Sold Date: February 28, 2014
Start Date: February 21, 2014
Final Price: $20.50 (USD)
Bid Count: 4
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THE OUTSIDERS
"HAPPENING "LIVE"
Original 1967 First Stereo Press Capitol Records  ST-2745
Happening Live! is the fourth album by . Although represented as being a , in actuality crowd noises and song
 introductions were added to studio recordings.

The Outsiders was an   band from , that was founded and led by guitarist . The band is best known for its Top 5 hit "Time Won't Let Me" in early 1966, which peaked at No. 5 in the US, but the band also had three other Hot 100 top 40 hit singles in 1966 and released a total of four albums in the mid-1960s.

 described the act's style: "Part of the secret behind the Outsiders' musical success lay in the group's embellishments [with horns and strings], which slotted in perfectly with their basic three- or four-piece instrumental sound. . . . [H]owever bold and ambitious they got, one never lost the sense of a hard, solid band sound at the core.The Outsiders were a continuation of , Tom King, Sonny Geraci, Mert Madsen, Richard Kriss, Al Austin, and drummer  (later of , who left to enter college in 1965 and was replaced by ) were the members of the Starfires when the name was changed to the Outsiders in 1965. All (except Fox) performed on the original recording "Time Won't Let Me" by "The Outsiders". After that at various times a total of eight former Starfires were members of the Outsiders at one time or another performing on various studio sessions and traveling on the road. The band was signed to  on the strength of their late 1965 recording of "Time Won't Let Me" (written by King and his brother-in-law, Chet Kelley), leaving a local recording label headed by King's uncle, Patrick Connelly (Parma Records); at this time, the band's name was changed. (Most of the band's original songs were written by King and Kelley, although another songwriter, Bob Turek was working with the band by 1967). Reasons for the name change were unclear, although most sources state that it was at the insistence of their new . One popular story about the new name was that King and Kelley had become "outsiders" within the family as a result of the label shift. "Time Won't Let Me" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a .

The Outsiders had a built-in advantage over the numerous American bands that formed in the wake of the . Rather than being neophytes, The Starfires had been a very active  band in the Cleveland scene since 1958, often playing six shows a week. King and Kelley proved to be a formidable songwriting team, and the band was also adept at handling  of R&B standards. King also headed the band's horn section and served as the arranger and sometime producer.

This album contains several previous hit songs by the band: "", "Girl in Love", "Help Me Girl" and "Respectable".  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  that had not been previously released. This is the third album by the band to feature a song made famous by ; "" 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 "" by , 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,  (which was released in January 1967).

Identification

Marked on Cover Capitol Records ST 2745, on Spline Stereophonic ST 2745

Marked on Labels  ST-2745

Etched in Runout side 1  ST1-2745-A4  Triangle with 1AM

Condition

Vinyl is visually EX both sides with only some paper scuffs primarily on side two,

there is a MFG. error on side 2 track 2 that caused a lite tic for 2 revolutions

Labels are both NM-

Cover is a Solid EX+ but someone has placed a piece of scotch tape on an 

area on rear which I didn't want to try and remove for fear of worse damage, there is a soft corner of

bottom opening that has edge wear and a 1/2" seam separation and opposite corner is soft with a minor

 wear, the several positives are the Solid front cover with nice full gloss, strong spline, little to no edge

 wear, no creases, rear is super clean no crease but with the tape

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