The Outsiders Album 2

Infobox Album
Name = Album #2
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = The Outsiders


Released = 1966
Recorded = 1966
Genre = Rock and roll,
garage rock
Length =
Label = Capitol
Producer = Tom King
Reviews =
Last album = Time Won't Let Me
This album = Album #2
Next album = The Outsiders In

"Album #2" – also known as The Outsiders Album #2 or simply #2 – is the second studio album by the Outsiders.

Release Data

The album was released in the LP format on Capitol in September 1966 in both monaural and stereophonic editions (catalogue numbers T 2568 and ST 2568, respectively).

Although never released individually as a CD, the band's first two albums were reissued on Liberty Bell as a "two-fer" CD, along with bonus tracks (catalogue number PCD 4365).

Notes on the Tracks

Original LP

This LP is more of a "blue eyed soul" album than "Time Won't Let Me". Other than "My Girl", the tracks on their first album all fit solidly into the rock category, while this is true of only a minority of the tracks on this album. Only one of the band's many singles is included, their second biggest seller "Respectable". Also known as "(She's So) Respectable" and "Respectable (What Kind of Girl Is This)", this song was written and released as a single by the Isley Brothers in 1959; though not a hit at that time, the song became more prominent when it was included on the Yardbirds' debut album, "Five Live Yardbirds" (1964). Its flip side, "Lost in My World" is an original song by the band (written by Tom King and Chet Kelley) and is a different song from the flip side of the 1970 single that was issued in the name "the Outsiders" and later re-credited to Climax.

The "B" sides of "the Outsiders"' last two singles on Capitol – which were not released until late 1967 and 1968 – are also included on this album. "I Will Love You" was co-written by Shelby Flint, who included it on her first album in 1961; it was also a minor 1963 hit for Richard Chamberlain. "Oh How it Hurts" is a different song from the title song and first single from Barbara Mason's 1968 album.

Though not so well known as their earlier Number One hit "My Girl", "Since I Lost My Baby" was a Top 20 pop hit and a Top 5 R&B hit for the Temptations in mid-1965. The Tommy James and the Shondells version of "Hanky Panky" became a Number One hit in July 1966, shortly before the release of this album; when originally released by the Raindrops, it was a very different song with a slower and more sensual beat. Cool Jerk – which is, incidentally, one of the few covers recorded by the Go-Go's – was a popular pop and R&B hit that was released by the Capitols in July 1966, again within weeks of the release of this album.

Another cover, "(Just Like) Romeo and Juliet" was a 1964 hit by the Reflections; another version of the song by Michael and the Messengers was included on the original compilation album. One of the lesser known covers on the album, "Wine Wine Wine" was written in 1962 by [http://thenightcaps.com/ The Nightcaps] ; a version that was recorded by Bobby Fuller several years before his smash hit "I Fought the Law" was included on "Pebbles, Volume 2".

CD Bonus Tracks

The first six bonus tracks are the sides from the last four singles by the band other than the two "B" sides that are included on "Album #2"; these songs are not included on any of the band's 1960s albums. The last two bonus tracks are alternate versions of two songs that are actually by Climax – Sonny Geraci's band after "the Outsiders" broke up – although "Think I'm Falling" was first released under the name "the Outsiders" before Tom King won the rights to the band name in a lawsuit. "Rock and Roll Heaven" went on to be a major hit song by the Righteous Brothers, but not until 1974.

Personnel

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

Track listing

ide 1

# (Just Like) Romeo and Juliet
# Lost in My World
# Since I Lost My Baby
# Cool Jerk
# Oh How it Hurts
# I Will Love You

ide 2

# Respectable
# Hanky Panky
# Lonely Man
# Wine Wine Wine
# Backwards, Upside Down

Bonus Tracks

"When released by Liberty Bell, the CD included the tracks on "Time Won't Let Me" in the same order as on that LP, followed by the tracks on this album in the same order, then these bonus tracks (30 tracks in all):"

# Gotta Leave Us Alone
# I Just Can't See You Anymore
# I'll See You in the Summertime
# And Now You Want My Sympathy
# Little Bit of Lovin'
# We Ain't Gonna Make It
# Think I'm Falling, "group version"
# Rock and Roll Heaven, "alternate version"