Here Are The Sonics is the debut album of American garage rock band The Sonics. It was released in 1965 on Etiquette Records in mono (ET-LP-024) and stereo (ET-LPS-024), and re-released in 1999, in mono, by Norton Records. Here Are The Sonics was influential on later punk rock (see protopunk).
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Contents[]
Track listing[edit][]
Written by Gerry Roslie unless otherwise noted.
- "The Witch" - 2:41
- "Do You Love Me" (Berry Gordy, Jr.) - 2:19
- "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) - 2:49
- "Boss Hoss" - 2:24
- "Dirty Robber" (John Greek, Kent Morrill, Rick Dangel) - 2:03
- The Fabulous Wailers cover
- "Have Love Will Travel" (Richard Berry) - 2:04
- "Psycho" - 2:18
- "Money (That's What I Want)" (Gordy, Jr., Janie Bradford) - 2:01
- "Walkin' the Dog" (Rufus Thomas) - 2:46
- "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Lew Herman) - 2:58
- "Strychnine" - 2:13
- "Good Golly Miss Molly" (John Marascalco, Robert Blackwell) - 2:09
Extra tracks (Norton re-release)[edit][]
- "Keep A-Knockin'" (Perry Bradford) - 1:56
- "Don't Believe in Christmas" - 1:47
- "Santa Claus" (Roslie, The Sonics) - 2:52
- contains elements from "Farmer John" by The Premiers
- "The Village Idiot" (Cover of "Jingle Bells") - 2:39
Personnel[edit][]
- Gerry Roslie - organ, piano, lead vocals
- Andy Parypa - bass guitar
- Larry Parypa - lead guitar, vocals
- Rob Lind - saxophone, vocals, harmonica
- Bob Bennett - drums
Other Personnel[edit][]
- Original recordings produced by Buck Ornsby and Kent Morrill
- Audio engineer: Kearney Barton
- Original album design by John L. Vlahovich
- Layout by Pete Ciccone/Immaculate Concepts
- Cover photo by Jini Dellaccio