''Happening Live!'' is the fourth album by the Outsiders. Although represented as being a

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, in actuality crowd noises and song introductions were added to studio recordings, some of which had appeared on previous albums.

Release data

The album was released in the LP format on

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in August 1967 in both

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and

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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

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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,

gave The Outsiders studio time to begin work on a fourth album that was to be called ''Leave Us Alone''.Eder, Bruce, Outsiders Biography

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. Retrieved 2 Feb 2008. 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

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bed

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and

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sections.

Notes on the tracks

Original LP

This album contains several previous hit songs by the band: "

Time Won't Let Me "Time Won't Let Me" is a garage rock song that was recorded by the Outsiders in September 1965. The song became a major hit in the United States in 1966, reaching #5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week of April 16 of that year. It is ranked ...

", "Girl in Love", "Help Me Girl" and "Respectable".

Sonny Geraci Emmett Peter "Sonny" Geraci ("Jer-ah-see"); November 22, 1946 – February 5, 2017) was an American singer, best known as lead singer of musical groups The Outsiders and Climax. Biography Geraci first became known as the original lead vocal ...

introduces the songs and also provides bandmember introductions before "Respectable", although the bass guitarist is introduced only as "Mugsy", and the lead guitarist is introduced as "Grumpy". The remaining seven songs are all covers that had not been previously released. This is the third album by the band to feature a song made famous by

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; "

Ain't Too Proud to Beg "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" is a 1966 song and hit single by The Temptations for Motown Records' Gordy label, produced by Norman Whitfield and written by Whitfield and Edward Holland Jr. The song peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Pop Chart, a ...

" was a May 1966 hit by the band. The final song on the album – the band's "encore" at the purported concert – is introduced by Sonny Geraci as "Good Lovin'", and is identified on the track listing as "

Good Lovin' "Good Lovin is a song written by Rudy Clark and Arthur Resnick that was a #1 hit single for the Young Rascals in 1966. Original version The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and written b ...

" by

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, but is actually "Good Good Lovin'". The last song on the first side, however, was released as the fourth single by the Young Rascals in September 1966 and was included on their second album, ''

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'' (which was released in January 1967).

CD bonus tracks

The first two bonus tracks are both sides of the second single that was released by the new band that

organized in

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, first billed under the name the Outsiders but later dubbed

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. The earlier single released in this manner was included among the bonus tracks on the first of the two

CDs. The next two tracks are from a single released by the Outsiders under Tom King's direction, when he reformed the band in

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; the new lead singer replacing Geraci was Jon Simonell. "Waiting for the End to Come" and "Park Preserve" are other selections by Climax, with the latter being the flip side of the band's hit single "

Precious and Few "Precious and Few" is a song recorded by American group Climax which became a major North American hit in early 1972. The song was written by the band's guitarist, Walter D. Nims. Background Lead vocals on the demo were provided by Johnny McCur ...

Personnel

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''

Track listing

Side 1

# "

" (Tom King, Chet Kelley), 3:12 # "

" (

Eddie Holland Edward Holland Jr. (born October 30, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Holland was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Although he was an early Motown artist who recorded minor hit singles such as "Jamie", ...

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), 2:20 # "Show Me" (

Joe Tex Yusuf Hazziez (born Joseph Arrington Jr.; August 8, 1935 – August 13, 1982), known professionally as Joe Tex, was an American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the style ...

), 2:40 # Introduction of the Outsiders, 1:35 # "Respectable" (

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), 2:00 # " Michelle" (

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), 2:34 # "Come on Up" (

Felix Cavaliere Felix Cavaliere (born November 29, 1942) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known for being the lead vocalist and keyboard player for the Young Rascals. Although he was a member of Joey Dee and the Starliters, known for ...

), 2:53

Side 2

# "Help Me Girl" (

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, Lawrence Weiss), 2:49 # "Girl in Love" (King, Kelley), 3:00 # "

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" (

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), 2:58 # " Love Makes the World Go 'Round" ( Deon Jackson), 2:57 # "Good Good Lovin'" (

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), 3:07

Bonus tracks

When released by Liberty Bell, the CD included the tracks on '' In'' in the same order as on that LP, followed by the tracks on this album in the same order, then these bonus tracks: #

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

References

{{Reflist The Outsiders (American band) albums 1967 live albums Capitol Records live albums Albums produced by Tom King (musician)