The Easybeats on Capitol Records (pt 2)

1965 a brand new year. After setting both Australia and America on fire in 1964, the Easybeats returned to the studio to record a new album. This album which would be entitled "It's 2 Easy" had been around half way done by January 1965. However after the success of their first American album, Capitol needed a follow up fast. This album would be entitled "Easyfever" after the term used to describe the tremendous following and excitement they caused... The album was released on 17th of February 1965. The album was a hodgepodge of missing tracks from their first album, recently recorded tracks for their second album and a few singles sprinkled in. The singles released in America were "Easy As Can Be" and "In My Book." Although the first single does not appear for reasons unknown, the second single was. In My Book was released in America in January 1965 with the B side Somethin' Wrong which also appears on this album.

The first track of the album is the hit single "In My Book." This single which hit number nine in America became another classic of the Easybeats, granted one that the members of the band did not enjoy. The album then follows with "You Are The Light" from the recording sessions of their upcoming album. The album then follows with two songs left off their first album "A Letter" and "Easy Beat." The side than ends with their latest B side "Somethin' Wrong." The second side then commences with "I'll Find Someone To Take Your Place" which was shortened to I'll Find Someone on the label and back cover of the record. The album continues with "You'll Come Back Again," "Girl On My Mind" and "I'm A Madman." The final track on the album was the cover song "Little Queenie" which was unreleased in Australia until 1977. The track was not released in Australia due to their deal with Albert's Productions (this was due to the fact that cover songs weren't allowed due to them owning their song rights). However due to their deal with Capitol, this would be allowed on all of their American albums. This album was much shorter to other albums, this was because this album was released when virtually no material was available. Most other albums in the States had twelve or at least eleven songs but only ten songs could be picked for this album from the tapes they were sent. This album however did come with a poster of the front cover without the text but nowadays copies with the poster are hard to find and usually fetch high prices.

Recently a prototype copy of the album was found. This copy did not have a cover but instead had written on the front of it "The Easybeats: Stevie, Harry, George, Dick and Snowy." Was this meant to be the original title? The record also had the song "Easy As Can Be" on it. This song was taken out for unknown reasons. This is even weirder considering they needed this track to be on the album in the first place to make it normal length. Was the track forgotten about? Who knows...