Steppenwolf – Born To Be Wild (1968)

01. Sookie Sookie (Don Covay) – 3:13
02. Everybody's Next One (John Kay, Gabriel Mekler) – 2:56
03. Berry Rides Again (John Kay) – 2:48
04. Hoochie Coochie Man (Willie Dixon) – 5:11
05. Born To Be Wild (Mars Bonfire) – 3:28
06. Your Wall's Too High (John Kay) – 5:44
07. Desperation (John Kay) – 5:44
08. The Pusher (Hoyt Axton) – 5:49
09. A Girl I Knew (John Kay, Morgan Cavett) – 2:38
10. Take What You Need (John Kay, Gabriel Mekler) – 3:27
11. The Ostrich (John Kay) – 5:41

Personnel:
- John Kay - guitars, harmonica,lead vocals
- Rushton Moreve - bass, backing vocals
- Michael Monarch - guitars, backing vocals
- Goldy McJohn - Hammond organ, piano, electric piano
- Jerry Edmonton - drums, percussion, backing vocals

"Steppenwolf" was first recorded at United/Western Studio's in Los Angeles. We didn't care for the results at all. Through my friend Morgan Cavett, we discovered The American Recording Studio, with engineers Richard Podolor and Bill Cooper. Everything fit together. They, along with Gabriel Mekler our producer made for some very exciting recording sessions. We were knocked out by what we heard. It was everything we hoped for. We recorded onto an eight track machine through a tube board using a live echo chamber that Richie and Bill had built, which was one of the best live chambers in Los Angeles at that time. We recorded seven songs the first day and four more the next. The majority of the vocals were recorded on the third day and the album was mixed on day four. The entire album cost around $9,000.00 to make. We thought it sounded pretty damn good and in my opinion it still holds up to this day. Someone once said, "You have your entire life to get ready for the first album, and no time for the next one". That was certainly true in our case. ---steppenwolf.com

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