Sonic Reducer

~ Recording by Dead Boys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Sonic Reducer3:09Dead BoysYoung Loud and SnottyDead BoysAlbum
  • -1977-10-01
1.1Sonic Reducer3:09Dead BoysYoung Loud and SnottyDead BoysAlbum
Sire RecordsSR 6038
1.1Sonic Reducer3:09Dead BoysYoung Loud and SnottyDead BoysAlbum
Sire Records9 26981-2
1.1Sonic Reducer3:09Dead BoysYoung Loud and SnottyDead BoysAlbum
Sire Records, Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across)W2 26981
1.1Sonic Reducer3:09Dead BoysYoung Loud and SnottyDead BoysAlbum
Sire Records7599-26038-2
3.14Sonic Reducer3:08Dead Boys1–2–3–4! Punk & New Wave 1976–1979Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)MCD 60066
1.14Sonic Reducer3:06Dead BoysLittle Steven’s Underground Garage Presents CBGB ForeverVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Wicked Cool RecordsWC701
1.18Sonic Reducer3:06Dead BoysCBGB: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2013-10-08
Rhino (reissue label)
1.18Sonic Reducer3:07Dead BoysCBGB: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2013-10-08
Omnivore RecordingsOVCD-74
1.18Sonic Reducer?:??Dead BoysCBGB: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackVarious ArtistsAlbum + Soundtrack
  • US2013-10-08
Omnivore RecordingsOVLP-74
1.17Sonic Reducer3:04Dead BoysLust for Life: The Music That Changed a GenerationVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2016-06-17
Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)5368490
1.1Sonic Reducer3:07Dead BoysSonic Reducer – Best OfDead BoysAlbum + Compilation
  • -2019-04-26
X5 Music Group
1.14Sonic Reducer3:07Dead BoysClassic New WaveVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • XW2020-07-24
X5 Music Group
1.7Sonic Reducer?:??Dead BoysBlank Generation: A Story of US/Canadian Punk & Its Aftershocks 1975-1981Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2023-11-17
Cherry Red Records (UK indie label; for copyrights, use Cherry Red Records Ltd. instead, with an alias if needed)2911479
1.7Sonic Reducer3:07Dead BoysBlank Generation: A Story of U.S. / Canadian Punk & Its Aftershocks 1975-1981Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Cherry Red Records (UK indie label; for copyrights, use Cherry Red Records Ltd. instead, with an alias if needed)CRCDBOX147
Promotion
1.2Sonic Reducer3:04Dead BoysNew Wave Rock ’n’ RollDead Boys / Talking Heads / The Saints / Richard Hell & the VoidoidsEP + Compilation
Sire RecordsPRO 696
(unknown)
1.1Sonic Reducer3:04Dead BoysYoung Loud and SnottyDead BoysAlbum
  • US2021-06-16
Jackpot Records (logo is "Fabulous Jackpot Records" inset within crown, began in 1997 as retailer of same name in Portland, OR)JPR-068

Relationships

recording engineer:Dave Wittman
assistant engineer:Jim Galante
producer:Genya Ravan
mixer:Harvey Goldberg
recorded at:Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, New York, New York, United States
sampled by:An Open Letter to NYC by Beastie Boys
recording of:Sonic Reducer

Sonic Reducer

writer:Stiv Bators
Johnny Blitz
Cheetah Chrome
Jeff Magnum
David Thomas (US singer-songwriter/musician: Pere Ubu/Rocket From the Tombs)
Jimmy Zero
publisher:Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
later parody versions:Chancla Abuser
later translated versions:Sonic réducteur