So in general, there are two different Gradius IIs: Gradius 2 for the MSX, which is specifically a sequel to MSX Gradius 1, and Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou, which is the arcade mainline Gradius game that most of us probably think of. They have different storylines and soundtracks. I seem to recall that Konami is pretty consistent about differentiating between 2 and II, but I haven't been around this area in a while so I may be misremembering.
However, none of that matters here because our notes were in error; all of the songs here are from Gradius II (arcade), and the album does in fact say this. It's just that, for some reason, track 4 is noted as being from "Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou" with subtitle and track 5 is noted as being from "Gradius II" without subtitle. This doesn't appear to be a significant difference (there is technically a "Gradius II" without subtitle for NES, but it doesn't have Maximum Speed in its soundtrack, so I doubt it's referring to that).
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