Something Happening [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Paul Revere & The Raiders | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sundazed Music Inc.
• ASIN: B000003GZL
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,104 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Happening Intro/Too Much Talk

2. Happens Every Day

3. Burn Like A Candle

4. Observation From Flight 285

5. Get Out Of My Mind

6. Don't Take It So Hard

7. Communication (Part 1 & 2)

8. Love Makes The World Go Round (Don't You Let It Stop)

9. Free

10. The Good Times

11. Happening '68

12. Too Much Talk

13. Happening '68 (TV Version)

14. Theme From It's Happening

Editorial Reviews

Paul Revere and the Raiders' 1968 album Something Happening--the group's first to be produced entirely by lead singer Mark Lindsay--coincided with the group's high-profile role in the ABC-TV music series Happening '68 (later retitled It's Happening). By then, the quintet had largely traded its familiar garage-rock sound to explore the eclectic, experimental musical consciousness of the time. That attitude is reflected in the melodic psychedelia of "Free" and "Happens Every Day," the baroque psych-punk of "Get Out Of My Head" and "Don't Take It So Hard," and the trippy acid jam "Communication." The three bonus tracks include the hit single version of "Too Much Talk," and the fondly remembered theme songs of "Happening '68" and "It's Happening."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars UNDERRATED MASTERPIECE OF THE 60s., December 14, 2002

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Lucchini Freire Aurelio (Montevideo. Uruguay) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Something Happening (Audio CD)

Along with the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's and the Beach Boys' Pet Sound, the Raiders' Something Happening can be easily considered as one the masterpieces of the 60s. Wisely produced, composed and sung by leader Mark Linsay, the album shows an umparalled quality of songs hardly achieved in previous Raiders albums. Mark was by far the more talented Raider, and every song here is beautifully and carefully produced to give its best, from Too Much Talk, Happens Every Day, to the gems Burn Like a Candle, Observation From Flight 285, the hit Don't Take It So Hard or The Good Times, along with Yesterday one of the best 60s ballads.By 1968 it was clear the Raiders was not a garage band anymore. But this is by no means bad, it is great. From an experienced rock musician, take this advice: if you still do not have it, you do not know what you have been missing all these years.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Raiders album, March 29, 2004

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Ron (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Something Happening (Audio CD)

I was very glad to see this album get a CD release, as it is my favorite of all the Raiders albums. The early records of Paul Revere & the Raiders were basic boogie woogie, rhythm and blues, danceable rock and roll. They progressed into a more commercial, guitar and organ based pop rock sound with their mid-60's albums "Midnight Ride" and "Spirit of '67". "Something Happening" finds Mark Lindsay leading the band into the psycadelic sounds of the late 60's, but with enough of a pop feel to remain accessible to their younger fans. This album is really Mark's vision - he produced it, wrote all the songs, and of course is the lead singer on every song. Mark is a master of the studio, utilizing all the then current technology to bring his vision to life. Listen to this CD with headphones! There is so much detail that can be missed just playing it through your stereo system's speakers. "Happening Intro/Too Much Talk" is a masterpiece! This ranks right up there with the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations" in my book, and the lyrics are as relevant today as they were back in 1968. "Happens Every Day" is a happy go lucky song that could be considered the Raiders' "Penny Lane". "Burn Like a Candle" is a fuzz-tone laden caution against drug abuse. Drummer Joe Correro Jr. duels it out at the end with several guitar tracks. The intro to "Obeservation from Flight 385" sounds similar to the orchestral climax in the Beatles "Day in the Life", but the song itself is a haunting view of planet Earth from eight miles high. "Get Out of My Mind" is the famous Ferrari track, and by the end of the song the eerie sound of the strings feel's like Mark has lost his mind! "Don't Take it So Hard" features one of the most difficult bass lines I have ever heard - it's actually the hook of the song. Joe Jr. blows us away with another killer drum break. "Communication (Part 1 & 2)" has a Motown style bass line, and another great guitar duel in part 2. This is a killer song that should have been released as a single (part 1 on the A side, part 2 on the B side). "Love Makes the World Go Round" balances 60's idealism with daily realities - riots, starving children, war, political inaction ("too much talk and not enough action"!). "Free" sounds to me like a utopian vision of peace and love ("you and me can be free, love is the way"), and once again Mark uses some very creative stereo panning. "The Good Times" is by far the most syrupy track on the album, but it's a nice vision of Mark and his future wife growing old together. "Happening '68" will sound familiar to many fans as the theme to the tv show of the same name. We get the full length album version here, as well as the previously released television version. There's also the theme to "Happening '68"'s summer spinoff show "It's Happening", and the mono single version of "Too Much Talk". With Mark as producer/songwriter/singer, Paul on organ, Joe on drums, Freddy Weller on guitar, Charlie Coe on bass, and Tommy Smothers on the liner notes, this group really makes it! Also thanks to Sundazed for caring enough to bring back the Raiders albums!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Breaking the mold, December 7, 1999

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Hank Wirtz (Spokane, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Something Happening (Audio CD)

I was shocked when I read a negative review of this album where the reviewer said there weren't any hit singles from it. Well, the same goes for Sgt. Pepper, and like that, "Something Happening" is a fantastic album. This is where the Raiders made the transition from bubblegum pop to hard rock, and they deftly straddle both sides of that fence. Here, there's sappy stuff like "Happens Every Day" and "Observation from Flight 285" side by side with hard rockers like "Get out of my Mind" and "Communication." In between, we've got perfect pop gems like "Too Much Talk," "Burn Like a Candle" and the TV show themes. As much as I love the stuff with Fang, Drake & Smitty, this album is leaps and bounds ahead of "Spirit of '67."