Morris Levy owned K-Tel and Adam VIII Ltd. He also owned Roulette records. He repackaged a lot of songs into those compilation records at the expense of sound quality. No telling how much money artists lost in royalties to him. Just ask Tommy James from Tommy James and the Shondells. He doesn't have a lot of good thgings to say about him.
My very first live concert in 1966, when there was a rumor Sky Saxon had cut off his hair. After the Allman Brothers( then called The Hour Glass) played, Sky Saxon ran out on stage, took off his hat and all that long hair flew down -- the girls in the audience went wild. I was 12 at the time but will never forget this. Great concert.
I just love this song and the Seeds. I love the driving beat and guitar riff and solo. This is the ultimate garage rock song. Gotta love the piano too!
I think I have this radio station comp album with this song on it (probably from the 60's) its like a K-TEL album, with the grooves so close together. I swear my copy has NO BASS on it and the sound is really compressed, in mono. sounds higher than this. I am serious about this. maybe if I find it i will post it, but hopefully this doesnt get taken down... WOW!!! I also have a very embarassing recording of Sky Saxon on the radio talking about the Rolling Stones.
Those K-Tel albums were extremely compressed so that they could fit 10 or more songs on each side. As a result the sound quality really suffered - no bass, no dynamic range.
But for most kids playing it on a typical record player of the time, it worked!
good enough-but i used to do some record dealing (TRY) but my dad is very sick. ... a record store (whos owner i know for over 20 years but he renewed his lease even though he barley makes money) is having a $2.00 sale on all 45 rpm's, and he has tons of them!!!
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JohnnyCxviii 2 weeks ago
Morris Levy owned K-Tel and Adam VIII Ltd. He also owned Roulette records. He repackaged a lot of songs into those compilation records at the expense of sound quality. No telling how much money artists lost in royalties to him. Just ask Tommy James from Tommy James and the Shondells. He doesn't have a lot of good thgings to say about him.
donnyp1966 3 weeks ago
My very first live concert in 1966, when there was a rumor Sky Saxon had cut off his hair. After the Allman Brothers( then called The Hour Glass) played, Sky Saxon ran out on stage, took off his hat and all that long hair flew down -- the girls in the audience went wild. I was 12 at the time but will never forget this. Great concert.
65rock4ever 1 month ago
i have a sky saxon blooper you should hear!!!
MichaelHansenFUN 2 months ago
i should post my compressed versions of some of these songs as response videos!!!
MichaelHansenFUN 2 months ago
Must be from your K-Tel album!
No problem - post the videos and I'll tag them as response videos.
Cheers!
WABCRADIO77 2 months ago
@WABCRADIO77 not k tel, some radio comp
i will have to find it...
MichaelHansenFUN 2 months ago
a classic garage rock hit.it should of been a top 20.also can't seem to make you mine by them should of been a top 40(#41 pop in 1967)
wfarrar69 5 months ago
I just love this song and the Seeds. I love the driving beat and guitar riff and solo. This is the ultimate garage rock song. Gotta love the piano too!
adnil1258 7 months ago
This is the Cleanest version of this song i've heard
CenaTv2 1 year ago
pushing to hard---ive got to the other side-don,t push me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
great tune.
jimmatera 1 year ago
"Pushin' Too Hard" peaked at #36 the week ending February 25, 1967. Sky Saxon, R.I.P..
blackwaxjh 2 years ago
I think I have this radio station comp album with this song on it (probably from the 60's) its like a K-TEL album, with the grooves so close together. I swear my copy has NO BASS on it and the sound is really compressed, in mono. sounds higher than this. I am serious about this. maybe if I find it i will post it, but hopefully this doesnt get taken down... WOW!!! I also have a very embarassing recording of Sky Saxon on the radio talking about the Rolling Stones.
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
Those K-Tel albums were extremely compressed so that they could fit 10 or more songs on each side. As a result the sound quality really suffered - no bass, no dynamic range.
But for most kids playing it on a typical record player of the time, it worked!
WABCRADIO77 2 years ago
this was not a k-tel album, it is a radio station comp album (which I found a lot in a 1 dollar section at a used record store)
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
@tempmichaelhansen...i've found a good copy on ebay.
zman291977 2 years ago
good enough-but i used to do some record dealing (TRY) but my dad is very sick. ... a record store (whos owner i know for over 20 years but he renewed his lease even though he barley makes money) is having a $2.00 sale on all 45 rpm's, and he has tons of them!!!
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
read about KTEL on wikipeda
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
Could I have one of your copies, Spencer? This is hard to find but a great tune! A little jealous...
zman291977 2 years ago
i found this on a comp album...LP...with the grooves close together...
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago
i know of one place you may be able to get a copy...
TEMPmichaelhansen 2 years ago