''Shut Down Volume 2'' is the fifth album by the American rock band

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, released March 2, 1964 on

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. Produced by

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, it is the follow-up to the band's ''

Little Deuce Coupe ''Little Deuce Coupe'' is the fourth album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released October 7, 1963 on Capitol Records. It reached number 4 in the US during a chart stay of 46 weeks, and was eventually certified platinum by the RIA ...

'', released the previous October, and to '' Shut Down'', a Capitol

compilation album A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for rel ...

. ''Shut Down Volume 2'' was the first of three studio albums that the band released in 1964, and the first recorded without guitarist

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, who departed from the band following disagreements with manager

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. The album reached number 13 in the US during a chart stay of 38 weeks.

Rediscovered master tapes

The multi-tracks for ''Shut Down Volume 2'' went missing shortly after the album's release. In 2009, three reels of session outtakes were unexpectedly retrieved with the help of biographer

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, thanks to a fan who had found and kept the tapes untouched for years. New stereophonic mixes were created by producers Mark Linett and Alan Boyd for the compilation ''

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'', which includes an alternate version of " Why Do Fools Fall in Love" featuring a never-before-heard unused intro section as well as a new stereo mix of " Don't Worry Baby". With these reels, new stereo mixes of "

Fun, Fun, Fun "Fun, Fun, Fun" is a song by the American rock band the Beach Boys from their 1964 album '' Shut Down Volume 2''. Written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love, it was released as a single in February, backed with " Why Do Fools Fall in Love". "Fun, Fu ...

", "

The Warmth of the Sun "The Warmth of the Sun" is a song written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love for the American rock band The Beach Boys. It was released on their 1964 album ''Shut Down Volume 2'' and as the B-side of the " Dance, Dance, Dance" single, which charted at ...

" and "Pom Pom Play Girl" were also created in 2013; the first two of these three appearing along with the aforementioned remixed songs on the ''

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'' box set, and all five remixes surfacing on the 2014 compilation ''

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'', which featured select session highlights from these reels.

Track listing

Personnel

Partial credits sourced from Craig Slowinski, includes all tracks except ""Cassius" Love vs. "Sonny" Wilson", "This Car of Mine", "Shut Down, Part II" and "Louie, Louie". Boyd, Alan, Linett, Mark,
Mirror
/ref> Instrumental credits for "This Car of Mine" taken from Jon Stebbins. Track numbers in parenthesis. The Beach Boys *

Al Jardine Alan Charles Jardine (born September 3, 1942) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best known as the band's rhythm guitarist and for occasionally singing lead vocals on singles such as " Help Me, Rh ...

- backing vocals , bass guitar , rhythm electric guitar * Mike Love - lead vocals , backing vocals , tenor saxophone *

– lead vocals , backing vocals , piano ,

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organ *

Carl Wilson Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in ...

– lead vocals , backing vocals , electric guitar *

Dennis Wilson Dennis Carl Wilson (December 4, 1944 – December 28, 1983) was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He is best remembered as their drummer and as the middle brother of bandmates Brian and Carl Wilson. ...

– lead vocals , backing vocals , drums , floor tom Additional musicians *

Ray Pohlman Merlyn Ray Pohlman (July 22, 1930 – November 1, 1990) was an American session musician and arranger who played both upright bass and bass guitar, and also did sessions as a guitarist. He is credited with being the first electric bass player i ...

– 6-string bass guitar , bass guitar *

Hal Blaine Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. ...

– drums , tambourine , bell-tree , percussion , timpani * Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone *

Jay Migliori Jay Migliori (November 14, 1930 – September 2, 2001) was an American saxophonist, best known as a founding member of Supersax, a tribute band to Charlie Parker. Biography Migliori started playing the saxophone after he received one as a birthday ...

– baritone saxophone *

Leon Russell Leon Russell (born Claude Russell Bridges; April 2, 1942 – November 13, 2016) was an American musician and songwriter who was involved with numerous bestselling records during his 60-year career that spanned multiple genres, including rock and ...

– piano , tack piano *

Bill Pitman William Keith Pitman (February 12, 1920 – August 11, 2022) was an American guitarist and session musician. As a first-call studio musician working in Los Angeles, Pitman played on some of the most celebrated and influential records of the ro ...

– archtop acoustic guitar * Tommy Tedesco – electric guitar * Jimmy Bond – double bass *

Frank Capp Francis Cappuccio (August 20, 1931 – September 12, 2017), known professionally as Frank Capp, was an American jazz drummer. Capp also played on numerous rock and roll sessions and is considered to be a member of The Wrecking Crew. Biography ...

– glockenspiel , temple blocks , castanets *

Al de Lory Alfred V. De Lory (January 31, 1930 – February 5, 2012) was an American record producer, arranger, conductor and session musician. He was the producer and arranger of a series of worldwide hits by Glen Campbell in the 1960s, including John Har ...

– piano *

Plas Johnson Plas John Johnson Jr. (born July 21, 1931) is an American soul-jazz and hard bop tenor saxophonist, probably most widely known as the tenor saxophone soloist on Henry Mancini’s "The Pink Panther Theme". He also performs on alto and baritone sa ...

– tenor saxophone

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control The Beach Boys albums 1964 albums Capitol Records albums Albums produced by Brian Wilson Rock-and-roll albums Albums recorded at Gold Star Studios Albums recorded at United Western Recorders