The album, briefly revived on CD in the late 1980s, went out of print, but was reissued by Rhino in November 2008.

Whereas the original Best of Bee Gees had focused on songs that had been major hits for the group in America and/or the United Kingdom up to 1969, this follow-up collection featured 1969–72 chart hits and also album tracks from their late-1960s albums Horizontal, Idea and Odessa, plus "Morning of My Life" – which featured on the soundtrack of the 1971 film Melody – and Robin Gibb's big 1969 non-US solo hit Saved by the Bell.

The U.S. (RSO SO 875) and Canadian (RSO 2394 112) releases of this album included the song "Wouldn't I Be Someone" from the Bee Gees' unreleased album A Kick In The Head Is Worth Eight In The Pants and rearranged the tracks in the following order: Side 1 Side 2 The German version of Best of Bee Gees Vol.

2 on Polydor (Stereo Vinyl 2480 030, music cassette 3194033) featured many different tracks, including solo work by all the three brothers.

The cover features different photos and the front and back, taken by German photographer Klaus Köhler.