Shut Down Volume 2

Shut Down Volume 2 is the fifth album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released March 2, 1964 on Capitol Records. Produced by Brian Wilson, it is the follow-up to the band's Little Deuce Coupe, released the previous October, and to Shut Down, a Capitol compilation album. Shut Down Volume 2 was the first of three studio albums that the band released in 1964, and the first recorded without guitarist David Marks, who departed from the band following disagreements with manager Murry Wilson. The album reached number 13 in the US during a chart stay of 38 weeks.

Shut Down Volume 2
Studio album by the Beach Boys
Released	March 2, 1964
Recorded	January 1–10, February 19–20, 1964
Studio	Western and Gold Star, Hollywood
Genre	Hot rod rock
Length	27:05
Label	Capitol
Producer	Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys chronology
Little Deuce Coupe (1963) Shut Down Volume 2 (1964) All Summer Long (1964)
The Beach Boys UK chronology
Surfin' Safari (1963) Shut Down Volume 2 (1964) The Beach Boys' Christmas Album (1964)
Singles from Shut Down Vol. 2
"Fun, Fun, Fun" b/w "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" Released: February 3, 1964

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
Record Mirror	^[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[5]

Rediscovered master tapes

The multi-tracks for Shut Down Volume 2 went missing shortly after the album's release. In 2009, three reels of session outtakes were unexpectedly retrieved with the help of biographer Jon Stebbins, thanks to a fan who had found and kept the tapes untouched for years. New stereophonic mixes were created by producers Mark Linett and Alan Boyd for the compilation Summer Love Songs, which includes an alternate version of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love" featuring a never-before-heard unused intro section as well as a new stereo mix of "Don't Worry Baby".^[6]

With these reels, new stereo mixes of "Fun, Fun, Fun", "The Warmth of the Sun" and "Pom Pom Play Girl" were also created in 2013; the first two of these three appearing along with the aforementioned remixed songs on the Made in California box set, and all five remixes surfacing on the 2014 compilation Keep an Eye on Summer – The Beach Boys Sessions 1964, which featured select session highlights from these reels.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal(s)	Length
1.	"Fun, Fun, Fun"	Brian Wilson Mike Love	Love	2:03
2.	"Don't Worry Baby"	B. Wilson Roger Christian	B. Wilson	2:47
3.	"In the Parkin' Lot"	B. Wilson Christian	Love	2:01
4.	" 'Cassius' Love vs. 'Sonny' Wilson"	Love B. Wilson	group – comedy sketch	3:30
5.	"The Warmth of the Sun"	B. Wilson Love	B. Wilson	2:51
6.	"This Car of Mine"	B. Wilson Love	Dennis Wilson	1:35

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal(s)	Length
7.	"Why Do Fools Fall in Love"	Frankie Lymon George Goldner	B. Wilson	2:07
8.	"Pom, Pom Play Girl"	B. Wilson Gary Usher	Carl Wilson Love	1:30
9.	"Keep an Eye on Summer"	B. Wilson Bob Norberg	B. Wilson Love	2:21
10.	"Shut Down, Part II"	C. Wilson	instrumental	2:07
11.	"Louie, Louie"	Richard Berry	C. Wilson Love	2:17
12.	"Denny's Drums"	D. Wilson	instrumental	1:56
Total length:				27:05

Surfer Girl / Shut Down Volume 2 1990/2001 CD reissue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead vocal(s)	Length
13.	"Fun, Fun, Fun" (Single Version)	B. Wilson Love	Love	2:21
14.	"In My Room" (German Version)	B. Wilson Usher	B. Wilson	2:20
15.	"I Do"	B. Wilson Christian	Love B. Wilson	3:06
Total length:				34:52

Personnel

Partial credits sourced from Craig Slowinski, includes all tracks except ""Cassius" Love vs. "Sonny" Wilson", "This Car of Mine", "Shut Down, Part II" and "Louie, Louie".^[7] Instrumental credits for "This Car of Mine" taken from Jon Stebbins.^[8] Track numbers in parentheses.

The Beach Boys

• Al Jardine - backing vocals (1-3, 5, 7-9), bass guitar (1-3, 6, 8-9), rhythm electric guitar (5)
• Mike Love - lead vocals (1, 3, 8–9, 11), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7–9), tenor saxophone (8)
• Brian Wilson – lead vocals (2, 5, 7, 9), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7–9), piano (1–3, 5–9), Hammond B-3 organ (1)
• Carl Wilson – lead vocals (8, 11), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7–9), electric guitar (1–3, 5–6, 8–11)
• Dennis Wilson – lead vocals (6), backing vocals (1–3, 5, 7–9), drums (1–3, 5–6, 8–9, 12), floor tom (8)

Additional musicians

• Ray Pohlman – 6-string bass guitar (1), bass guitar (5, 7)
• Hal Blaine – drums (1, 7), tambourine (1), bell-tree (5), percussion (5), timpani (7)
• Steve Douglas – tenor saxophone (1, 5, 7)
• Jay Migliori – baritone saxophone (1, 5, 7)
• Leon Russell – piano (7), tack piano (7)
• Bill Pitman – archtop acoustic guitar (7)
• Tommy Tedesco – electric guitar (7)
• Jimmy Bond – double bass (7)
• Frank Capp – glockenspiel (7), temple blocks (7), castanets (7)
• Al de Lory – piano (7)
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone (7)

Charts

Chart (1964)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LPs	13^[9]

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r60307
2. Wolk, Douglas (October 2004). . Blender. Archived from the original on June 30, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
3. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). London: Oxford University Press. p. 479. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
4. Jopling, Norman (August 29, 1964). (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 181. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
5. Brackett, Nathan; with Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p. 46. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
6. Starkey, Glen (August 26, 2009). "The reel deal". New Times.
7. Boyd, Alan, Linett, Mark, Slowinski, Craig (2014). Keep an Eye On Summer 1964 (Digital Liner). The Beach Boys. Capitol Records. Mirror
8. Stebbins, Jon (September 1, 2011). The Beach Boys FAQ: All That's Left to Know About America's Band. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4584-2918-6.
9. "Shut Down, Vol. 2 – The Beach Boys: Awards". AllMusic.

External links

• Shut Down Volume 2 at Discogs (list of releases)