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Here Are the Sonics

The debut album, recorded in Seattle by Kearney Barton.
The Sonics, 1965

Wikipedia dates the album to March 1965 and NW Music Archives to April 1965, with a retailer ad dated May 6. Etiquette released it as LP-024 mono and SLP-024 stereo. Kearney Barton engineered at Audio Recording in Seattle, and Wikipedia names Buck Ormsby and Kent Morrill as producers; it says the recording used a two-track recorder with one microphone for the entire drum kit. It never charted nationally. AllMusic's Cub Koda gave it 4.5 of 5, Q 4, and it is listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The sleeve design is by John L. Vlahovich and the photography by Jini Dellaccio. Norton reissued it in 1999 and Light in the Attic in 2015 within the box The Sonics 50.

Track listing

  1. The Witch2:41
  2. Do You Love Me2:19
  3. Roll Over Beethoven2:49
  4. Boss Hoss2:24
  5. Dirty Robber2:03
  6. Have Love Will Travel2:38
  7. Psycho2:18
  8. Money (That's What I Want)2:01
  9. Walking the Dog2:46
  10. Night Time Is the Right Time2:58
  11. Strychnine2:13
  12. Good Golly Miss Molly2:09

More from The Sonics

Boom (1966), Introducing The Sonics (1967), Sinderella (1980), This Is The Sonics (2015)

Sources

  1. Here Are the Sonics, Wikipedia
  2. Here Are the Sonics, NW Music Archives