''Pebbles, Volume 2'' is a compilation album featuring American

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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

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on their song, "

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", and in a similar fashion to

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's snarling

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. Among the tracks on the album, the Choir's " It's Cold Outside",

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' " Bad Girl", and the Lyrics' "So What!" are arguably the most known for their additional inclusions in the '' Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968'' box set, in 1998.

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'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

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. 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.

Track listing

Side one

#The Satans: "Makin' Deals" - 2:08 #

The Moving Sidewalks The Moving Sidewalks were an American four-person psychedelic blues rock band formed in 1966 from Houston, Texas, United States. They released several singles and an album, before bassist Don Summers and keyboardist Tom Moore were drafted into th ...

: "99th Floor" - 2:13 #

The Sons of Adam The Sons of Adam (earlier the Fender IV) were an United States, American garage rock band. Originally from Baltimore, Maryland, they relocated to Los Angeles and became a regular fixture on the Sunset Strip music scene during the mid-1960s. The ...

: "Feathered Fish" - 2:28 #

: Vox wah-wah pedal advertisement - 1:03 #The Road: "You Rub Me the Wrong Way" - 2:22 #The Lyrics: "So What!" - 2:42 #The Buddahs: "Lost Innocence" - 2:10 #

The Zakary Thaks The Zakary Thaks were an American garage rock band from Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, which formed in the mid-1960s. History The band developed out of The Riptides, a teen surf group which included Chris Gerniottis (vocals), Pete Stins ...

: " Bad Girl" - 2:04 #

The Green Fuz The Green Fuz were an American garage rock band in the late 1960s, best known for their sole single, "Green Fuz", which became a classic of the genre and was covered by the Cramps. History The group was formed in Bridgeport, Texas. The members w ...

: "Green Fuz" - 2:06

Side two

The Squires The Squires or Neil Young & The Squires were a Canadian band formed in 1963 in Winnipeg. It was one of the first bands of singer-songwriter Neil Young. Recordings Young formed the Squires in 1963, and the group played at community clubs, high ...

: "Go Ahead" - 2:15, ''vinyl-only track'' #

The Little Boy Blues The Little Boy Blues were an American garage rock band from Chicago, Illinois active in the mid to late 1960s, who are considered early pioneers in protopunk. They are best known for songs such as "The Great Train Robbery" and their version of ...

: "I Can Only Give You Everything" - 2:27 #

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: "She's Gone" - 2:18 #Phil and the Fanatics: "I Must Run" - 2:40 #The Dovers: "What Am I Going to Do" - 2:28 # The Choir: " It's Cold Outside" - 2:46 #

Bobby Fuller Robert Gaston Fuller (October 22, 1942 – July 18, 1966)Bashe, P. R., & George-Warren, H., ''The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll'' (Third ed.). New York, Fireside, 2005, p. 360 was an American Rock and roll, rock singer, songwriter, ...

: "Wine Wine Wine" - 2:43 # The Litter: "I'm a Man" - 3:48, ''vinyl-only track''

1992 CD bonus tracks

#The Choir: "I'm Going Home" - 2:35 #The Avengers: "Be a Cave Man" - 1:56 #The Mark VI: "Don't Want Your Lovin'" - 2:49 #Satan and the D-Men: "She'll Lie" - 3:08 #Undesyded: "Freedom of Love" - 2:49 # The Quid: "Crazy Things" - 3:00

References

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