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Release Date: 23 January 2026
Label: Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929435438
Description
• Steppin’ Out is a 94-track companion volume and prequel of sorts to 'Pushin’ Too Hard American Garage Punk 1964-1967’ released in 2024.
• Like 'Pushin’ Too Hard’ this box contains plenty of the raw, exciting 1960s music retrospectively named garage punk but 'Steppin’ Out’ spreads its net wider adding surf, frat rock and folk rock nuggets to the mix. These American genres combined with the influence of The British Invasion led to a garage rock explosion in 1965.
Highlights include the truly demented 'Surfin’ Bird’ by The Trashmen, the blood curdling proto punk of 'The Witch’ by The Sonics, the sublime jangling guitar pop of 'Don’t Talk to Strangers’ by The Beau Brummels and the reverb heavy twang of The Astronauts’ instrumental 'Baja’.
There are national US Billboard Hot 100 hits from The Chantays – 'Pipeline’ (#4), The Dartells – 'Hot Pastrami’ (#11), The Kingsmen – 'Louie Louie’ (#2), The Trashmen – 'Surfin’ Bird' (#4), The Rivieras – 'California Sun’ (#5), The Rip Chords – 'Hey Little Cobra’ (#4), The Marketts - 'Out Of Limits’ (#3), Jan & Dean – 'Dead Man’s Curve’ (#8), The Beach Boys – 'I Get Around’ (#1), Ronny & The Daytonas – 'GTO’ (#4), The Everly Brothers – 'Gone, Gone, Gone’ (#31), Tommy James & The Shondells – 'Hanky Panky’ (#1), Sir Douglas Quintet – 'She’s About A Mover’ (#13), Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs – 'Ju Ju Hand’ (#26), The McCoys – 'Hang On Sloopy’ (#1), The Gentrys – 'Keep On Dancing’ (#4), The Seeds – 'Can’t Seem To Make You Mine’ (#41), The Standells – 'Dirty Water’ (#5), The Strangeloves – 'Night Time’ (#30), Paul Revere & The Raiders – 'Steppin’ Out' (#46), The Knickerbockers - 'Lies’ (#20), The Lovin’ Spoonful – 'You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice’ (#10), Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – 'Jenny Take A Ride!’ (#10), The Shadows Of Knight – 'Gloria’ (#10) and The Thirteenth Floor Elevators – 'You’re Gonna Miss Me’ (#55).
Garage punk rarities include tracks by The Chevelle V from Texas, The Primates from New York and Florida groups The Tropics and The Twelfth Night and there’s a little known folk rocker by future blues legend Johnny Winter.
Mastering is by Grammy nominated archivist/producer Alec Palao.
Tracklisting
DISC ONE
1. THE CHANTAYS Pipeline
2. THE DARTELLS Hot Pastrami
3. THE FOUR SPEEDS R.P.M.
4. THE LIVELY ONES Surf Rider
5. THE KINGSMEN Louie Louie
6. THE TRASHMEN Surfin’ Bird
7. THE ASTRONAUTS Baja
8. THE RIVIERAS California Sun
9. CONRAD & THE HURRICANES Hurricane
10. THE RIP CHORDS Hey Little Cobra
11. THE MARKETTS Out Of Limits
12. THE SURVIVORS Pamela Jean
13. JAN & DEAN Dead Man’s Curve
14. THE PREMIERS Farmer John
15. THE TOMBOYS Mary Had A Little Kiss
16. LINK WRAY & HIS RAYMEN The Shadow Knows
17. THE RANGERS Reputation
18. THE BEACH BOYS I Get Around
19. RONNY & THE DAYTONAS G.T.O.
20. THE PUDDIN’ HEADS Now You Say We’re Through
21. THE NEWBEATS Tough Little Buggy
22. THE FENWAYS Be Careful Little Girl
23. THE BEEFEATERS Please Let Me Love You
24. THE EVERLY BROTHERS Gone, Gone, Gone
25. TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS Hanky Panky
26. THE ANGELS Get Away From Me
27. THE BOOTMEN 1, 2, 3, 4
28. THE SONICS The Witch
29. MERRELL & THE EXILES Let Me Go
30. THE BYRDS You Movin’
31. JERRY ALLISON & THE CRICKETS Now Hear This
32. THE ACTIONEERS It’s You
33. BEL CANTO’S Feel Aw Right - Part 1
DISC TWO
1. SIR DOUGLAS QUINTET She’s About A Mover
2. THE STANDELLS Someday You’ll Cry
3. THE AVENGERS When It’s Over
4. THE BYRDS I’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better
5. THE SURFARIS Storm Surf
6. THE HUMAN BEINGS Ain’t That Loving You Baby
7. THE PIRATES Cuttin’ Out
8. THE PASSIONS Lively One
9. THE JUST VI Bo Said
10. THE WAILERS Hang Up
11. SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS Ju Ju Hand
12. THE McCOYS Hang On Sloopy
13. THE GENTRYS Keep On Dancing
14. THE DENIMS Everybody Let’s Dance
15. THE SEEDS Can’t Seem To Make You Mine
16. THE LIVERPOOL FIVE Too Far Out
17. THE EVERLY BROTHERS Man With Money
18. THE BEAU BRUMMELS Don’t Talk To Strangers
19. BOBBY FULLER FOUR Never To Be Forgotten
20. THE BLUE THINGS Baby, My Heart
21. DION Kickin’ Child
22. JOHN FRED Fortune Teller
23. THE MISUNDERSTOOD She Got Me (Version 1)
24. THE CHEVELLE V Come Back Bird
25. PAUL REVERE & THE RAIDERS Steppin’ Out
26. THE SYNDICATE My Baby’s Barefoot
27. SIR FROG & THE TOADS The Frog
28. THE TWELFTH NIGHT Grim Reaper
29. THE PRIMATES Knock On My Door
30. THE DOVERS I Could Be Happy
31. JOHNNY WINTER Gone For Bad (Alternate Version)
32. THE GAS CO. Blow Your Mind
DISC THREE
1. THE BROGUES Don’t Shoot Me Down
2. THE GANTS Road Runner
3. THE RATIONALS Look What You’re Doin’ (To Me Baby)
4. KING BEES What She Does To Me
5. THE WAILERS Out Of Our Tree
6. THE SIGMA FIVE Comin’ Down
7. OGNIR & THE NITE PEOPLE I Found A New Love
8. THE STANDELLS Dirty Water
9. THE LEAVES Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go? (1965 Version)
10. THE KNICKERBOCKERS Lies
11. THE SONICS Cinderella
12. THE STRANGELOVES Night Time
13. THE LOVIN’ SPOONFUL You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice
14. THE LYRICS They Can’t Hurt Me
15. THE GIRLS My Love
16. THE SPADES We Sell Soul
17. THE UNIQUES You Ain’t Tuff
18. THE TROPICS I Want More
19. MITCH RYDER & THE DETROIT WHEELS Jenny Take A Ride!
20. AMBERTONES Clap Your Hands
21. GAYLAN LADD Her Loving Way
22. THE SEEDS Excuse, Excuse (French EP Version)
23. THE YOUNG RASCALS I Ain’t Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore
24. THE MISUNDERSTOOD Bury My Body
25. THE JOKERS What’cha Gonna Do
26. JAY BROWN Don’t Push Me Around
27. THE SHADOWS OF KNIGHT Gloria
28. THE GROUPIES Primitive
29. THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR ELEVATORS You’re Gonna Miss Me
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