VOLUME 2 was the last original TJB album that I owned up through about the SOUNDS LIKE/NINTH era. I'd gotten them all to that point except VOLUME 2. When I was ready to buy it, I had my sister pick one up for me with her discount at "S. Klein On The Square", a suburban Philly department store. So this was well past the prime time of VOLUME 2, either original or reissue. The one she picked up for me was a mono version, which I made do with until sometime in the 70s when I replaced it with a stereo version.
Both of those issues had the second back with the large Herb picture and I didn't think anything more about the album for years. In the late 90s on this very site, I got to see small images of the first issue of VOLUME 2's rear cover. And it wasn't until I actually splurged, looking for mono copies of albums that I didn't have any longer. The VOLUME 2 mono copy I now have has that original back.
Both of those issues had the second back with the large Herb picture and I didn't think anything more about the album for years. In the late 90s on this very site, I got to see small images of the first issue of VOLUME 2's rear cover. And it wasn't until I actually splurged, looking for mono copies of albums that I didn't have any longer. The VOLUME 2 mono copy I now have has that original back.