Greatest Hits Volume 2

Side 1	Side 2
1. A Hard Day's Night	1. Anna
2. Boys	2. Ticket To Ride
3. I Should Have Known Better	3. Eight Days A Week
4. I Feel Fine	4. Help!
5. She's A Woman	5. Yesterday
6. Till There Was You	6. We Can Work It Out
7. Rock and Roll Music	7. Day Tripper

Pressing & Mastering

Format	First Issued	Side 1	Side 2	Parts
Mono	16-Feb-67	✎XAPAX 75	✎XAPAX 76	AU
Stereo	16-Feb-67	✎YAPAX 1009	✎YAPAX 1010	AU
Stereo	8-Jun-82	✎YAPAX 1009-2 OR	✎YAPAX 1010-2 OR	AU

Sleeve Information

Code	Circulated	Comments
AU1	Feb-67	Mono + stereo catalogue numbers; flipback sleeve; non-laminated
AU2	69	Mono + stereo catalogue numbers; non-flipback sleeve
AU3	Dec-69	Stereo catalogue number only; non-flipback sleeve

Overview
Although Greatest Hits Volume 2 appeared in February 1967, its origins lay in the same early-1966 project as Volume 1. EMI (Australia) prepared both selections together, requesting British stereo tapes for recordings not already held locally.

That timing explains why neither compilation extended beyond 1965. It also preserved, across the two volumes, the 1965 stereo mixes of ‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’, ‘Day Tripper’ and ‘We Can Work It Out’, rather than the new mixes made in November 1966 for A Collection of Beatles Oldies.

Volume 2 offered a particular attraction to overseas collectors: until the original 1980 release of the eight-LP The Beatles Box, it was the only album worldwide containing the stereo mix of ‘She’s A Woman’. The Australian mono edition was made by folding down the stereo production master; further details appear on the Production Master Tape page.

Its sleeve likewise reflected the project’s earlier preparation, combining elements from the American Beatles ’65 with photographs from Beatles VI not used on Volume 1.

Otto Ruiter recut the album at Studios 301 in June 1982 using Maxicut. This version is particularly recommended for its substantially improved sound quality.

Neither Australian volume disappeared when newer compilations arrived. Both continued selling until EMI (Australia)’s local vinyl manufacture ended in November 1990, and Volume 2 survived on cassette well into the following decade. In 1992, it entered EMI’s global “7 series” as 0 777[7 80210 4] 9, arguably elevating this locally devised compilation to a place in the wider core catalogue.

The project also supported overseas manufacture. EMI (Australia) sent mono mothers for Volume 1 to HMV New Zealand, which produced local PMCM-7533 copies and export copies for Australia. Stereo mothers for both volumes went to EMI South East Asia, where S-LPEA 1001 and S-LPEA 1002 served Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong.