Roky Erickson And The Aliens (1980 UK) | Horror Rock / Hard Rock | Full Vinyl Rip

This is the original 1980 UK pressing of the self-titled Roky Erickson And The Aliens debut - CBS Records, catalog S CBS 84463, released 22 August 1980. It came out in the UK first and only; the US wouldn't get an Aliens release until The Evil One on 415 Records a year later, and that version had a different tracklist. This UK pressing is where the project started. Roky Erickson had fronted the 13th Floor Elevators through their run in the 1960s - one of the foundational psychedelic bands out of Austin, Texas. After years of legal troubles, institutionalization, and time away from music, he surfaced in the late 1970s with a new band and a whole new set of preoccupations. The Aliens were built around guitarist Duane Aslaksen, bassist Steven Morgan Burgess, and Billy Miller on electric autoharp - an unusual piece of gear that gives some tracks a distinctly weird texture underneath the hard rock attack. The band was produced by Stu Cook, who had been the bassist in Creedence Clearwater Revival. Sessions ran from 1977 to 1979. The sound here has nothing to do with the psychedelic folk of the Elevators. This is stripped-down hard rock running on horror movie themes - demons, zombies, two-headed dogs, creatures with atom brains. Roky delivered all of it with complete conviction, which is what makes it work. The lyrics are simple, often repetitive, sometimes barely there - but his voice treats every line like it means something, and the band plays it straight. No winking at the camera. "Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)" opens the record and sets the tone immediately; "Night of the Vampire" runs longer and has more room to build. Collectors care about this pressing specifically because it's the original issue, predating the US release by a year, and because the tracklist here doesn't appear anywhere else in this exact form. 🎧 This is a full vinyl rip from my personal copy - the 1980 UK CBS pressing, S CBS 84463. 🔥 Standout tracks include "Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)," "I Think of Demons," "Night of the Vampire," and "Creature With the Atom Brain." 🎸 Sounds like: The 13th Floor Elevators The Cramps The Stooges Alice Cooper 🎧 Vinyl Finds Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9oSXuMGglp1N8SlbZUEtCJ7 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ 💿 Tracklist 0:00 Two-Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer) 3:13 I Think of Demons 5:55 I Walked With a Zombie 8:39 Don't Shake Me Lucifer 11:28 Night of the Vampire 15:34 White Faces 18:06 Cold Night for Alligators 21:04 Creature With the Atom Brain 25:09 Mine Mine Mind 27:38 Stand for the Fire Demon #RokyErickson #HorrorRock #HardRock #VinylRip #13thFloorElevators #VinylCommunity #VinylPiper