The Beach Boys - Shut Down Volume 2 (Capitol 1964) 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip

Shut Down Volume 2 is the fifth studio album by The Beach Boys, and the first of four they would release in 1964. The album's "Volume 2" refers to it being a follow-up to the 1963 hot rod compilation Shut Down, released by the band's label, Capitol Records, which included "409" and "Shut Down" but was not a Beach Boys album.
Recorded just as "Beatlemania" was beginning to reach American shores (and would soon profoundly affect leader Brian Wilson's writing and career goals for The Beach Boys) Shut Down Volume 2 was meant to cement the band's position as the biggest band in America. Instead, The Beatles' invasion was so overpowering that the album peaked at US #13 (though it eventually went gold).
Part of the blame for the album's less than stellar performance was due to possibly the weakest ending to any Beach Boys album, with the last three tracks being considered, by common consent, filler. And although humorous, the addition of "Cassius" Love vs. "Sonny" Wilson" (a mock-fight between Brian and Mike) served to illustrate the need to fill up the album.
However, the high points of Shut Down Volume 2 are arguably among the strongest moments in The Beach Boys' saga thus far: "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Don't Worry Baby" (Brian's response to Phil Spector's "Be My Baby"), "The Warmth of the Sun" (written just hours after JFK's assassination) and a cover of Frankie Lymon's "Why Do Fools Fall in Love". "Pom, Pom Play Girl" also features Carl Wilson's first official lead vocal on a Beach Boys song.
The front sleeve photograph, taken by Capitol staff photographer George Jerman, shows the band (now with Al Jardine making his cover debut) posing next to a selection of cool cars - notably, a blue Corvette Sting Ray owned by Dennis and Pontiac Grand Prix owned by Carl. Wikipedia

Track listing:

A1. Fun, Fun, Fun
A2. Don’t Worry Baby
A3. In the Parkin’ Lot
A4. “Cassius” Love vs. “Sonny” Wilson
A5. The Warmth of the Sun
A6. This Car of Mine

B1. Why Do Fools Fall In Love
B2. Pom, Pom Play Girl
B3. Keep an Eye on Summer
B4. Shut Down, Part II
B5. Louie, Louie
B6. Denny’s Drums

Produced by Brian Wilson