Throughout 1966 and 1967, the Shadows of Knight were forerunners of the Chicago garage rock scene, and gained prominence with a string of national hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including "Gloria", "Oh Yeah", and "Bad Little Woman".

[3][2] However, by the end of 1967 the classic "Gloria" line-up began to disband when Jerry McGeorge left to join the psychedelic rock group H. P. Lovecraft, Joe Kelley formed his own blues band, and Hawk Wolinski later helped establish Bangor Flying Circus.

The group, in favor of their characteristic bluesy garage rock approach, conflicted with Kasenetz-Katz's polished production techniques, ultimately resulting in the duo instructing co-directors Joey Levine and Arthur Resnick to overdub much of the instrumentals with the work of uncredited session musicians.

Prior to the album's distribution, the single, "Shake", was released and managed to obtain moderate success, peaking at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Other notable tracks included a cover of the Buffalo Springfield song "Bluebird", Willie Dixon's "Back Door Man" and "Times and Places" by West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's bassist Shaun Harris.