NEW * Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds {Stereo} 1967

1967......#36 U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #44 Canada
Original video edited and remastered with HQ stereo sound. Mono-to-Stereo conversion.
"Pushin' Too Hard", originally titled "You're Pushing Too Hard", is a song by American rock group The Seeds, written by vocalist Sky Saxon and produced by Saxon with Marcus Tybalt. It was released as a single in 1965, re-issued the following year, and peaked at number 36 on the Hot 100 in February 1967 and number 44 in Canada in March.
The song became the signature tune for the group and a template for their musical style – so much so that Creem magazine later wrote, not disapprovingly, that "the Seeds, of course, managed to work 'Pushin' Too Hard' into every song they ever did." It was included on the influential Nuggets compilation in the 1970s, and earned a reputation as a protopunk garage rock classic. The song is featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's exhibit showcasing "The 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". The Seeds performed "Pushin' Too Hard" during a 1968 episode of the television sitcom The Mothers-in-Law. Saxon revisited the song on his 2008 solo album The King of Garage Rock.
The Seeds released "You're Pushing Too Hard" as a single in November 1965. Though the song did not chart initially, a Los Angeles disc jockey began playing it extensively following the release of the band's self-titled debut album in April 1966. With the title having been changed to "Pushin' Too Hard", a new single was issued in November and the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 chart a month later. It peaked at number 36 in February and spent 11 weeks on the chart.
Some radio stations banned the song, believing that the title dealt with being a pusher of illegal drugs. WLS apparently disagreed, because the record reached number one in its tenth week on the playlist of the Silver Dollar Survey on 17 February 1967, and so did rival station WCFL, where the record reached number two on the Sound Ten Survey on 9 February 1967.

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[LarryGonzalez]

I met Sky Saxon once. It was at the Tower Records on Sunset. We were both browsing through the same bin. We chatted for awhile. He was a really nice guy. I bought a Seeds cassette so he could autograph it. Thanks for the memory blast Sammy.

[bobzwol]

HERE'S a golden oldie from the height of the psychedelic era! I wore the mono 45 rpm out on my early 50’s RCA 45 RPM turntable. Nice to hear it in DES STEREO! I don’t think it was ever mixed in stereo for its album release. Excellent job, Sammy! What a memory!

[nealschustack]

I met sky saxon in 1990 at an orange county record swap meet in buena park. we chatted for some time and he was very nice. i used to have a record store in glendale, ca neal's records

[RockmeBaby-nekw]

The electric prunes My favourite american band with the doors..Jefferson airplane..and a few more...but The prunes with Mass in f minor is a must ..

[BeatlesGirlKaren]

I love these guys - they're in that great movie Psych-Out!

[steelydan]

Haven't heard that song in a long time 👍👍👍💯💯

[jacob]

Great syncing of stereo mix to the HQ video Sammy.

[lypilapa]

Nicely done along with an accurate synched video, Sammy.