The Sonics - High Time [7 x 7" Box]

Due for release 27th June 2025 via Ace Records / Big Beat

7 x 7" vinyl singles box

The splendid selection heard on The Sonics' "High Time” singles box is reason once again, should we need it, to celebrate this band of bands with seven double-whammy garage-rockin’ slabs of rock’n’roll nirvana.

Reprising the hottest 45 singles sides that the band released in their 1964-1966 heyday, timeless classics such as ‘Psycho’, ‘Cinderella, ‘Boss Hoss’ and of course the Tacoma legends' debut 'The Witch,’ we also throw in some Sonics essentials that never originally appeared on 45, like 'Strychnine’ and ‘Have Love Will Travel.’ 

Additionally, for the first time, items from both the group's Etiquette and Jerden eras appear together, the latter represented by the much-loved ‘Head On Backwards’, ‘Like No Other Man’, ‘High Time’ and, making its debut on vinyl, the rare Audio Recording version of 'Maintaining My Cool’.

Assembled and annotated by Alec Palao, “High Time” is a handsome package that comes with a detailed booklet filled with rare images from the lens of inimitable Northwest photographer Jini Dellaccio. Long live The Sonics! 

SINGLE 1
1. THE WITCH
2. KEEP A KNOCKIN'
SINGLE 2
1. PSYCHO
2. HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL
SINGLE 3
1. THE HUSTLE
2. BOSS HOSS
SINGLE 4
1. STRYCHNINE
2. SHOT DOWN
SINGLE 5
1. CINDERELLA
2. LOUIE LOUIE
SINGLE 6
1. YOU GOT YOUR HEAD ON BACKWARDS
2. LIKE NO OTHER MAN
SINGLE 7
1. HIGH TIME
2. MAINTAINING MY COOL