Sonics - Psycho-Sonic
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Artist: SonicsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Enhanced, Extra tracks, Import
CD Release Date: 1997-03-18
Music Label: Big Beat UK
Soundtracks:
- The Witch
- Boss Hoss
- Hes Waitin
- Psycho
- Louie Louie
- Strychnine
- Cinderella
- Shot Down
- Have Love Will Travel
- Dont Be Afraid Of The Dark
- Dirty Robber
- Keep A Knockin
- Money (Thats What I Want)
- The Hustler
- Jenny Jenny
- Hitch Hike
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Skinny Minnie
- Do You Love Me
- Walking The Dog
- Good Golly Miss Molly
- Night Time Is The Right Time
- Its Alright
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Dont You Just Know It
- Since I Fell For You
- The Witch (Alternate)
- Psycho (Live)
- The Witch (Live)
Music reviews of Psycho-Sonic
Music Review: America's Last Great Rock 'N' Roll Band
Rating: 5 Stars
The Sonics formed in Washington State in 1959, and after transitioning band members in and out of the group for a few years, the line up eventually settled in 1963 to the group that is featured in this compilation album. This album, "Psycho-Sonic", features The Sonics material as recorded during the Etiquette Records years of 1964-1966.
While largely a club band, The Sonics mastered a sound like no one else of the period. American Rock had taken a back seat to the British in the mid-sixties and many bands simply began to follow the British sound. Not The Sonics. They harked back a decade to Rock's early days and took the most explosive influences, like Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, and used the simplicity of early Rock to produce a new, raw, ear-shattering sound that left crowds devastated and demanding more. Anything the Sonics touched was morphed into a loud, raw, energetic form of powerhouse Rock 'N' Roll; from cover songs like "Hitch Hike" and "Keep A Knockin'"; to The Sonics original tracks "Psycho", "The Witch", and "Boss Hoss". Hard-edged guitar coupled with a thundering rhythm section and a fantastic sax player were all that was needed to support a vocalist that could belt out a tune like few others, then or now. The Sonics weren't just producing music, but capturing live atomic energy in the form of a recording.
The summer of 1967 would see a new American Rock sound emerge, one that was more politically driven than anything else. The Sonics had shifted to a new lable that altered their sound and the band began going through line-up changes once more. It would be nearly a decade until the world hear anything like The Sonics again. This time, four guys from New York City calling themselves The Ramones, would be credited with capturing a similar energy and creating a sub-genre of Rock 'N' Roll now referred to as Punk.
The Sonics sound is timeless. They were the last true shot to be fired in American Rock 'N' Roll before Rock would then fragment into genres such as "progressive", "punk", and "metal". This is genuine speaker-melting American Rock 'N' Roll. A great album that any true Rocker would love and appreciate.
Description of Psycho-Sonic
THE ORIGINAL PUNK ROCK BAND. Back in the mid-1960s, the legendary Sonics took rock 'n' roll by the scruff of the neck and thrashed it to within an inch of its sorry life, leaving a legacy of some of the most savage, visceral recordings ever made. Compiling their no-holds-barred Etiquette sessions, Psycho-Sonic is the ultimate Sonics anthology.One of the best selling Big Beat releases of recent years has been Psycho-Sonic, a comprehensive collection of all the sides the much-feted kings of garage rock recorded for the Etiquette label in 1964/65. Only the most cloistered of music fans would be unaware of the mighty Tacoma combo's influence and importance, now stronger than ever thanks to young bucks such as the White Stripes, Hives, Vines etc. constantly dropping the band's name.
With access to first generation tapes recently uncovered by Big Beat's ongoing celebration of the catalogue of Sonics' mentors, the Wailers, we figured it was time to give this decade-old compilation a spring clean.
The newly upgraded Psycho-Sonic features vastly improved sound quality on all tracks, with many presented in ear-blistering true stereo remixes, but taken from the actual tape the band recorded onto, and mastered with Big Beat's customarily sensitive mastering.
The set's sequencing and flow have also been improved, delivering an entertaining and invigorating program from start to finish. Track for track, the first half-hour of this disc is the wildest, most visceral rock 'n' roll listen you're ever likely to have. Also included is a far more in-depth overview of the group's career by reissue producer Alec Palao, based on fresh, first-hand interviews with the band and their associates, including the legendary Sonics' lead singer/songwriter/screamer Jerry Roslie. The revamped package also includes a feast of unseen outtakes from the band's famed photo sessions - photographer Jini Dellaccio granted us full access to her incredible archive of Sonics pictures - plus the usual memorabilia and label shots. For Sonics, start here.
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