Power Chords, Vol. 1 [Hip-O] (1997)

About this title: The initial entry in this three-volume set starts out admirably enough, with the inclusion of seminal mid-1960s tracks like "Wild Thing" by the Troggs, "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks, "Dirty Water" by the Standells, "Talk Talk" by the Music Machine, "Psychotic Reaction" by the Count Five, "Pushin' Too Hard" by the Seeds, and "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" by the Electric Prunes. But the collection...adds nondescript items like the poppy "Baby, It's You" by Smith, the novelty instrumental "Hocus Pocus" by Focus, and tracks like the James Gang's "The Bomber" best left for other time ...

Tracks:

1. Wild Thing [Taylor]
2. You Really Got Me [Davies]
3. Dirty Water [Cobb]
4. Talk Talk [Bonniwell]
5. Psychotic Reaction [Ellner/Chaney/Atkin]
6. Baby It's You [Bacharach/David/Wil]
7. Pushin' Too Hard [Saxon]
8. Ninety-Nine and a Half (Won't Do) [Floyd/Pickett/Cropp]
9. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) [Tucker/Mantz]
10. Do Ya [Lynne]
11. The Bomber [Fox/Peters/Walsh/Gu]
12. Hocus Pocus [Akkerman/VanLeer]
13. Great White Buffalo [Nugent]
14. The Pusher [Axton]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.