{"product_id":"roky-erickson-the-evil-one-indie-exclusive-black-white-splatter-vinyl","title":"Roky Erickson - The Evil One (Indie Exclusive Black \u0026 White Splatter Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIndie Exclusive Black \u0026amp; White Splatter Vinyl 2LP At 45 RPM\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Fire Records' limited edition \"Evil\" Black \u0026amp; White Splatter pressing of The Evil One, issued for independent record stores. All 15 songs from the 1978 and 1979 sessions are spread across two LPs cut at 45 rpm, and the jacket restores the front cover of the 1981 US edition on San Francisco's 415 Records, out of use since that year. A collector's booklet carries a new essay by Austin music journalist Joe Nick Patoski, who sat in on one of the 1979 sessions, alongside photographs from the archive of Craig Luckin, Erickson's manager at the time and the album's executive producer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCreedence Clearwater Revival bassist Stu Cook produced the sessions, which began in December 1978 at The Church, a studio in Marin County, and were interrupted when Erickson was hospitalized. His vocals were finished at Hound Sound in Austin in April 1979. Fifteen songs were completed and neither original release used them all: CBS issued a ten-song edition in the UK in 1980 under the name Roky Erickson and the Aliens, and 415 Records issued a different ten-song selection in the US in 1981 as The Evil One. This edition gathers all fifteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter his release from Rusk State Hospital, Erickson assembled the band that became the Aliens and reworked songs he had written there into horror-themed lyrics. \"Creature With The Atom Brain\" borrows its title from a 1955 film. The band was Erickson on vocals and guitar, Duane Aslaksen on guitar, Billy Miller on electric autoharp, Steven Morgan Burgess on bass and Fuzzy Furioso on drums, with Cook playing bass on \"Bloody Hammer\" and \"Sputnik.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGhost, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age have all recorded its songs. AllMusic's Mark Deming called the album the best representation of Erickson's \"latter-day punk\" period, and Luckin has said Erickson considered it his favorite of everything he recorded. Fire Records presents the reissue as the first in a series that continues with Gremlins Have Pictures and Don't Slander Me.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo Headed Dog (Red Temple Prayer)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Walked With A Zombie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNight Of The Vampire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMine Mine Mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhite Faces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide B\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"6\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreature With The Atom Brain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Wind And More\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBloody Hammer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide C\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"9\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDon't Shake Me Lucifer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClick Your Fingers Applauding The Play\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIf You Have Ghosts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCold Night For Alligators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide D\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"13\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStand For The Fire Demon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSputnik\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI Think Of Demons\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*** Indie Exclusive ***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 809236006417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fire Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10.30.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"NEW \/ NEW","offer_id":48226685026462,"sku":"EVP-BFF17C2F-NEW-NEW-NONE0000","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8801\/1422\/files\/CAR_20260817_1501_140241_694_v_0809236006417_002.jpg?v=1792123897","url":"https:\/\/evergreenvinyl.com\/products\/roky-erickson-the-evil-one-indie-exclusive-black-white-splatter-vinyl","provider":"Evergreen Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}