Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974 Vol. 6 (1966-1969)
One more Atlantic Records compilation. This one was released in 1985, ahead of the last two that I talked about, so I guess I need to reorder my albums on the shelf. Instead of...
Category: RnB
The Animals – Ark
In 1983, the original Animals recorded another reunion album, on I.R.S. Records, of all things (I.R.S. was well known for new wave and alternative rock, not for bands whose heyday had been almost two...
The Original Animals – Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted
The original Animals — Eric Burdon, Alan Price, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, and John Steel — hadn’t recorded together since 1965. They did a single reunion concert in 1968 (when the “new” Animals were...
Eric Burdon & The Animals – The Best of Eric Burdon & The Animals, Vol. II
Following up on the disaster (from an Animals standpoint) that was Eric Is Here – essentially a solo album – MGM came out with a second “best of” The Animals collection in June, 1967....
The Animals – The Animals (10″ EP)
This one’s really just a novelty. As a 10” 45 RPM EP, it was apparently released in the UK, New Zealand and Australia in 1964, but never in the US until this Record Store...
The Animals – Animalism
This is their fifth American album, released in November 1966. It has nothing in common with the UK album “Animalisms,” which came out in May 1966 in the UK; instead, most of the tracks...
The Animals – Animalization
This is their fourth American album, released in August 1966, and was very similar to the UK album “Animalisms,” which unfortunately I don’t own. It seems that their poppier efforts only appeared on the...
The Animals – Animalisms
Catch-up time! The next several entries will include records I’ve added to my collection since I passed their place in the alphabet! On our record crawl back in February (which right now feels about...
The Animals – The Best of The Animals
This “best of” compilation came out in February of 1966, and went gold in the US, peaking at no. 6, higher than any of their individual albums. Considering their first album in the US,...
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