Here Are the Sonics

Here Are The Sonics
Studio album by the Sonics
Released	March 1965 (1965-03)
Recorded	1964
Studio	Audio Recording, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Garage rock[1][2] rock and roll proto-punk
Length	28:48
Label	Etiquette
Producer	Buck Ornsby Kent Morrill
The Sonics chronology
Here Are The Sonics (1965) Boom (1966)
Singles from Here Are The Sonics
"The Witch / Keep a Knockin'" Released: November 1964 "Psycho / Keep a Knockin'" Released: 1965 "The Witch / Psycho" Released: 1965 "Boss Hoss / The Hustler" Released: May 1965 "The Witch / Like No Other Man" Released: November 1966 "Psycho / Maintaining My Cool" Released: February 1967

Here Are the Sonics is the debut album by American garage rock band the Sonics, released in March 1965. The album features the original songs "The Witch" (a minor regional hit), "Psycho", "Boss Hoss" and "Strychnine", along with an assortment of rock and roll and R&B covers.

Release

Here Are The Sonics was released in 1965 by record label Etiquette. It was re-released in 1999 in mono by Norton Records.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Gaslight Records	[4]
Q	[5]

Cub Koda of AllMusic wrote that the album "show[s] a live band at the peak of its power, ready to mow down the competition without even blinking twice", calling it "Another important chunk of Seattle rock and roll history."^[3]

The album was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.^[6]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Witch"	Gerry Roslie	2:41
2.	"Do You Love Me"	Berry Gordy, Jr.	2:19
3.	"Roll Over Beethoven"	Chuck Berry	2:49
4.	"Boss Hoss"	Roslie	2:24
5.	"Dirty Robber" (The Fabulous Wailers cover)	John Greek, Kent Morrill, Rick Dangel	2:03
6.	"Have Love Will Travel"	Richard Berry	2:04

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Psycho"	Roslie	2:18
2.	"Money (That's What I Want)"	Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford	2:01
3.	"Walking the Dog"	Rufus Thomas	2:46
4.	"Night Time Is the Right Time"	Lew Herman	2:58
5.	"Strychnine"	Roslie	2:13
6.	"Good Golly Miss Molly"	John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell	2:09

Reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Keep A-Knockin'"	Perry Bradford	1:56
14.	"Don't Believe in Christmas" (patterned after "Too Much Monkey Business" by Chuck Berry)	Roslie	1:47
15.	"Santa Claus" (contains elements from "Farmer John" by The Premiers)	The Sonics	2:52
16.	"The Village Idiot" (cover of "Jingle Bells")		2:39

Personnel

The Sonics

• Gerry Roslie – organ, piano, lead vocals
• Andy Parypa – bass guitar
• Larry Parypa – lead guitar, vocals
• Rob Lind – saxophone, vocals, harmonica
• Bob Bennett – drums

Technical

• Buck Ornsby – production
• Kent Morrill – production
• Kearney Barton – engineering
• John L. Vlahovich – sleeve design
• Pete Ciccone/Immaculate Concepts – sleeve layout
• Jini Dellaccio – cover photography

References

1. Masley, Ed (September 19, 2008). "10 essential garage-rock albums". AZCentral. The Arizona Republic. Retrieved November 8, 2016.
2. Sharp, Johnny (August 28, 2019). "10 Essential Garage Rock Albums". Classic Rock. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
3. Koda, Cub. "Here Are The Sonics!!! – The Sonics | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
4. "The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics!!! | Album Review | - Gaslight Records". Gaslight Records. Retrieved 2015-05-14.
5. Mulholland, Garry (April 2007). "The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics". Q (249): 128.
6. ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.

External links

• Here Are The Sonics!!! at Discogs (list of releases)
• Here Are The Sonics^{[dead link‍]} (Adobe Flash) at Radio3Net (streamed copy where licensed)