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Release

The album was released in the LP format on

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in January 1967 in both

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and

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editions (catalogue numbers T 2636 and ST 2636, 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.

Cover art

The album's cover uses a photograph from the same photo session as the photos on the front and back cover of '' Album #2'', recognizable from the scenery and the fact that all five band members are wearing the same outfits. Clockwise from the bottom, the members are Sonny Geraci, Mert Madsen, Bill Bruno, Ricky Baker, and Tom King.

Notes on the tracks

Original LP

The fourth and fifth singles released by the Outsiders are included on this album. "Help Me Girl" was the last Top 40 single by the Outsiders and competed with a version by

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that was released in the same time period. The

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, "You Gotta Look" was written by Bob Turek, who was now augmenting the songwriting partnership of Tom King and Chet Kelley; both sides of the next single, "I'll Give You Time (to Think it Over)" and "I'm Not Trying To Hurt You" were written by all three of them, as were two additional tracks on the album, "Haunted by Your Love" and "It's Your Love". "I'll Give You Time" was the first Outsiders single which failed to crack the

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, and features a haunting tone that differs sharply from their typically upbeat singles. This album included the second recording (the first was by an all-female band called the Models, in 1966) of "

Bend Me, Shape Me "Bend Me, Shape Me" is a song written by Scott English and Larry Weiss. It was first recorded by The Outsiders as a track on their album '' In'' in 1966. The best-known version of the song is the 1967 single released by The American Breed that ...

", more than a year before the song became a U.S. hit for

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and a U.K. hit for Amen Corner. In February 1967 – one month after this album was released – "

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" became a number one hit for

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CD bonus tracks

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

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 ...

for the new band that he organized in

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; the single was released under the name "the Outsiders" but was later credited to Climax. The earlier single released in this manner was included in the bonus tracks on the first of the two Liberty Bell CDs. The next two tracks are from a single released by the Outsiders under Tom King's direction, when he reorganized 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.

Track listing

Side 1

# "I'm Not Tryin' to Hurt You" ( Tom King, Chet Kelley, Bob Turek) 1:55 # "

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" (

Scott English Sheldon David "Scott" English (January 10, 1937 – November 16, 2018) was an American songwriter, arranger and record producer. He is best known as the co-writer of "Brandy" which he wrote with Richard Kerr. This song became a No. 1 hit fo ...

, Laurence Weiss) 2:35 # "

" (English, Weiss) 1:55 # "

" (Jim Holvay) 2:36 # "Haunted by Your Love" (King, Kelley, Turek) 2:44 # "Charlena" (Manuel Chavez, Herman Chaney) 2:18

Side 2

# "You Gotta Look" (Turek) 2:38 # "I'll Give You Time (to Think it Over)" (King, Kelley, Turek) 2:33 # "

Gimme Some Lovin' "Gimme Some Lovin" is a song first recorded by the Spencer Davis Group. Released as a single in 1966, it reached the Top 10 of the record charts in several countries. Later, ''Rolling Stone'' included the song on its list of the 500 Greatest So ...

" ( Steve Winwood,

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) 2:45 # " I Wanna Be Free" ( Tommy Boyce, Bobby Hart) 2:04 # "It's Your Love" (King, Kelley, Turek) 2:28

Bonus tracks

When released by Liberty Bell, the CD included the tracks on this album in the same order as on that LP, followed by the tracks on ''

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'' 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''

Personnel

;The Outsiders * Tom King – rhythm guitar, tenor saxophone, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Charlena" and "Gimme Some Lovin'", arrangements * Sonny Geraci – lead vocals (except on "Charlena" and "Gimme Some Lovin'") * Mert Madsen – bass guitar * Bill Bruno – lead guitar * Ricky Baker – drums ;Additional personnel * Mike Geraci – saxophone * Evan Vanguard – horns * Tommy Baker – horns and strings arrangements

Notes

References

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