THE SONICS BOOM RARE 1966 ETIQUETTE ETALBS 027 STEREO GARAGE PUNK PSYCH NICE VG+

$

400

"THE SONICS- THE SONICS BOOM"

1966 Etiquette ETALBS 027 label

The condition of the cover is a nice VG+ with a small name written on the back cover (see photos), no seam splits.  The condition of the disc is also a nice VG+ with some sleeve scuffs present.  The vinyl shows a nice gloss and it plays great in the original STEREO mix.

BOOM! by the Sonics is the quintessential crude garage rocker album. The Sonics’ songs touch on such divine subjects as fast cars, dance steps, and cruel women. The lyrics are wonderfully forgettable and "SONICS = BOOM!" gets by through sheer force of will. No songs could contain this kind of energy. It’s actually best that the songs just give way to the frenzied power of the band. Finesse wasn’t even remotely the point of the Sonics. They blasted you away with pure rock ‘n’ roll power. Their fuzzy-sounding guitars put a twist on that high energy pounding garage & R&B.

The second Sonics album offers monstrous 1966 scream fuzzed punk mixed with shredded violent garage rock insanity. Highlights include the terrifying "Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark," a heroically wrong version of "Louie Louie," the caustic guitar slashes of "Skinny Minny," and the seething "He's Waiting."

Yes it is............the Sonics second album is every bit as explosive and influential as their first LP, loaded with gritty Northwest rock & roll. Sandwiched in between the abrasive classics of "Cinderella" and "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (with the Wailers on backing vocals), the funk-punk sass "Shot Down," the demonic "He's Waitin'," and the sledgehammer, inside-out version of "Louie, Louie" (only three chords to play and they don't even play 'em) are the band's straight-ahead takes on standard tunes gone shredded like "Skinny Minnie," "Let the Good Times Roll," "Don't You Just Know It," "Since I Fell for You," "Hitch Hike," and a nice barn-burning version of "Jenny Jenny." Where the Wailers cut down the trees and paved the highway, the Sonics were the first group from their neck of the woods to take that music somewhere wilder than their original inspirations. The second chapter of Northwest rock & roll after you absorb the Wailers' Golden Crest sides.

RARE 1966 ORIGINAL VINYL STEREO PRESSING IN NICE KEEPER CONDITION!

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