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• Happening Live! is the fourth album by the Outsiders. Although said to be a live album, crowd noises and introductions were added to studio recordings.

Happening Live!

Compilation Album by the Outsiders

Released:	1967
Recorded:	1965-1967
Genres:	Rock and roll · garage rock
Length:	32:05
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Tom King

Chronology

In (1967)

Happening Live! (1967)

Capitol Collectors Series (1991)

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

Background

Notes on the Tracks

Original LP

CD Bonus Tracks

Personnel

Earlier Recordings

New Recordings

Reception

Track Listing

Side 1

Side 2

CD Bonus Tracks

References

Release Data

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Background

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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.^[2] 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.^[2]

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Notes on the Tracks

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Original LP

This album contains several previous hit songs by the band: “Time Won’t Let Me“, “Girl in Love”, “Help Me Girl“, and “Respectable”. Sonny Geraci 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 the Temptations; “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg” 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’ ” by the Young Rascals; but the song is actually “Good Good Lovin’ “, written and recorded in 1959 by James Brown and the Famous Flames. 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, Collections (which was released in January 1967).

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CD Bonus Tracks

The first two bonus tracks are both sides of the second single that was released by the new band that Sonny Geraci organized in Los Angeles, first billed under the name the Outsiders but later dubbed Climax. The earlier single released in this manner was included among 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 reformed the band in Cleveland; 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“.

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Personnel

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Original 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

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Reception

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Professional ratings / review scores

Source	Rating
Allmusic	***[1]

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Track Listing

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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

CD 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 (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

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References

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1. Allmusic review (https://www.allmusic.com/album/r46174).
2. Eder, Bruce, Outsiders Biography (https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5085), Allmusic. Retrieved
   2 Feb 2008.

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