Released October 9, 1969 Genre Rock music | The Best of The Easybeats Volume 2(1969) Friends(1969) Release date 9 October 1969 | |
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Label Albert Productions (Australia) Similar The Shame Just Drained, Absolute Anthology 1965 to 1, Volume 3, Friends, The Best of The Easybeat | ||
The Best of The Easybeats Volume 2 is a compilation album by the Australian rock group The Easybeats. The album was first released on October 9, 1969 by the group's Australian label Albert Productions. The compilation album was released to coincide with the band's 1969 Australian tour.
Contents
The compilation was later re-issued on the budget Drum label in 1974. It has never been officially issued on compact disc or digitally. However, the songs not released on their original studio albums, can be found on CD throughout the Repertoire reissues of Friday On My Mind, Vigil and the bonus tracks of the Friends CD.
Reception
On release, the album received mixed reviews from the music press due to its use of "demo" recordings, on the album's first side. In their review, Go-Set commented: "Apart from the dubious production often the Easys are not trying to be themselves but are content to put down the song idea, perhaps even with someone in mind for them". The songs on the first side included songs Harry Vanda and George Young had given to other Australian groups, whose versions were already released before this album. Commercially, the album did poorly.
1975 re-release
The album was reissued in June 1975 on the budget label Drum records, along with the first volume. The reissue contains the same song listing, but alternate, previously unreleased versions of some titles.
These versions of "Hello, How Are You" and "Lay Me Down and Die" would also appear on the 1980 compilation album Absolute Anthology. Both these songs can also be found as bonus track on the Repertoire Records CD release of Vigil. The alternate mix of "Land of Make Believe" is exclusive to the 1975 reissue.
Side A
All tracks written by Harry Vanda and George Young except as noted.
Songs
1Peculiar Hole in the Sky2:48
2HP Man2:42
3My Old Man's a Groovy Old Man2:22