13th Floor Elevators "We Are Not Live" (RSD 2026) Waxworks Records Distro --Spencer Abbott

--Spencer Abbott

Released to positive reviews

corporate command-and-control systems (the "cyber") with the lo-fi

Working with producers like Leon Thomas (SZA

13th Floor Elevators "We Are Not Live" (RSD 2026) Waxworks Records Distro --Spencer Abbott2026 Record Store Day reprise of the 1968 album 'Live' by the 13th Floor Elevators. Spurned at the time for being billed as "Live" when in fact it was a compilation of previously recorded studio masters, outtakes and alternate mixes. The "very loud" crowd noise was overdubbed and was actually taken from a boxing match and wholly inappropriate for the purpose. Now, almost 60 years on, the album masters are available, in their original sequence, without