The Animals - The Mickie Most Years And More (2013) [5-CD Box Set] Re-up

It’s hard to believe that the first four albums by one of the British Invasion’s best bands have never been released on CD before. But they’re finally here, gathered on ’The Animals: The Mickie Most Years and More’ box set. The five discs collect the group’s first four LPs — ‘The Animals,’ ‘The Animals on Tour,’ ‘Animal Tracks’ and ‘Animalization’ — plus a bunch of extras. There are 61 songs in all. The set, released by ABKCO Records through Real Gone Music.









Track Listing

01. I Just Wanna Make Love To You (3:46)
02. Big Boss Man (3:44)
03. Boom Boom (3:49)
04. Pretty Thing (2:37)

Produced by Mickie Most






The Animals is the self-titled American debut album from British invasion group, The Animals. Released in late summer 1964, the album introduced the States to the "drawling, dirty R&B sound (with the emphasis on the B)"[1] that typified the group. The album featured many R&B standards, written by the likes of Chuck Berry, Fats Domino and John Lee Hooker, as well as the classic #1 hit single "House of the Rising Sun", here presented in its truncated-for-radio form (it would be restored to full length on the February 1966 compilation The Best of The Animals).

Track Listing

01. House Of The Rising Sun (4:31)
02. The Girl Can't Help It (2:22)
03. Blue Feeling (2:34)
04. Baby Let Me Take You Home (2:21)
05. The Right Time (3:46)
06. Talkin' 'Bout You (1:55)
07. Around And Around (2:44)
08. I'm In Love Again (3:01)
09. Gonna Send You Back To Walker (2:29)
10. Memphis, Tennessee (3:07)
11. I'm Mad Again (4:16)
12. I've Been Around (1:39)

Bonus track
13. Talkin' 'Bout You (full version) (7:03)

Produced by Mickie Most

The Band

• Eric Burdon - vocals
• Alan Price - keyboards
• Hilton Valentine - guitar
• Chas Chandler - bass
• John Steel - drums






The Animals on Tour was the second American studio album by British rock band The Animals. It was released by MGM Records in February 1965 (see 1965 in music). The album included two previously released singles, "I'm Crying" and "Boom Boom". The album was available in both mono and stereo formats. The songs on the stereo release were all rechanneled, which means that the original songs were mixed in mono and were re-mixed to stereo. Rechanneling often occur on American releases by British artists.

The album reached #99 on the Billboard 200.

Track Listing

01. Boom Boom (3:19)
02. How You've Changed (3:15)
03. Mess Around (2:21)
04. Bright Lights, Big City (2:56)
05. I Believe To My Soul (3:25)
06. Worried Life Blues (4:14)
07. Let The Good Times Roll (1:56)
08. Ain't Got You (2:29)
09. Hallelujah, I Love Her So (2:47)
10. I'm Crying (2:47)
11. Dimples (3:18)
12. She Said Yeah (2:21)

Bonus tracks
13. Baby What's Wrong (2:50)
14. F-E-E-L (2:43)
15. New Year's Radio Spot (recorded december, 1964) (1:01)

Produced by Mickie Most

The Band

• Eric Burdon - vocals
• Alan Price - keyboards
• Hilton Valentine - guitar
• Chas Chandler - bass
• John Steel - drums






Animal Tracks was The Animals' third album in the United States. Musically, it was a hodge-podge of the group's recent hit singles mixed in with tracks of assorted vintage that had not been included on either of The Animals' first two U.S. albums. As such it bore little resemblance in content or purpose to the band's British release also named Animal Tracks from four months earlier.

Track Listing

01. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (3:15)
02. Take It Easy Baby (2:54)
03. Bring It On Home To Me (2:43)
04. The Story Of Bo Diddley (5:45)
05. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (2:29)
06. I Can't Believe It (3:32)
07. Club A-Go-Go (2:20)
08. Roberta (2:05)
09. Bury My Body (2:52)
10. For Miss Caulker (3:58)

Bonus tracks
11. Roadrunner (previously unreleased in the U.S.) (2:50)
12. Don't Want Much (previously unreleased in the U.S.) (3:24)
13. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place (U.K. single version) (3:14)
14. It's My Life (single only) (3:07)
15. I'm Gonna Change The World (3:35)

Produced by Mickie Most

The Band

• Eric Burdon - vocals
• Alan Price - keyboards except as indicated below
• Dave Rowberry - keyboards on "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" and "I Can't Believe It"
• Hilton Valentine - guitar
• Chas Chandler - bass
• John Steel - drums






Animalization is the fourth American album by British R&B group The Animals. It has a track listing somewhat similar to the British album Animalisms. The album, which reached #20 on the US Billboard album chart, included three US Top 40 singles.

