{"id":12225,"date":"2021-01-23T21:09:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-24T04:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12225"},"modified":"2021-01-23T22:40:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T05:40:41","slug":"rare-louie-45-single-by-alternative-sonics-sells-for-4850","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=12225","title":{"rendered":"Rare LOUIE 45 single by (alternative) Sonics Sells for $4,850"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s time for the first LOUIE post for 2021! It’s a new year, as we hit the “restart” with a new operating system in the USA, which will hopefully be a better year than the other year!<\/p>\n

Today is 1-23-21, or 12321….backwards or forwards… a Palindrome Day!<\/p>\n

Exciting, huh?<\/p>\n

Anyways, the first noteworthy LOUIE news for 2021 was a record-setting sale for a vintage LOUIE LOUIE record! <\/p>\n

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On January 3rd, someone paid $4,850<\/a> for an ultra-rare 45 single recording of “LOUIE LOUIE” with “Johnny B. Goode” on the flipside. The band was the Sonics<\/strong>, but it had no relationship to the more popular band from Tacoma, Washington with the same name.<\/p>\n

MopTopMike<\/strong> shared a short history of this particular band called the Sonics on the g45central webpage<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The guys all attended school in Thailand, as their parents all had government or government related jobs which relocated them overseas for a certain amount of time. The group was not from Florida.<\/p>\n

Each of the members came from a different state in the USA. And the group started long before the Beatles \/ Brit Invasion era. There were many members during the course of the group’s existence.<\/p>\n

All of the recordings were done in Thailand, and all three came with picture sleeves. There were other recordings but none were issued as singles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Neither of these Sonics knew of the other band with the same name. The Tacoma Sonics were signed to Etiquette Records, a label operated by the (Fabulous) Wailers, with some national distribution by Imperial Records. The Thailand Sonics aka “Sonics Inc.”, released 3 singles on their own Sonics Music Ltd. record label with considerably smaller distribution.<\/p>\n

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Both Sonics released their version of LOUIE LOUIE in 1966.<\/p>\n

You can hear the (Thailand) Sonics’ recording of LOUIE LOUIE and other songs on their official ReverbNation webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Big thanks once again to our pal Clay Stabler<\/strong> for finding this one!<\/p>\n

REFERENCE LINKS:
\neBay listing – “SONICS INC louie louie 45 + PICTURE SLEEVE KILLER CRUDE GARAGE PUNK HEAR”<\/a>
\nReverbNation – Sonics Music Ltd. official webpage<\/a>
\nG45central.com- Sonics Inc. Info<\/a>
\n45Cat.com – Sonics Inc. Discography<\/a>
\nDiscogs – The Sonics Inc Discography<\/a><\/p>\n

After I posted this, I was reminded today was the 24th anniversary of Richard Berry<\/strong>\u2019s passing..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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