Charlie's first release after ther “Live at the Button” LP continued with the same personel (Pickett, Johnny Salton on guitar, Dave Froshnider on bass and John (Stix) Galway on drums) making their first collective studio effort. Anyone paying attention could easily see he had reached his first plateau as a recording artist, while the Eggs had become a beautifully sloppy and soulful backing band willing to play it as straight or as out as necessary to get the point across. From the Louie Louie lowdown hoedown of Marlboro Country to the stinging Liked It Alot, rightly described by Robert Christgau as “ one of the bitterest post-free-love songs you've ever heard.”
Charlie’s focus on rock ’n’ roll roots, as well as almost clinical fascination with the debauched underbelly of rock ’n’ roll life make for an envigorating and sometimes startling collection of tunes. Unfortunately, some aspects of that underbelly became all too real: “We had spent the summer gigging the the Northeast and were centered in NYC. Seemed like every dope dealer in greater NY was waiting for us. Johnny Salton developed a big uh, problem and he and I fell out. He flew back to Miami the day before we were to leave for Minneapolis to play the 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis and audition for the Twin-Tone records folks. I asked Mike Pettit (Miami guy, Psycho Daisies) to pay bass and asked Dave Froshneider to switch to lead guitar. WITH NO PRACTICE in that line-up (Johnny Galway on drums), we left for our first show, the Jockey Club.”