Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2

Infobox Album
Name = Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2
Type = compilation
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Released = 1983
Recorded = Mid-1960's
Genre = Garage rock, Psychedelic rock
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Label = AIP Records
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Last album = Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1
This album = Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2
Next album = Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 3

"Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 2" (subtitled LA '66 / Riot on Sunset Strip) is a compilation album in the Highs in the Mid-Sixties series, featuring recordings that were released in Los Angeles, California. (Despite the subtitle, not all of these records were originally released in 1966). The subtitle is taken from "Riot on Sunset Strip" (a movie that was actually released in 1967); the film features live performances by two classic garage-rock bands, the Standells (featured on "Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1") and the Chocolate Watchband.

"Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 1", "Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 3", and "Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 20" also showcase music from Los Angeles; while two of the later CDs in the Pebbles series, "Pebbles, Volume 8" and "Pebbles, Volume 9" feature bands from throughout Southern California.

Release Data

This album was released in 1983 as an LP by AIP Records (as #AIP-10004).

Notes on the Tracks

The Bees is the band that produced the classic psychedelic rock song, "Voices Green and Purple" (included on "Pebbles, Volume 3"), which is also the color scheme for this album's cover. Side 2 opens with what is probably the earliest recording of the early Monkees hit. The Sandals are best known for providing the score for the legendary surfing movie, "the Endless Summer". The Satans appeared on "Pebbles, Volume 2" with "Makin' Deals", a song that anticipated "Sympathy for the Devil".

Track listing

ide 1

# Terry Randall: "S.O.S."
# People Of Sunset Strip: "Sunset Symphony"
# The Sandals: "Tell Us Dylan"
# The Chymes: "He's Not There Anymore"
# The Bees: "Trip To New Orleans"
# The Roosters: "One Of These Days"
# Tangents: "Hey Joe, Where You Gonna Go?"
# Ken & The Fourth Dimension: "Rovin' Heart"

ide 2

# W.C. Fields Memorial Electric String Band: "I'm Not Your Stepping Stone"
# The Satans: "Lines And Squares"
# The Dirty Shames: "I Don't Care"
# The No-Na-Mee's: "Gotta Hold On"
# Opus 1: "Back Seat '38 Dodge"
# The Second Helping: "Let Me In"
# The Grim Reepers: "Two Souls"
# The Nite Walkers: "High Class"