English Freakbeat, Volume 2 is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 in the English Freakbeat series

English Freakbeat series

The English Freakbeat Series is a group of compilation albums that were issued by AIP Records featuring recordings that were released in the mid-1960s by English rock bands in the early punk, proto-punk, R&B, mod, and beat genres...

 that has been issued in both LP and CD format.

Release Data

The album was released as an LP in 1989 by AIP Records

AIP Records

AIP Records is a record label that was started by Greg Shaw's Bomp! Records, being launched in 1983 to continue the Pebbles series. The abbreviation AIP stands for "Archive International Productions". The first 10 volumes in the Pebbles series had been released by BFD Records of Kookaburra,...

 (as #AIP-10047) and as a CD in 1996 (as #AIP-CD-1047).

Vinyl-Only Tracks and CD Bonus Tracks

The English Freakbeat LPs and CDs have most tracks in common, although not always in the same order, and some of the LP tracks were not included on the CDs. Also, the CD bonus tracks are not always at the end of the album. Thus, for clarity, we have shown tracks for both editions of the album, with vinyl-only tracks and CD bonus tracks indicated.

LP

Side 1:

1. Glen Athens & the Trojans: "Let Me Show You" — rel. 1965
2. The Sessions: "Let Me In" — rel. 1965
3. Mickey Finn: "Garden of My Mind" — rel. 1967
4. The Kubas: "I Love Her"
5. The Beat Merchants: "So Fine" — rel. 1965
6. Wolfpack: "We're Gonna Howl"
7. The Syndicats
   The Syndicats
   The Syndicats were an English group, who were Steve Howe's first band. Their three singles on Columbia were produced by Joe Meek. When lead guitarist Howe left for Tomorrow in 1965, he was replaced by Ray Fenwick. Fenwick played lead guitar on the band's most famous song "Crawdaddy Simone"...
   
   : "Howlin' for My Baby" (Howlin' Wolf
   Howlin' Wolf
   Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
   
   )

Side 2:

1. The Soul Agents: "Gospel Train"
2. The Soul Agents: "Let's Make it Pretty Easy" (John Lee Hooker
   John Lee Hooker
   John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.Hooker began his life as the son of a sharecropper, William Hooker, and rose to prominence performing his own unique style of what was originally closest to Delta blues. He developed a 'talking blues' style that was his trademark...
   
   ), vinyl-only track
3. The Muleskinners: "Back Door Man" — rel. 1965
4. The Wheels: "Don't You Know"
5. The Blueberries: "Please Don't Let Me Know" — rel. 1966
6. The Beat Merchants: "Messin' with the Man" — rel. 1964
7. The Dakotas: "7 Pounds of Potatoes" — rel. 1967

CD

1. Glenn Athens & the Trojans: "Let Me Show You" — rel. 1965
2. The Sessions: "Let Me In" — rel. 1965
3. Mickey Finn: "Garden of My Mind" — rel. 1967
4. Mickey Finn: "Time to Start Loving You" — rel. 1967, CD bonus track
5. The Kubas: "I Love Her"
6. The Koobas
   The Koobas
   The Koobas were an English beat group from Liverpool. Their music, and their early history, is similar in some ways to that of fellow Liverpudlians The Beatles, though they never achieved widespread popularity.-History:...
   
   : "Face", CD bonus track
7. The Beat Merchants: "So Fine" — rel. 1965
8. The Beat Merchants: "Messin' with the Man" — rel. 1964
9. The Wolf Pack: "We're Gonna Howl"
10. The Syndicats
    The Syndicats
    The Syndicats were an English group, who were Steve Howe's first band. Their three singles on Columbia were produced by Joe Meek. When lead guitarist Howe left for Tomorrow in 1965, he was replaced by Ray Fenwick. Fenwick played lead guitar on the band's most famous song "Crawdaddy Simone"...
    
    : "Howlin' for My Baby" (Howlin' Wolf
    Howlin' Wolf
    Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
    
    )
11. The Soul Agents: "Gospel Train"
12. The Soul Agents: "I Just Wanna Make Love to You", CD bonus track
13. The Muleskinners: "Back Door Man" (Howlin' Wolf
    Howlin' Wolf
    Chester Arthur Burnett , known as Howlin' Wolf, was an influential American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player....
    
    ) — rel. 1965
14. The Muleskinners: "Missed Your Lovin'", CD bonus track
15. The Wheels: "Don't You Know" — rel. 1965
16. The Wheels: "Road Block" — rel. 1965
17. The Blueberries: "Please Don't Let Me Know" — rel. 1966
18. The Blueberries: "It's Gonna Work out Fine" — rel. 1966, CD bonus track
19. The Blue Rondos: "Little Baby", CD bonus track
20. The Dakotas: "7 Pounds of Potatoes" — rel. 1967
21. The Limeys: "Cara-Lin" — rel. 1966, CD bonus track
22. The Lancasters: "Earthshaker" — rel. 1964, CD bonus track
23. The Lancasters: "Satan's Holiday" — rel. 1964, CD bonus track