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This compilation was put out by Rhino back in the '80s as a "companion" to their Turtles 20 Greatest Hits collection. While 20 Greatest Hits was basically a collection of tracks that were released as single A-sides (whether they were actual "hits" or not), Turtle Wax: The Best Of The Turtles, Volume 2 is a real mixed bag, including
- A couple more single A-sides: "House On The Hill" and "Is It Any Wonder" (the latter of which was a post-break-up single [like "Me About You" and "Eve Of Destruction," which were on 20 Greatest Hits], and first appeared on the Golden Hits compilation from '67)
- Some single B-sides: "Almost There"; "Wanderin' Kind"; "Your Maw Said You Cried"; "Like The Seasons"; "Surfer Dan"; "Somewhere Friday Nite"; "We Ain't Gonna Party No More"
- A few non-single tracks from the group's "original," i.e., pre-break-up albums: "Glitter And Gold"; "It Was A Very Good Year"; "Just A Room"; "Makin' My Mind Up"; "The Battle Of The Bands"; "Earth Anthem"
- A couple of tracks, "I Get Out Of Breath" and "We'll Meet Again" (unedited), that ended up on the post-break-up "album" Wooden Head
- One track, "So Goes Love," that was not released on any singles or albums but appeared on the Golden Hits compilation from '67
- A pair of tracks, "Goodbye Surprise" and "There You Sit Lonely," that were recorded for the originally-shelved album Shell Shock (as was "We Ain't Gonna Party No More"), but weren't released until after the group broke up; "There You Sit Lonely" was first released on the Happy Together Again! compilation in '74, but "Goodbye Surprise" didn't appear until Rhino put out the Shell Shock album (unfinished) in the '80s
Although I think the track sequence of this compilation is kind of odd (the CD begins with the latest tracks on the collection, with the earliest ones appearing near the middle or the end), I love the fact that the CD doesn't concentrate on the hits but solely on tracks that were NOT hits --- that fact makes this CD unique; there aren't any other Turtles CDs that do that (as far as I know). If you're looking for a single-CD collection that has the hits, there's plenty out of them out there. (However, new copies of most of them aren't exactly cheap, as most of them are apparently out of print! In fact, the Save The Turtles compilation is the ONLY one that is [as far as I know] currently IN print!) But, if you want a single-CD Turtles collection that doesn't focus on hits, but instead provides a great sample of tracks for which the group is less known, this is literally THE one to get, if you can find it for a good price (yes, it is also out of print!).
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