Background
The band recorded the songs "96 Tears" and "Midnight Hour" on April 15, 1966 at Art Schiell's Recording Studio in Bay City, Michigan,[7] for the small Pa-Go-Go label, which released the single in April, 1966.[8] After getting extensive regional airplay in Michigan and Ontario, Neil Bogart, president of Cameo-Parkway Records purchased the rights to the record for national distribution. After replacing bassist Fernando Aguilar with Frank Lugo, the band went into the studio to record the remainder of the songs for their debut album released in November, 1966. The album was an immediate success and quickly shot up the charts before the end of the year. A second single, "I Need Somebody" was released in conjunction with the album.
Allen Klein and ABKCO Records acquired the Cameo-Parkway catalog in 1967, and refused to license the ? and the Mysterians records for release on CD. In July, 1997, the band reunited and rerecorded the album for the Collectables Records label. In 2011, ABKCO released the original recordings.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Rudy Martinez, except where noted
| Title | Writer(s) |
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| 1. | "I Need Somebody" | | 2:13 |
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| 2. | "Stormy Monday" | T-Bone Walker | 2:20 |
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| 3. | "You're Telling Me Lies" | | 2:31 |
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| 4. | "Ten O'Clock" | | 2:03 |
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| 5. | "Set Aside" | | 3:03 |
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| 6. | "Up Side" | | 2:50 |
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| 7. | "8 Teen" | | 2:45 |
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| 8. | "Don't Tease Me" | | 1:37 |
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| 9. | "Don't Break This Heart of Mine" | | 1:57 |
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| 10. | "Why Me" | | 1:26 |
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| 11. | "Midnight Hour" | | 2:36 |
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| 12. | "96 Tears" | | 2:56 |
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Personnel
? and the Mysterians
Technical
Charts
See also
References
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