The Outsiders In

Infobox Album
Name = The Outsiders In
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = The Outsiders


Released = 1966
Recorded = 1967
Genre = Rock and roll,
garage rock
Length = 26:31

Label = Capitol
Producer = Tom King
Reviews =
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Last album = Album #2
This album = The Outsiders In
Next album = Happening Live!

"The Outsiders In" – also known as simply In or In! – is the third studio album by the Outsiders. It is the only one of the four albums released by the band in the 1960s that did not make the Billboard charts.

Release Data

The album was released in the LP format on Capitol in January 1967 in both monaural and stereophonic 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.

Notes on the Tracks

Original LP

The following information is taken primarily from other Wikipedia articles, including the article on the Outsiders.

Like "Time Won't Let Me", this album is dominated by tracks that were written by the band. The fourth and fifth singles released by "the Outsiders" are included on this album. "Help Me Girl" – the only song on these two singles that was provided by outside songwriters – was the last Top 40 single by "the Outsiders" and would likely have been a bigger hit except that their version of this song had to compete with another by the Animals that was released in the same time period. The "B" side, "You Gotta Look" was written by Bob Turek, who was now augmenting the songwriting talents 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".

This is apparently the first recording of "Bend Me, Shape Me"; the song was included on this album more than a year before the song became a U.S. hit for the American Breed and a U.K. hit for Amen Corner. Although never released on 45 by "the Outsiders", the band released another by the same songwriters as a single, "Help Me Girl". In February 1967 – actually one month after this album was released – "Kind of a Drag" became a Number One hit for the Buckinghams, who are often cited as a band that was heavily influenced by "the Outsiders".

When Steve Winwood was just 19, "Gimme Some Lovin'" became a major hit for the Spencer Davis Group (UK #2; US #7) following its release in November 1966; continuing the pattern of some of the cover songs on the previous album, "The Outsiders In" was released just two months later. "I Wanna Be Free" was an album track on the Monkees' first album, which was released in October 1966.

"Charlena" – also known as "Oh Charlena" – is a doo-wop classic; the original version was evidently by the Sevilles and was released in 1961. The Mid-Knights – also known as Richie Knight and the Mid-Knights – gave this song the garage rock treatment (along with some nice sax) and made the Canadian CHUM charts for 4 weeks during 1963 [ Website on the Mid-Knights, [http://www.charlena.com www.charlena.com] . Retrieved 13 Mar 2008. ] ; this version was included on "Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 17".

CD Bonus Tracks

The first two tracks are both sides of the second single that was released by Sonny Geraci for the new band that he organized in Los Angeles; 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 Cleveland; the new lead singer replacing Geraci was Jon Simonell. "Waiting for the End to Come" and "Park Preserve" are other selections by "Climax".

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

# "I'm Not Tryin' to Hurt You" (Tom King/Chet Kelley/Bob Turek), 1:55
# "Help Me Girl" (Scott English/Lawrence Weiss), 2:35
# "Bend Me, Shape Me" (Scott English/Lawrence Weiss), 1:55
# "Kind of a Drag" (Jimmy Harris), 2:36
# "Haunted by Your Love" (Tom King/Chet Kelley/Bob Turek), 2:44
# "Charlena" (Manuel Chavez/Herman Chaney), 2:18

ide 2

# "You Gotta Look" (Bob Turek), 2:38
# "I'll Give You Time (to Think it Over)" (Tom King/Chet Kelley/Bob Turek), 2:33
# "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Steve Winwood), 2:45
# "I Wanna Be Free" (Tommy Boyce/Bobby Hart), 2:04
# "It's Your Love" (Tom King/Chet Kelley/Bob 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 "Happening Live!" in the same order, then these bonus tracks (29 tracks in all):"

# 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