The Kingsmen Volume II

The Kingsmen Volume II is the second album by the rock band The Kingsmen, released in 1964.

The Kingsmen Volume II
US cover
Studio album by
The Kingsmen
Released1964
GenreGarage rock
Length35:59
LabelWand
ProducerJerden Productions, Stan Green
The Kingsmen chronology
The Kingsmen in Person
(1963)		 The Kingsmen Volume II
(1964)		 The Kingsmen Volume 3
(1965)
Alternative cover
UK cover

Release and reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 September 12, 1964 issue of Cash Box magazine reviewed the album:[3]

The Kingsmen, who are still scoring with their initial "Louie, Louie" album, seem destined to go a like success route with this raunchy, hard-driving package of recent vintage selections and oldies. The guys pull out all the stops as they render pulsating readings of "Little Latin Lupe Lu," "Long Green" and "Great Balls Of Fire." Disk should skyrocket.

The album title is "Volume II" on the front of the LP jacket and "Volume 2" on the spine, 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. International releases included Canada (Reo 674) and United Kingdom (Pye International NPL 28054, 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
  1. Kingsmen Introduction – 2:11 (Lynn Easton)
  2. Little Latin Lupe Lu – 2:36 (Phil Medley)
  3. Long Green – 2:38 (Lynn Easton)
  4. Do You Love Me – 2:37 (Berry Gordy)
  5. New Orleans – 2:24 (Frank Guida, Joseph Royster)
  6. Walking the Dog – 2:09 (Rufus Thomas)
  7. David's Mood – 2:07 (Dave Lewis)
  8. Something's Got a Hold on Me – 3:10 (Pearl Woods, Etta James, Leroy Kirkland)
  9. Let the Good Times Roll – 1:53 (Shirley Goodman, Leonard Lee)
  10. Ooh Poo Pah Doo – 3:02 (Jessie Hill)
  11. Great Balls of Fire – 1:48 (Otis Blackwell, Jack Hammer)[4]
  12. Linda Lou – 2:33 (Ray Sharpe)
  13. Death of An Angel – 2:33 (Donald Woods)
  14. And You Believed Him† – 2:31 (Lynn Easton)
  15. Give Her Lovin'† – 1:47 (Lynn 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
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. "The Kingsmen, Volume II track list". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums. Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-117-9.
  3. Cash Box magazine, September 12, 1964, p. 22.
  4. LP and CD incorrectly cite J.L. Lewis as songwriter.
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