The Best of The Guess Who Volume II


The Best of The Guess Who Volume II is the fifth compilation album by the Canadian group The Guess Who. It was originally released by RCA Records in 1973, and contains recordings made between 1970 and 1973.

Release history

In addition to the usual two-channel stereo version the album was also released by RCA in a four-channel quadraphonic version on LP record and 8-track tape in 1974. The quad LP release used the Quadradisc system. The album peaked at number 186 on the Billboard 200 in January 1974.
In 1979, Pickwick Records reissued this album under license from RCA. This budget version omits the songs "Sour Suite" and "Guns, Guns, Guns".
The first CD issue was released in 1992 by RCA. In 2019, the album was reissued in the UK by Dutton Vocalion on the Super Audio CD format. The disc also contains the 1972 album Rockin'. The Dutton Vocalion release contains the complete stereo and quad versions of both albums.

Track listing

Tracks 1 & 2: non-album single
Tracks 3, 4 & 5: from the album So Long, Bannatyne
Tracks 6 & 7: from the album Rockin'
Track 8: from the album Live at the Paramount
Tracks 9 & 10: from the album Artificial Paradise
Track 11: from the album ''#10''

Personnel

;The Guess Who
on tracks 1−7
on track 8
  • Burton Cummings – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Kurt Winter – lead guitar
  • Donnie McDougall − rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Jim Kale − bass, backing vocals
  • Garry Peterson – drums
on tracks 9−11
  • Burton Cummings – lead vocals, keyboards
  • Kurt Winter – lead guitar
  • Donnie McDougall − rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Bill Wallace – bass, backing vocals
  • Garry Peterson – drums
;Additional personnel
  • Jack Richardson − producer
  • Brian Christian − engineer and Quadraphonic remix