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Released
  
1967

Length
  
32:05

Release date
  
1967

Label
  
Capitol Records

Recorded
  
1965-1967

Artist
  
The Outsiders

Producer
  
Tom King


Happening Live!(1967)
  
Capitol Collectors Series

Genres
  
Rock music, Garage rock, Rock and roll

Similar
  
Time Won't Let Me, Album Number 2, In

Happening Live! is the fourth album by the Outsiders. Although represented as being a live album, in actuality crowd noises and song introductions were added to studio recordings.

Contents

Release data

The album was released in the LP format on Capitol in August 1967 in both monaural and stereophonic editions (catalogue numbers T 2745 and ST 2745, respectively).

Although never released individually as a CD, the band's third and fourth albums were reissued on Liberty Bell as a "two-fer" CD (catalogue number PCD-4366), along with bonus tracks.

Background

When the single "Gotta Leave Us Alone", released in May 1967, cracked the national charts at number 121, Capitol gave The Outsiders studio time to begin work on a fourth album that was to be called Leave Us Alone. Rather than complete work on that album, however, the band put together a faux "live" album. In addition to adding crowd noise to the recordings, the producers went back to the multi-tracks of the originals and removed the overdubbed string and brass sections.

Earlier recordings

  • Tom King, rhythm guitar, tenor saxophone, vocals, arranger
  • Sonny Geraci, lead vocals
  • Mert Madsen, bass guitar
  • Al Austin, lead guitar
  • Ronnie Harkai, drums
  • Chet Kelley, songwriter
  • Mike Geraci, saxophone
  • Evan Vanguard, horns
  • Tommy Baker, horns and strings arrangements

    • New recordings

  • Tom King, rhythm guitar, tenor saxophone, vocals, arranger
  • Sonny Geraci, lead vocals
  • Richard D'Amato, bass guitar
  • Walter Nims, lead guitar
  • Richie D'Angelo, drums

    • Side 1

    1. "Time Won't Let Me" (Tom King, Chet Kelley), 3:12
    2. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" (Eddie Holland, Norman Whitfield), 2:20
    3. "Show Me" (Joe Tex), 2:40
    4. Introduction of the Outsiders, 1:35
    5. "Respectable" (Isley Brothers), 2:00
    6. "Michelle" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney), 2:34
    7. "Come on Up" (Felix Cavaliere), 2:53

    Side 2

    1. "Help Me Girl" (Scott English, Lawrence Weiss), 2:49
    2. "Girl in Love" (Tom King, Chet Kelley), 3:00
    3. "Gloria" (Van Morrison), 2:58
    4. "Love Makes the World Go 'Round" (Deon Jackson), 2:57
    5. "Good Good Lovin'" (James Brown), 3:07

    Bonus tracks

    When released by Liberty Bell, the CD included the tracks on The Outsiders In in the same order as on that LP, followed by the tracks on this album in the same order, then these bonus tracks (29 tracks in all):

    1. "Loving You"
    2. "Think I'm Falling" solo version
    3. "Tinker Tailer" feat. Jon Simonell
    4. "You're Not So Pretty" feat. Jon Simonell
    5. "Waiting For the End to Come"
    6. "Park Preserve" full-length stereo version

    References

    Happening Live! Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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