Pushin Too Hard is a 94-track celebration of 1960s garage punk, a retrospectively named genre first compiled on Lenny Kayes 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 & His Magic Band, We The People and ? & The Mysterians.

There are national US Billboard Hot 100 hits from Sam The Sham & 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 & 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.

DISC ONE
1. The Rangers Justine
2. Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs Wooly Bully
3. The Strangeloves I Want Candy
4. The Barbarians Are You A Boy Or Are You A Girl
5. The Denims Im Your Man
6. The Castaways Liar, Liar
7. The Remains Why Do I Cry
8. The Beau Brummels Just A Little
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 Aint No Miracle Worker
13. The Standells Rari (Extended Version)
14. The Spades Youre Gonna Miss Me
15. The Lyrics So What!!
16. The Mad Hatters I Need Love
17. Don & The Goodtimes Little Sally Tease
18. The Coastliners Alright
19. The McCoys Fever
20. The Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law (Single Version)
21. The JuJus You Treat Me Bad
22. The Girls My Baby
23. The Raymarks Louise
24. The Emperors I Want My Woman
25. Paul Revere & The Raiders Just Like Me
26. Liverpool Five Heart (Album Version)
27. The Bad Seeds A Taste Of The Same
28. Merrell & The Exiles Shes Gone
29. The Bees Forget Me Girl
30. The Misunderstood Dont Break Me Down
31. The Seeds Out Of The Question (Version 1, Take 1)

DISC TWO
1. The Thirteenth Floor Elevators Tried To Hide (Single Version)
2. Love My Little Red Book
3. The Mojo Men Shes My Baby (Autumn Version)
4. The Electric Prunes Aint It Hard
5. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Diddy Wah Diddy
6. Dirty Wurds Mellow Down Easy
7. The Outcasts Im In Pittsburgh (And Its Raining)
8. The Knickerbockers One Track Mind
9. Rocky & The Riddlers Flash And Crash
10. The Dimensions Knock You Flat
11. The Unusuals Im Walking, Babe
12. The Shadows Of Knight Dark Side
13. We The People Mirror Of Your Mind
14. Sterling Damon Rejected
15. The Soothsayers Please, Dont Be Mad
16. The Esquires Judgement Day
17. The Centurys Hard Times
18. The Sonics You Got Your Head On Backwards
19. Link Wray & The Raymen Hidden Charms
20. The Misunderstood Thunder N Lightnin
21. Zakary Thaks Shes Got You
22. The Squires Going All The Way
23. The Blue Beats Extra Girl
24. The Free-For-All Show Me The Way
25. Chris Morgan & The Togas There She Goes
26. The Executioners I Want The Rain (Vocal)
27. Limey & The Yanks Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
28. The Apparitions Shes So Satisfyin
29. The Hustlers If You Try
30. The Echoes Of Carnaby Street No Place Or Time
31. Sparkles No Friend Of Mine
32. Velvet Illusions Velvet Illusions

DISC THREE
1. The Standells Barracuda
2. We The People You Burn Me Up And Down
3. The Rationals I Need You
4. The Other Half Mr. Pharmacist
5. Neal Ford & The Fanatics Shame On You
6. The Choir Its Cold Outside
7. The Newbeats Top Secret
8. The Fire Escape Love Special Delivery
9. ? & The Mysterians Girl (You Captivate Me)
10. The Third Bardo Im Five Years Ahead Of My Time
11. Ken & The Forth Dimension See If I Care
12. The Off-Beats Tired Of Crying
13. The Mistics Why Baby Why
14. The Headstones Bad Day Blues
15. Roy Junior (Roy Acuff Jr.) Victim Of Circumstances
16. The Sparkles Hipsville 29 B.C. (I Need Help)
17. The Jackals Love Times Eight
18. The Galaxies IV Piccadilly Circus
19. Front Page News Thoughts
20. Fenwyck Mindrocker
21. The Jefferson Handerchief Im Allergic To Flowers
22. The Buddhas Lost Innocence
23. The Ohio Express Try It
24. Tidal Waves Action! (Speaks Louder Than Words)
25. The Liberty Bell For What You Lack
26. Thursdays Children You Can Forget About That
27. The Jades Come Back
28. The Checkmates Talk To Me
29. The New Yorkers Again
30. Georgy & The Velvet Illusions Mini Shimmy
31. The Bedlam Four No One Left To Love