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| Country | USA | City | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Label | Etiquette Records | Cat. # | ET-23 | |
| Song title | Louie Louie | Album title | ||
| Recorded | 1966 | Released | 1966 | |
| Style | garage rock | Format | 45 | |
| Time | 3:00 | Language | english | |
| Also on Rhino Vol.1 There is also apparently an early live version on the album "The Savage Young Sonics" (Norton NW 909) recorded at the Lake City Teen Club in 1963 (three years before their studio version was recorded). |
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| Country | USA | City | Tacoma, Washington | |
| Label | Bomp Records | Cat. # | BLP 4011 | |
| Song title | Louie Louie | Album title | Sinderella - the 1980 tapes | |
| Recorded | 1980 | Released | 1980 | |
| Style | garage rock | Format | LP | |
| Time | 4:10 | Language | english | |
| Dramatically different from the other Sonics' version. This were actually Gerry Roslie and a Seattle group called The Invaders. According to Buck Ormsby the owner of Bomp! Records, Greg Shaw, more or less conned Gerry into recording the album with the promise that if Gerry didn't like it, it would not be released. Gerry didn't like it, but it was issued anyway, which soured Gerry on the whole music thing and he went back to being a recluse. | ||||