It was during this period that drummer John Steel left the group and was replaced by Barry Jenkins, previously of The Nashville Teens (of "Tobacco Road" fame). Both drummers appear on the cover, Jenkins on the front (upper right in brown shirt) and Steel on the back.

Track Listing

01. Don't Bring Me Down (3:16)
02. One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (3:21)
03. You're On My Mind (2:55)
04. Cheating (2:28)
05. She'll Return It (2:45)
06. Inside-Looking Out (3:48)
07. See See Rider (4:01)
08. Gin House Blues (4:39)
09. Maudie (4:02)
10. What Am I Living For (3:14)
11. Sweet Little Sixteen (3:08)
12. I Put A Spell On You (2:58)

Bonus tracks
13. Don't Bring Me Down (stereo) (3:16)
14. Cheating (stereo) (2:23)
15. See See Rider (stereo) (4:00)

Produced by Tom Wilson

The Band

• Eric Burdon - vocals
• Dave Rowberry - keyboards
• Hilton Valentine - guitar
• Chas Chandler - bass
• John Steel - drums except as indicated below
• Barry Jenkins - drums on "Don't Bring Me Down", "Cheating", "See See Rider", and "She'll Return It"



Notes

They were right among the first rank of British Invasion bands, with 11 American chart hits in their first two years of existence. They were responsible for some of the most enduring recordings of their era, songs like “The House of the Rising Sun” (which famously caused Bob Dylan to jump out of his car seat when he first heard it on the radio) and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood.” And their lead singer, Eric Burdon, had (and still has) one of the most distinctive voices in all of rock ‘n’ roll. Yet, unlike their famous peers, the Animals have never had a box set devoted to their work…till now, 50 years after their first release!

The Mickie Most Years and More offers for the first time ever on CD the group’s first four American albums (all of which charted, the first three produced by Mickie Most) - The Animals, The Animals on Tour, Animal Tracks and Animalization - in their original mono versions, all newly remastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering from the original tapes. And each album features a bevy of bonus tracks, 16 in all, including their first release ever, the I Just Wanna Make Love to You EP that came out on the Graphic Sound label in 1963 (later reissued by Decca in 1965 as In the Beginning There Was Early Animals), four tracks previously unreleased in the U. S., three single versions (including “We Gotta Get Out of This Place” and “It’s My Life”), four alternate versions (three in stereo) of such tracks as “Talkin’ ‘Bout You” and “Don’t Bring Me Down,” and one U. K.-only track (“Roadrunner).”

Liner notes to each album are by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke and, to sweeten the pot even more, we’re including an Animals T-shirt (100% cotton; size extra large) exclusive to this set. No collection of British Invasion and, for that matter, ‘60s rock and roll is complete without these records…this collection brings it on home. Brought to you by ABKCO Music and Records and Real Gone Music!

• Led by Eric Burdon, The Animals Remain Among the Most Popular Bands of the British Invasion and of '60s Rock
• Now, 50 Years After Their First Release, The Mickie Most Years and More Is the First-Ever Box Set Devoted to Their Work
• 5-CD Set Includes Their First Four American Albums: The Animals, The Animals on Tour, Animal Tracks and Animalization
• 16 Bonus Tracks Featuring Their Four-Song Debut EP, I Just Wanna Make Love to You, Plus Four Tracks Previously Unreleased in the U. S., Three Single Versions, Four Alternate Versions & One U. K.-Only Track
• Includes Such Classic Songs as "House of the Rising Sun," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," "It's My Life" and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood"
• Newly Remastered by Adam Ayan at Gateway Mastering from the Original Mono Tapes
• Each CD Includes Liner Notes by David Fricke of Rolling Stone
• Includes Animals T-Shirt (Size Extra Large, 100% Cotton)
• Brought to You by ABKCO Music and Records & Real Gone Music

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