Best of The Easybeats – Volume 2

Best of The Easybeats - Volume 2
Greatest hits album by The Easybeats
Released	October 9, 1969
Recorded	Between 1967 - 1968 at Olympic Studios and Central Sound Studios, London, UK.
Genre	Rock
Label	Albert Productions (Australia)
Producer	Glyn Johns, Harry Vanda and George Young.
The Easybeats chronology
Friends (1969) Best of The Easybeats - Volume 2 (1969) The Shame Just Drained (1977)

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.

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 through-out the Repertoire reissues of Friday On My Mind, Vigil and the bonus tracks of the Friends CD.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Go-Set	mixed [1]

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".^[1] 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.^[2] Commercially, the album did poorly.

Track listing

Side A

All songs written and composed by Harry Vanda and George Young except as noted. 

No.	Title	Originally released on	Length
1.	"Peculiar Hole In The Sky"	"Peculiar Hole In The Sky" single – previously covered by The Valentines in 1968	3:02
2.	"H.P. Man"	"Peculiar Hole In The Sky" single	2:44
3.	"My Old Man's A Groovy Old Man"	previously unreleased – originally recorded in 1967 for the scrapped second album for United Artists. Previously covered by The Valentines in 1969.	2:24
4.	"Such A Lovely Day"	previously unreleased – recorded at Central Sound Studios. Previously covered by Rev Black and the Rockin' Vickers in 1969	3:16
5.	"Good Times"	"Good Times" single and Vigil album	3:23
6.	"Down To The Last 500"	previously unreleased – recorded at Central Sound Studios. Previously covered by Rev Black and the Rockin' Vickers in 1968	2:41

Side B

No.	Title	Originally released on	Length
1.	"Hello, How Are You?"	"Hello, How Are You?" single and the Vigil album	3:20
2.	"Heaven & Hell"	"Heaven & Hell" single	2:43
3.	"Come In You'll Get Pneumonia" (Vanda, Young, Tony Cahill)	The B-side to "The Music Goes 'Round My Head" single and the Vigil album	3:46
4.	"Lay Me Down And Die"	"Lay Me Down And Die" Australian single. B-side to "Good Times" in the U.K. and U.S. The 1974 featured the vocal version of the song instead.	3:02
5.	"Do You Have A Soul?"	The B-side to "Who'll Be The One" single and Good Friday and Friday On My Mind albums	2:41
6.	"Land Of Make Believe"	B-side to the "Good Times" single in Australia and from the Vigil album	3:13

References

• Albert Music - Best of The Easybeats - Volume 2

1. "Ideas from Easys - The Best of The Easybeats Vol. 2". Go-Set (Australia: Go-Set Publications). Nov 1969.
2. Tait, John (2010). Vanda & Young: Inside Australia's Hit Factory. New South. ISBN 978 1 74223 217 1.