*[1] The set focuses on basic upbeat and rocking material, but includes a couple of odd and more eclectic expetions.

[1] Commenting on how these recordings more-or-less function as aural snapshots taken from the bygone scrapbook of a more innocent time, Stephen Thomas Earlewine commented: The set begins with the snide "I'm Tempted", by Grand Rapids' the Quests, who are represented with three other numbers, including the collection's title cut, "Scream Loud", and the fuzz-driven "Shadows in the Night" (replete with its Beach Boys style falsetto harmonies) which should already be highly familiar to many garage aficionados, having been previously "comped" on Hit Records' Trash Box.

[1][3] In likewise fashion, The JuJus's own quartet of songs, is scattered throughout the disc, beginning with the doleful "I'm Really Sorry", as well as "You Treated Me Bad", then "Do You Understand Me" (which includes the incidental sound of crashing broken glass objects in the background), and finally "Hey Little Girl".

[1][4] The Mussies from South Haven are responsible for the feedback-saturated instrumental "12 O'Clock, July" and also their rendition of Paul Revere & the Raiders' "Louie Go Home".

[1] The Jades (Sparta, Michigan) are featured on several numbers, including "We Got Something Going" and "Please Come Back", as well as two topical songs critical of religion and convectional social mores: "Surface World" and "Confined Congregation.