The Best of The Guess Who Volume II is the fifth compilation album by the Canadian group The Guess Who. It was originally released by RCA Records in 1973,The Guess Who, The Best of The Guess Who Volume II Retrieved February 6, 2019 at Discogs and contains recordings made between 1970 and 1973.
Release history
In addition to the usual two-channel stereo version the album was also released by RCA in a four-channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release used the Quadradisc system. The album peaked at number 186 on the Billboard 200 in January 1974.
In 1979, Pickwick Records reissued the album under license from RCA. This budget version omits the songs "Sour Suite" and "Guns, Guns, Guns". (When RCA in Canada reissued this album on cassette in 1985, they used the Pickwick track listing.)
RCA first issued the album on compact disc in 1992. In 2019, the album was reissued in the UK by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. The disc also contains the 1972 album Rockin'. The Dutton Vocalion release contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.The Guess Who – Rockin' & The Best Of The Guess Who Volume II release on SACD Retrieved June 23, 2019
Track listing
Tracks 1 & 2: non-album single (1971)
Tracks 3, 4 & 5: from the album So Long, Bannatyne (1971)
Tracks 6 & 7: from the album Rockin' (1972)
Track 8: from the album Live at the Paramount (1972)
Tracks 9 & 10: from the album Artificial Paradise (1973)
Track 11: from the album #10 (1973)
1979 Pickwick/Camden LP and 1985 RCA cassette track listing
Personnel The Guess Who on tracks 1−7 Burton Cummings − lead vocals, keyboards Kurt Winter − lead guitar Greg Leskiw − rhythm guitar, backing vocals Jim Kale − bass, backing vocals Garry Peterson − drums, backing vocals
on track 8 Burton Cummings – lead vocals, keyboards Kurt Winter – lead guitar Donnie McDougall − rhythm guitar, backing vocals Jim Kale − bass, backing vocals Garry Peterson – drums
on tracks 9−11 Burton Cummings – lead vocals, keyboards Kurt Winter – lead guitar Donnie McDougall − rhythm guitar, backing vocals Bill Wallace – bass, backing vocals Garry Peterson – drums
Additional personnel Jack Richardson − producer Brian Christian − engineer and Quadraphonic remix
Charts Chart (1973) Peakposition
Certifications
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