ROKY ERICKSON - All That May Do My Rhyme (Reissue) - LP - White Vinyl [SEP 27]

LP - Limited Edition White Vinyl (2024 Reissue). Only 500 copies in this pressing. 

Roky Erickson is a legend. Former member of the 13th Floor Elevators he was considered the white James Brown. Drug problems and a diagnosed schizophrenia made him an outsider. By the '90s, he was struggling to survive on a $200 monthly Social Security check. In 1990 artists like R.E.M., ZZ Top, and The Jesus and Mary Chain recorded his songs for a tribute album. Erickson performed publicly for the first time in many years at the Austin Music Awards. In 1994 he returned to the studio with guitarists Charlie Sexton and the Butthole Surfers’ Paul Leary to record ALL THAT MAY DO MY RHYME.

This record was released on CD, MC and vinyl in 1994 on Paul Leary’s Trance Syndicate label.

Read here some notes from the original press release:

"Trance Syndicate is pleased to present the first studio recording in almost a decade by one of the most gifted, most influential, most inspired singer/songwriters from the Republic of Texas since Buddy Holly.

Roky Erickson is back! performing new songs and a few classics in one of the best studios in Texas, backed by some of Texas’ finest musicians."

Tracklist: 

A1.    Roky Erickson –    I'm Gonna Free Her
A2.    Roky Erickson –    Starry Eyes
A3.    Roky Erickson –    You Don't Love Me Yet
A4.    Roky Erickson –    Please Judge
A5.    Roky Erickson –    Don't Slander Me
A6.    Roky Erickson –    We Are Never Talking

B1.    Roky Erickson –    For You (I'd Do Anything)
B2.    Roky Erickson –    For You
B3.    Roky Erickson –    Clear Night For Love
B4.    Roky Erickson –    Haunt
B5.    Roky Erickson –    Starry Eyes
B6.    The Spades –    We Sell Soul