''Album #2'' – also known as ''The Outsiders Album #2'' or simply ''#2'' – is the second

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the Outsiders The Outsiders may refer to: Literature and stage * ''The Outsiders'' (novel), a 1967 novel by S. E. Hinton * ''The Outsiders'' (musical), a 2023 musical based on S. E. Hinton's novel * ''The Outsiders'' (play), a 1911 play by Charles Klein * ...

Release data

The album was released in the LP format on

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in September 1966 in both

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and

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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 "

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" album than ''

Time Won't Let Me "Time Won't Let Me" is a garage rock song that was recorded by the Outsiders in September 1965. The song became a major hit in the United States in 1966, reaching No.5 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on the week of April 16 of that year. It is ran ...

''. 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

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in 1959; though not a hit at that time, the song became more prominent when it was included on

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' debut album, ''

Five Live Yardbirds ''Five Live Yardbirds'' is the live debut album by the English rock band the Yardbirds. It features the group's interpretations of ten American blues and rhythm and blues songs, including their most popular live number, Howlin' Wolf's " Smokesta ...

'' (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

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. It closely emulates the band's first hit, "

"; both songs feature the same chord sequence, a similar main guitar theme, a highly disconnected vocal melody in the verses, verses which each begin with "I can't...", and a bridge section which has a guitar solo followed by a wordless vocal and a squealing horn crescendo. " Since I Lost My Baby" was a Top 20 pop hit and a Top 5 R&B hit for

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in mid-1965. The

Tommy James and the Shondells Tommy James and the Shondells is an American rock band formed in Niles, Michigan, in 1964. The band has had two No. 1 singles in the U.S.: " Hanky Panky" (1966), the band's only RIAA Certified Gold record, and "Crimson and Clover" (1969). The ...

version of " Hanky Panky" became a Number One hit in July 1966, shortly before the release of this album; when originally released by

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, it was a very different song with a slower and more sensual beat. "

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" was a popular pop and R&B hit that was released by

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in July 1966, again within weeks of the release of this album. Another

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, "

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" was a 1964 hit by the Reflections. One of the lesser known covers on the album, "Wine Wine Wine" was first recorded in 1959 by The Nightcaps.

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

–

Sonny Geraci Emmett Peter "Sonny" Geraci (pronounced "Jer-ay-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 l ...

'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

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, but not until 1974.

Track listing

Side 1

# "

" (Bob Hamilton,

Freddie Gorman Freddie Gorman (born Frederick Cortez Gorman, April 11, 1939 – June 13, 2006) was an American musician and record producer, most famous as a singer, songwriter for the Motown Records, Motown label in the late 1960s and mid 1970s. He was a n ...

) # "Lost in My World" ( Tom King, Chet Kelley) # " Since I Lost My Baby" (

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, Warren Moore) # "

" (Donald Storball) # "Oh How it Hurts" (King, Kelley) # "I Will Love You" (King, Kelley)

Side 2

# "Respectable" (

O'Kelly Isley O'Kelly "Kelly" Isley Jr. (December 25, 1937 – March 31, 1986) was an American singer and one of the founding members of the family group the Isley Brothers. Early life The eldest of the Isley Brothers, Kelly started singing with his bro ...

Ronald Isley Ronald Isley ( ; born May 21, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Isley is the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers. Early life Born in 1941 to Sallye Bernice (née Bell) and O ...

Rudolph Isley Rudolph "Rudy" Bernard Isley (April 1, 1939 – October 11, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter and Christian minister and one of the founding members of The Isley Brothers. Life and career Rudolph "Rudy" Bernard Isley was born on April 1, ...

) # " Hanky Panky" (

Ellie Greenwich Eleanor Louise Greenwich (October 23, 1940 – August 26, 2009) was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Da Doo Ron Ron", " Be My Baby", " Maybe I Know", " Then He Kissed Me", " Do Wah Diddy Did ...

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Tell Laura I Love Her" (written with Ben Raleigh and a ...

) # "Lonely Man" (King, Kelley) # "Wine Wine Wine" (Billy Joe Shine, David Swartz, Gene Haufler, Jack Allday, Mario Deboub) # "Backwards, Upside Down" (King, Kelley)

Bonus tracks

When released by Liberty Bell, the CD included the tracks on ''

'' in the same order as on that LP, followed by the tracks on this album in the same order, then these bonus tracks: #

"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''

Personnel

;The Outsiders * Tom King – rhythm guitar, tenor saxophone, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Hanky Panky" and "Wine Wine Wine", arrangements * Sonny Geraci – lead vocals (except on "Wine Wine Wine") * Mert Madsen – bass guitar, harmonica * Bill Bruno – lead guitar * Ricky Biagiola redited as Ricky Baker– drums ;Additional personnel * Ronnie Harkai – drums * Mike Geraci – saxophone * Evan Vanguard – horns * Tommy Baker – horns and strings arrangements

References

{{Authority control 1966 albums The Outsiders (American band) albums Capitol Records albums