the album's material revolves around cover versions and influences from more commercially successful english r&b acts like the pretty things, the rolling stones, and the animals. musical highlights include limey and the yanks' "guaranteed love", which originally appeared on the "l.a. nuggets" compilation. the jagged edge is the most prominently available group with three tracks featured, including a cover version of the pretty things' "big city". an additional cover of a pretty things song is produced by the hawaiian-based band, the undertakers. additionally, "leave me alone" by the only non-american, the pre-band group, the canadian squires, is marked by its rockabilly instrumentals.