SONICS, The - High Time - Vinyl (7x7" box set)
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The SONICS
High Time
Big Beat
7x7" box set Cat: LTDBOX 023Rel: 30 Jun 25
Psychedelic/Garage Rock Side 1. The Witch Side 2. Keep A Knockin' Side 3. Psycho Side 4. Have Love Will Travel Side 5. The Hustle Side 6. Boss Hoss Side 7. Strychnine Side 8. Shot Down Side 9. Cinderella Side 10. Louie Louie Side 11. You Got Your Head On Backwards Side 12. Like No Other Man Side 13. High Time Side 14. Maintaining My Cool
Tacoma garage rock legends The Sonics are revisited here across seven 7" singles, covering their key material from 1964 to 1966. The set includes foundational tracks from the Etiquette years - 'The Witch', 'Psycho', and 'Strychnine' - alongside Jerden-era cuts like 'Head On Backwards' and 'Like No Other Man', all remastered and sequenced with clarity. It's the first time material from both periods has been presented together on vinyl. 'Keep A Knockin' and 'Louie Louie' sit comfortably beside the band's originals, which are leaner, noisier, and often more aggressive. 'Boss Hoss', 'Cinderella', and 'Shot Down' showcase the group's punchy rhythm section and blown-out recording style, while 'Have Love Will Travel' and 'High Time' ride the line between r&b cover and full distortion assault. 'Maintaining My Cool', long circulating in other formats, makes its vinyl debut here in its rare Audio Recording version. The pressing includes a booklet with photography by Jini Dellaccio, but the real appeal is in the sequencing - no filler, no novelty, just the most direct catalogue survey of a band that never needed polishing.
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