And, in a way, the timing was fortuitous in that there weren't nearly enough post-1969 hits to fill up the album. Ideally, RSO Records could have waited another year or more before doing a second best-of album, but as the Bee Gees' Life in a Tin Can album and the accompanying single had barely charted, and their intended follow-up, 'A Kick in the Head Is Worth Eight in the Pants,' had been junked after an extended period in production, Best of Bee Gees, Vol. 2, by contrast, was released amid the collapse of the group's commercial fortunes that had begun in late 1972. The group's first best-of album had coincided with the trio's split in mid-1969, a point when they had more than enough hits worldwide (a couple of which had never been on album) to justify and fill such an album. This album, which originally appeared on LP in several slightly different versions and song lineups in different countries, came out at an unlikely moment.