The Kingsmen Volume II
| The Kingsmen Volume II | ||||
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| Studio album by The Kingsmen | ||||
| Released | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Garage rock | |||
| Length | 35:59 | |||
| Label | Wand LP 659 | |||
| Producer | Jerden Productions & Stan Green | |||
| The Kingsmen chronology | ||||
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The Kingsmen Volume II is the second album by the rock band The Kingsmen, released in 1964.
Release and reception
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The Kingsmen released Volume II (subtitled "More Great Sounds From The Group That Gave You "Louie, Louie") to capitalize on the continued success of "Louie Louie" and recent hits "Little Latin Lupe Lu" (#46) and "Death Of An Angel" (#42). As with the first album, crowd noise overdubs were added to simulate a live performance. It first appeared on the Billboard Top LPs chart September 26, 1964, and remained for 37 weeks, peaking at #15.[2]
The album title is "Volume II" on the front of the LP jacket and "Volume 2" on the back and on both record labels. Initial pressings of the album had "And You Believed Him" as the last track, but "Death Of An Angel" was substituted mid-production along with a yellow sticker at the bottom of the LP jacket proclaiming "Featuring Death Of An Angel." Later pressings had the revised track list on the cover.
The LP was released in both mono (WDM 659) and stereo (WDS 659) versions. The UK release was on Pye International NPL 28054 with a different cover. In 1993 Sundazed and Bear Family reissued the album on CD with bonus tracks "And You Believed Him" and "Give Her Lovin'" while removing the crowd noise overdubs on all tracks.[1]
Track listing
- Kingsmen Introduction – 2:11 (L. Easton)
- Little Latin Lupe Lu – 2:36 (P. Medley)
- Long Green – 2:38 (L. Easton)
- Do You Love Me – 2:37 (B. Gordy)
- New Orleans – 2:24 (F. Guida-R. Royster)
- Walking The Dog – 2:09 (R. Thomas)
- David's Mood – 2:07 (D. Lewis)
- Something's Got a Hold on Me – 3:10 (P. Woods-E. James-L. Kirkland)
- Let The Good Times Roll – 1:53 (S. Goodman-L. Lee)
- Ooh Poo Pah Doo – 3:02 (J. Hill)
- Great Balls Of Fire – 1:48 (Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer)[3]
- Linda Lou – 2:33 (Sharpe)
- Death Of An Angel – 2:33 (D. Woods)
- And You Believed Him† – 2:31 (L. Easton)
- Give Her Lovin'† – 1:47 (L. Easton)
† CD bonus tracks
Note: Times are from the Sundazed reissue CD and differ in some cases from listings on the original Wand LP.
Chart positions
| Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 15 |
Musicians and production
- Lynn Easton: vocals, saxophone
- Mike Mitchell: guitar
- Barry Curtis: keyboards
- Dick Peterson: drums
- Norm Sundholm: bass
- Produced by Jerdan (sic) Productions and Stan Green
- Liner notes by Wink Martindale (KFWB)
- CD booklet layout: Jeff Smith
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Kingsmen, Volume II". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-117-9.
- ↑ LP and CD incorrectly cite J.L. Lewis as songwriter.