Name: Pushin’ Too Hard - American Garage Punk 1964-1967
Brand: Various

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CRJAM3BOX22

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Limited edition

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2024-01-19

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Cherry Red (ADA)

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5013929432239

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Various

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Classic

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Meticulously curated box sets featuring exceptional audio quality, stunning visuals, and exclusive bonus content. Explore genres, eras, and artists to find the perfect addition to your collection.

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Pushin’ Too Hard is a 94-track celebration of 1960s garage punk, a retrospectively named genre first compiled on Lenny Kaye’s seminal 1972 collection Nuggets. This is raw, exciting music with tons of attitude – fuzz guitars, swirling organs, wailing harmonicas, thumping drums and tough vocals are plentiful.

In the mid 1960s, teenage rock ‘n’ roll groups proliferated throughout the USA, often inspired by ‘British Invasion’ bands such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Yardbirds as well as US styles including surf, blues and folk rock. Most towns and cities had local scenes revolving around dance parties, clubs and ‘battle of the bands’ contests and many of the bands here were regional royalty but never broke nationally.

Key bands featured include The Seeds, The Sonics, The Standells, The Shadows Of Knight, The Thirteenth Floor Elevators, Love, The Electric Prunes, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, We The People and ? and The Mysterians.

There are national US Billboard Hot 100 hits from Sam The Sham and The Pharaohs – ‘Wooly Bully’ (#2), The Strangeloves – ‘I Want Candy’ (#11), The Castaways – ‘Liar, Liar’ (#12), The Beau Brummels – ‘Just A Little’ (#15), The McCoys – ‘Fever’ (#7), The Bobby Fuller Four – ‘I Fought The Law’ (#9), Paul Revere and The Raiders – ‘Just Like Me’ (#11), The Barbarians – ‘Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl’ (#55), Love – ‘My Little Red Book’ (#54) , The Knickerbockers – ‘One Track Mind’ (#46) and The Seeds – ‘Pushin’ Too Hard’ (#36) presented here in a longer unedited version.

Rarities from The Blue Beats, The Dirty Wurds, The Apparitions, The Bedlam Four and The Jackals are released here on CD for the first time while many other tracks have never been released in the UK before.

2. Sam The Sham &amp; The Pharaohs – Wooly Bully

4. The Barbarians – Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl

9. The Seeds Featuring Sky Saxon – Pushin’ Too Hard (Unedited Version)

10. The Leaves – Too Many People (Single Version)

11. The Front Line – Got Love (Trident Version)

12. The Brogues – I Ain’t No Miracle Worker

13. The Standells – Rari (Extended Version)

14. The Spades – You’re Gonna Miss Me

17. Don &amp; The Goodtimes – Little Sally Tease

20. The Bobby Fuller Four – I Fought The Law (Single Version)

25. Paul Revere &amp; The Raiders – Just Like Me

26. Liverpool Five – Heart (Album Version)

27. The Bad Seeds – A Taste Of The Same

28. Merrell &amp; The Exiles – She’s Gone

30. The Misunderstood – Don’t Break Me Down

31. The Seeds – Out Of The Question (Version 1, Take 1)

1. The Thirteenth Floor Elevators – Tried To Hide (Single Version)

3. The Mojo Men – She’s My Baby (Autumn Version)

4. The Electric Prunes – Ain’t It Hard

5. Captain Beefheart &amp; His Magic Band – Diddy Wah Diddy

7. The Outcasts – I’m In Pittsburgh (And It’s Raining)

9. Rocky &amp; The Riddlers – Flash And Crash

13. We The People – Mirror Of Your Mind

15. The Soothsayers – Please, Don’t Be Mad

18. The Sonics – You Got Your Head On Backwards

19. Link Wray &amp; The Raymen – Hidden Charms

20. The Misunderstood – Thunder ‘N’ Lightnin’

25. Chris Morgan &amp; The Togas – There She Goes

26. The Executioners – I Want The Rain (Vocal)

27. Limey &amp; The Yanks – Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind

28. The Apparitions – She’s So Satisfyin’

30. The Echoes Of Carnaby Street – No Place Or Time

32. Velvet Illusions – Velvet Illusions

2. We The People – You Burn Me Up And Down

5. Neal Ford &amp; The Fanatics – Shame On You

8. The Fire Escape – Love Special Delivery

9. ? &amp; The Mysterians – Girl (You Captivate Me)

10. The Third Bardo – I’m Five Years Ahead Of My Time

11. Ken &amp; The Forth Dimension – See If I Care

15. Roy Junior (Roy Acuff Jr.) – Victim Of Circumstances

16. The Sparkles – Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help)

18. The Galaxies IV – Piccadilly Circus

21. The Jefferson Handerchief – I’m Allergic To Flowers

24. Tidal Waves – Action! (Speaks Louder Than Words)

25. The Liberty Bell – For What You Lack

26. Thursdays Children – You Can Forget About That

Pushin’ Too Hard - American Garage Punk 1964-1967

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Discover Pushin’ Too Hard - American Garage Punk 1964-1967 by Various. A 94-track celebration of 60s garage punk with raw, exciting music and national hits. Available in various formats from Strawberry Records.