Greatest Hits Volume 2 (Beatles album) Greatest Hits Volume 2 (Beatles album) Greatest Hits Volume 2 is a greatest hits compilation album by The Beatles which was exclusive to Australia. The album was compiled by EMI Australia to fill in the gap between "Revolver" and "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band". The compilation and its predecessor were both originally conceived in early 1966, when EMI Australia requested stereo tapes from their UK branch for tracks not already in the Australian vaults. This meant the album contains the original 1965 stereo mixes of "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" rather than the new stereo mixes
The Beatles' 1966 tour of Germany, Japan and the Philippines their longtime manager, Brian Epstein, and make the decision to end their career as live performers that year. By contrast, the stay in Tokyo established an enduring bond between the Beatles and Japan, where each of the band members visited or performed in the decades following the group's break-up. Brian Epstein, the Beatles' manager, had intended that 1966 would follow the format of the previous two years, in which the Beatles had made a feature film with an accompanying soundtrack album, toured in North America and select countries during the summer months, and then recorded a second album for a