
I've Never Known This 'Til Now
@2 Gone And Number
I Love The Blind Man
Something Extra
You're An Unidentified Flying Object

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As frontman for the incendiary 13th Floor Elevators from 1965 to 1968, outsider singer-songwriter Roky Erickson helped fuse the raw excitement of garage rock with the spiritual seeking and sublime silliness of the farthest-reaching psychedelic rock. Never Say Goodbye showcases Erickson's solo style--the songs are strong (if idiosyncratic), the lyrics delicately wrought and informed by a Christian sensibility. The fidelity approaches that of an Edison cylinder, but it somehow fits the material just fine--the tunes dig so nakedly and unpretentiously into the human heart, they sound like they come from Mars. Mostly recorded between 1971 (when he was still interned in Rusk State Hospital during a three-year stint for possession of marijuana) and 1974, Never Say Goodbye is wholly recommended despite its sound quality; there are no other known versions of these songs. On each tune, Erickson tosses off pure pop hooks ("I've Never Known This 'Til Now") with seemingly total ease and croons in that Buddy Holly-esque, high-pitched voice of his, which never falters. Most of all, his lyrics and spirit demonstrate true grace and love in the face of far worse. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

SIMPATICO RECUERDO DE UNA ESTADIA EN LAS NUBES.......2007-03-14

conjunto desprolijo de canciones que parecen haberse desprendido de una subita sacudida de cabeza de uno de los "locos" mas simpaticos de la voragine psicodelica..caido de un ascensor desde el decimotercer piso, intentando agarrarse en cada saliente, ERICKSON nos ofrece un puñado de temas asombrosamente melodicos y agradables, escondidos tras un sonido mediocre y "de entrecasa" que desdibuja un poco la apreciacion final.

TIMELESS AURAL CANDY..........2005-07-28

for the most part,this here release is probably best suited for the established fan as the recordings here are pretty "raw" & low-fi (some tracks sound like they where taken from an old mono cassette deck!)
this all,of coarse,makes no difference at all to the devoted,as these tracks are essential.very sparse,just Roky's voice & guitar (no Aliens in sight).those into Roky's Buddy Holly-esque vibe will probably particularly appreciate this disc.
for the curious,start with "gremlins have pictures" and/or "dont slander me" both recently re-released & remastered!

easy like sunday morning?.......2004-12-18

not quite, only if yr. graveyard is in the east end -- regardless, this may be wackiest/most beautiful batch of collected recordings you'll ever hear on a 'compilation' album --without further ado go out and buy (or download accordingly), on the strength of track one alone (careful, it's ruff!) --

beauty from chaos.......2002-07-24

Roky Erickson truly can do it all! From the garage-psych of the 13th Floor Elevators to the Luciferian folk of songs like "I Have Always Been Here Before, from Buddy Holly inspired pop of songs like "Starry Eyes" and "Nothing In Return" to the CCR stomp of songs like "Two Headed Dog" and "Dont Shake Me Lucifer". He is truly one of the greatest songwriters around. This collection of songs are mostly recordings done when he was a patient at Rusk State Mental Hospital in California in the early 70's. This is my favorite album that Roky has ever made. The creepsville beauty of songs like "Never Say Goodbye" and "You Are An Unidentified Flying Object" rivals anything he's done. When I listen to this album it makes me feel a warmth and calm unlike anything in my collection. I cant recommend this beautiful album enough. The fact that he wrote and recorded these songs when he was locked up for being "unfit for society" only proves that what society deems "crazy" might not be all that mad.

Ever wonder how Buddy Holly would have sounded in 1974?.......2002-04-03

"What if..." Buddy Holly would have missed that flight, gone through the Summer of Love and the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, and ... Who knows what would have been the result.

Here is one possibility:

Roky Erickson, prophet with the 13th Floor Elevators and wild man with the Aliens... between those roles, he recorded these acoustic tunes.

Low-fi (very), but from the heart, they are reminiscent of Lennon ("Unforced Peace"), Harrison ("Something Extra" with 12-string guitar jangling like a sitar), Dylan ("Be And Bring Me Home"), all in Roky's high Texas tenor.

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