Volume Two

Volume Two, Volume 2, or Volume II may refer to:

Music

See also

Volume 2 (CKY album)

Volume 2 is a compilation album by American heavy metal band CKY. It was released by Distant Recordings and Teil Martin International on February 27, 1999, the same day as the band's debut studio album Volume 1. The album features a number of early demo recordings, as well as skits and samples from the first CKY video, and recordings of prank calls performed by Brandon DiCamillo.

Often considered a soundtrack album for the first CKY video, Volume 2 was produced early in CKY's career, largely during sessions for Volume 1 and earlier demos. In contrast to other releases by the band, the album features a number of comedic tracks included in the CKY video, as well as various skits and other rough recordings. Multiple songs have been subsequently released in other forms.

Background

Recording for Volume 2 took place between 1996 and 1998 in various locations: tracks were recorded by guitarist Chad I Ginsburg on a 24-track tape and an ADAT in Newtown, Pennsylvania, drummer Jess Margera on a 4-track tape in West Chester, Pennsylvania, John Teague on an ADAT in Westtown, Pennsylvania, and Dave Kurtz on an 8-track tape in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.Brandon DiCamillo's prank calls were recorded by DiCamillo and Margera in West Chester.

Joan Baez, Vol. 2

Joan Baez, Vol. 2 was Baez's second album. Released in 1961, the album, like her self-titled 1960 debut album, featured mostly traditional songs. The bluegrass band The Greenbriar Boys provided backup on two songs. Joan Baez, Vol. 2 peaked at #13 on the Billboard album chart and was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Folk Performance".

The Vanguard reissue contains three unreleased tracks, "I Once Loved A Boy", "Poor Boy", and "Longest Train I Ever Saw".

Reception

In his Allmusic review, music critic Matt Fink wrote of the album: "The material chosen is truly exceptional... Without a doubt, Baez's version of "Pal of Mine" is every bit as vibrant as when the Carters recorded it, though here given a more bluegrass sound by the banjo and backup vocal accompaniment of the Greenbriar Boys. Baez is a true master of her craft, and though she hasn't always made the best choices for material, the 14 interpretations here are as timeless as the songs themselves... this is an album that all fans of traditional folk music should seek out."

Pebbles, Volume 2

Pebbles, Volume 2 is a compilation album featuring American underground psychedelic and garage rock musical artists from the 1960s. It is the second installment of the Pebbles series and was released on BFD Records in 1979 (see 1979 in music).

Musical highlights includes the opening number, "Makin' Deals", by the Satans, which features the lyric, "Can you guess my name?", two years prior to the Rolling Stones on their song, "Sympathy for the Devil", and in a similar fashion to Mick Jagger's snarling vocals. Among the tracks on the album, the Choir's "It's Cold Outside", the Zakary Thaks' "Bad Girl", and the Lyrics' "So What!" are arguably the most known for their additional inclusions on Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, in 1972. The Electric Prunes' wah-wah pedal advertisement and the Sons of Adam's rendition of Arthur Lee's song, "Feathered Fish" received their first commercially accessible release with the album.

In 1992, AIP Records re-released Pebbles, Volume 2 on compact disc. The reissue includes tracks by the Avengers, Satan and the D-Men, Undesyded, the Mark VI, the Quid, which was the only non-American group on the album, and an additional song by the Choir.

Pebbles, Volume 2 (ESD Records)

Pebbles, Volume 2 is a compilation album among the CDs in the Pebbles series and is a different album from the Pebbles, Volume 2 CD that was released by AIP Records in 1992.

Release data

This album was released by ESD Records in about 1990 as #ESD-80262.

Notes on the tracks

While none of the tracks on this album are given on the original Pebbles, Volume 2 LP or its reissue on CD, due to the theme of drugs, the first 12 tracks are included on the original Pebbles, Volume 3 LP and the later CD reissue. The other tracks are mostly new to Pebbles.

Bands don't get much more bizarre than New Jersey's Driving Stupid; both sides of their only single are on many compilation albums. However, an entire album by this band turned up in the vault, and it was released in 2002 by Sundazed Records as Horror Asparagus Stories. (Sample song titles: "Green Things Have Entered My Skin, Gladys" and "My Mother Was a Big Fat Pig").

Track listing