Shut Down Vol. 2
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| Studio album by The Beach Boys | ||||
| Released | March 2, 1964 | |||
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January 1–10, February 19–20, 1964, United Western Recorders and Gold Star Studios, Hollywood |
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| Genre | Hot rod rock | |||
| Length | 27:05 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Brian Wilson | |||
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Shut Down Volume 2 is the fifth studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on March 2, 1964 on Capitol. Produced by Brian Wilson, it was the first of three studio albums that the band would release in 1964. The album is the first not to feature rhythm guitarist David Marks, who departed from the band following disagreements with manager Murry Wilson.
The "Volume 2" in the album's title refers to a previously released multi-artist compilation album featuring and named after the Beach Boys' song "Shut Down", issued eight months earlier by the band's label, Capitol. Shut Down Volume 2 reached number 13 in the US charts during a stay of 38 weeks.
The name of the record is based on the Shut Down hot rod compilation released by Capitol in July 1963. The multi-artist compilation, including the Beach Boys songs "Shut Down" and "409", peaked at number seven on the Billboard album charts, showing for 44 weeks.
This was the first album to not include David Marks as a performing member, though he remained a legal member until September 27, 1967. While band mate Al Jardine had appeared on three of the previous four studio albums, this is the first to show him on a front sleeve photograph, taken by Capitol staff photographer George Jerman. The cover shows the band posing next to a selection of cars - notably, a Corvette Sting Ray owned by Dennis Wilson and Pontiac Grand Prix owned by brother Carl.
Recorded just as "Beatlemania" was reaching American shores, Shut Down Volume 2 was intended to solidify the Beach Boys' position as one of the most successful acts in America, furthering string tally of hit singles and albums they'd amassed over the past two years. The album was marketed as a "hot rod" collection after its predecessor Little Deuce Coupe and the compilation album Shut Down had performed successfully, despite this, less than half of the songs on the album mention cars.
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