The Sonics - The Witch b/w Keep A' Knock'in (1964 US) | Tacoma Garage | Full 45 Rip

Every disc jockey in Seattle turned this record down. Etiquette ET-11, November 1964, styrene, pressed by Monarch. The Sonics' first record. Both labels carry the label's own PO box in Tacoma, and the times are printed right onto the BMI line. Early in 1965 Etiquette pulled Keep A' Knock'in off this single and put Psycho there instead, so it would not have to pay royalties on a Little Richard song, which makes this the pairing that came first. The Sonics were from Tacoma. Gerry Roslie sang and wrote The Witch, Larry Parypa played guitar, his brother Andy played bass, Rob Lind played saxophone and Bob Bennett drummed. They took the name from the sonic booms going over their neighbourhood next to McChord Field. In 1964 Andy Parypa asked Buck Ormsby of the Fabulous Wailers whether Etiquette might record them, and Ormsby came down into the drummer's basement, heard The Witch and signed them on the spot. The July session was cut at Commercial Productions in Seattle with engineer Lyle Thompson. When the record came out in November the Seattle stations would not touch it. A small station called KTW played it first in late October, KOL followed, and KJR held out until Halloween night, when fans brought their own copies to a dance and leaned on the DJ. Even then Pat O'Day ruled it could not be played before three in the afternoon, because he was worried about offending the station's daytime audience of housewives. It debuted on KJR's chart at number twenty six on Christmas Day and Andy Parypa said they were told it was too far out to chart at number one. It sold about twenty nine thousand copies in Seattle alone and became the biggest selling local single in the history of the Northwest. Their album was cut at Audio Recording in Seattle on a two track machine with a single microphone over the drum kit, and Kurt Cobain said in 1994 that it was still his favourite drum sound. 0:00 The Witch 2:40 The flip 2:54 Keep A' Knock'in 🎧 Rare 45rpm Vinyl Rips - promo singles and obscure 7-inches: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pZAodT9-v-Lehtz7BPAlxi 🎧 Full Vinyl Rips - rare psych and rock LPs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9pEOi1yCUyAZikNmWVdz8Hn 🔴 Live Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 6:30am PT, one record from my collection: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj0yF7-9YQ9qEwJJg-w9RXM0MsbSk5H3F 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinyl_piper/ I sell my doubles and extras here: https://vinylpipershop.com/ The B-side label credits Penniman and Collins. Penniman is Little Richard. The song goes back to a 1928 record and is normally credited to Penniman, Mays and Williams. I have not been able to find a single source that says who Collins was. If you know, tell me in the comments. #TheSonics #TheWitch #NorthwestGarage #45RPM #VinylCollector