''Volume 2'' is a compilation album by American rock band

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. 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

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recordings, as well as skits and samples from the first ''CKY'' video, and recordings of prank calls performed by

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. 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 Ginsburg on a 24-track tape and an ADAT in Newtown, Pennsylvania, drummer

Jess Margera Jesse Margera (born August 28, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band CKY, which he co-founded in 1997. Prior to CKY, Margera performed in the band Foreign Objects with former CKY vocalist and guitarist D ...

on a four-track tape in West Chester, Pennsylvania, John Teague on an ADAT in

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, and Dave Kurtz on an eight-track tape in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.

's prank calls were recorded by DiCamillo and Margera in West Chester. The songs on ''Volume 2'' largely include rough

s of subsequently released songs, early recordings of songs later released by Foreign Objects (a band featuring CKY members Deron Miller and Margera), and alternate mixes and recordings of ''Volume 1'' tracks. ''Volume 2'' is the original album on which the song "Shippensburg" was released. Originally recorded in 1997 for ''Volume 1'', but later removed as it "didn't fit well with the album", "Shippensburg" became one of the most popular songs among CKY fans, as noted by Jess Margera when revealing the news of 2011 compilation '' B-Sides & Rarities'', on which the song also features. Due to the majority of the album's contents featuring on the first ''CKY'' video, it is often considered as a soundtrack album for the film, and was described as such on the band's website. The video's two main stars, DiCamillo and

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, are featured on a number of songs including "Step to CKY", "Santa's Coming" and "Drunken Freestyle".

Release

''Volume 2'' was originally released on February 27, 1999, in a limited run of 1,200 copies. It was later released on April 1, 2001, limited to 5,000 copies, and was finally released in unlimited runs starting July 1, 2002. In between the first and second pressings of the album, a limited edition of 100 copies was reportedly produced and distributed by drummer

with a different track listing. A 5,000 copy-run of the album was released on

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on July 5, 2003. Due to both the rough nature of many of the tracks on ''Volume 2'', as well as the rarity of the album itself, a number of songs have been included on later releases: "Genesis 12a", "Santa's Coming", "Shippensburg", the "Rio Bravo" remix, "Foreign Objects #10" and the "Disengage the Simulator" demo were included on the 2000

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(EP) '' Disengage the Simulator''. "Genesis 12a", "Testing", "Foreign Objects #10" and "Planetary" were later released on the 2004 Foreign Objects album '' Universal Culture Shock'', under the titles of "Genesis 12/A", "Test It Out", "Universal Culture Shock" and "Planetary", respectively; and "Shippensburg" was also released on the compilation album '' B-Sides & Rarities'' in 2011. According to Miller, as of August 2015 the album has sold over 6,500 copies, making it the second-lowest-selling CKY album ahead of ''B-Sides & Rarities''.

Track listing

;Original release ;1999 reissue ;2001 – 2-CD reissue ;2002 – 2-CD reissue ;2003 – vinyl reissue

Personnel

* Deron Miller – guitar, bass, vocals ("Shippensbam", "Fairman's Song" and "Sucky Christmas") *

Chad I Ginsburg Chad I Ginsburg (born April 24, 1972), also credited as CiG, is an American musician, singer and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist, producer and current vocalist of West Chester-based band CKY, which he co-founded in 1998. Prio ...

– guitar, vocals ("Chad's in Hi-Fi"), programming ("Fat Fuck") *

– drums *

– vocals ("Foolin'", "Bon Jovi", "Shippensbam", "Kerry Getz", "Step to CKY", "My Music Bam Bam" and "Santa's Coming"), bass ("Drunken Freestyle"), photography (reissues) *

– vocals ("Eye of the Tiger" and "Drunken Freestyle"),

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s *

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– photography *Rob Erickson – design and layout (original edition) *

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– design and layout (reissues) *Adam Wallacavage – photography (reissues)

References

External links

* {{Authority control CKY (band) albums 1999 albums Sequel albums