The Animals - BBC Sessions 1963-1968 {Remastered & Complete} [A Prof. Stoned Comp 2021]
16bit/44.1khz (CD Quality)
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Session #1
01. 'Interview Alan Price'
02. Pretty Thing
03. 'Announcement to 'Jerome''
Recorded: Manchester UK; Monday 9 December 1963
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 28 December 1963
Source: fair off-air recording
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Session #2
01. Bright Lights, Big City
Recorded: London UK; Monday 8 June 1964
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 13 June 1964
Source: good off-air recording
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Session #3
01. The House Of The Rising Sun
Recorded: London UK; Wednesday 22 July 1964
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'The Beatles say From Us to You': Monday 3 August 1964 @ 10.00AM-12.00PM
Source: very good off-air recording
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Session #4
01. Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
02. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
03. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
04. The Mess Around
05. Dimples
06. 'Interview Alan Price'
Recorded: London UK; Tuesday 2 February 1965
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 6 February 1965
Sources: transcription disc
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Session #5
01. Boom Boom
02. What Am I Living For?
03. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Recorded: London UK; Wednesday 10 February 1965
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Easy Beat': Sunday 21 February 1965
Source: very good off-air recording
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Session #6
01. 'Intro'
02. See See Rider
03. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
04. Bring It On Home To Me
05. I Gotta Find My Baby
Recorded: London UK; Friday 2 April 1965
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Top Gear': Saturday 17 April 1965
Source: transcription disc
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Session #7
01. What Am I Living For?
02. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
03. Bring It On Home To Me
04. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
05. Drown In My Own Tears
06. Ain't That a Shame
Recorded: London UK; Tuesday 6 April 1965
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 10 April 1965
Sources: 01-04 transcription disc; 05-06 good off-air recording
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Session #8
01. 'Intro'
02. Squeeze Her, Tease Her
03. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
04. We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
05. Work Song
06. Heartbreak Hotel
07. Rosie
08. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
Recorded: London UK; Tuesday 6 July 1965
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 10 July 1965
Sources: transcription disc
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Session #9
01. Work Song
02. We’ve Gotta Get Out Of This Place
Live Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Joe Loss Pop Show': Friday 23 July 1965
Source: fair off-air recording
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Session #10
01. 'Intro'
02. I Can't Believe It
03. 'Interview Chas Chandler'
04. It's My Life
05. Corinna Corinna
06. Baby What's Wrong
07. Rosie
Recorded: London UK; Wednesday 3 November 1965
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 6 November 1965
Sources: 01-05 transcription disc; 06-07 good off-air recording
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Session #11
01. We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place
02. I’m Gonna Change The World
03. It's My Life
04. Lucille
Live Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Joe Loss Pop Show': Friday 5 November 1965
Source: very good off-air recording (but some static on Tr. 02)
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Session #12
01. Maudie
02. 'Interview Chas Chandler'
03. Inside Looking Out
Recorded: London UK; Saturday 12 February 1966
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Easy Beat': Sunday 13 February 1966
Source: very good off-air recording
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Session #13
01. She’ll Return It
02. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
03. Inside Looking Out
04. Maudie
05. In The Wee Wee Hours
06. 'Interview John Steel'
07. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
08. Sweet Little Sixteen
Recorded: London UK; Tuesday 1 March 1966
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 5 March 1966
Sources: transcription disc
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Session #14
01. Jailhouse Rock
02. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
03. Paint It Black
04. The Same Thing
05. See See Rider
06. If I Were a Carpenter
Recorded: London UK; Monday 14 November 1966
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 19 November 1966
Sources: 01-05 transcription disc; 06 fair off-air recording
Note: from this session on billed as "Eric Burdon & The Animals"
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Session #15
01. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
02. When I Was Young
03. A Love Like Yours
04. Connection
05. McCullock’s Blues
06. Shake, Rattle and Roll
Recorded: London UK; Monday 30 January 1967
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 4 February 1967
Sources: 01-04 transcription disc; 05-06 very good off-air recording
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Session #16
01. It’s All Meat
02. San Franciscan Nights
03. All Night Long
Recorded: London UK; Tuesday 15 August 1967
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Saturday Club': Saturday 26 August 1967
Sources: transcription disc
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Session #17
01. Good Times
Recorded: Lime Grove Studios, Shepherd's Bush, London UK; Thursday 17 August 1967
Broadcast live: BBC One TV 'Top of the Pops'
Producer: Johnnie Stewart
Source: very good off-air recording
Note: Eric sings live over backing track of studio version.
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Session #18
01. Good Times
02. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
03. San Franciscan Nights
04. I Get So Excited
Recorded: London UK; Thursday 21 September 1967
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Happening Sunday': Sunday 1 October 1967
Sources: transcription disc
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Session #19
01. Anything
02. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
03. Monterey
04. All Night Long
Recorded: London UK; Wednesday 20 December 1967
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Pete's People': Saturday 6 January 1968
Source: transcription disc
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Session #20
01. All Night Long
02. Monterey
03. Orange & Red Beams
04. Anything
Recorded: London UK; Thursday 21 December 1967
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Top Gear': Sunday 31 December 1967
Sources: very good off-air recordings
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Session #21
01. It Hurts Me Too
02. White Houses
03. 'Interview Eric Burdon'
04. Monterey
05. Landscape
Recording: 201 Piccadilly, Studio 1, London UK; Tuesday 21 May 1968
Broadcast: BBC Radio 'Top Gear': Sunday 26 May 1968
Producer: Bernie Andrews
Engineer: Dave Tate
Sources: 01,03 transcription disc; 02,04-05 fair to good off-air recordings
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Bonus: Various TV Performances (non-BBC)
01. House Of The Rising Sun (Ed Sullivan Show; October 18, 1964)
02. I'm Crying (Ed Sullivan Show; October 18, 1964)
03. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Ed Sullivan Show; January 24, 1965)
04. Work Song (Ed Sullivan Show; October 17, 1965)
05. We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place (Ed Sullivan Show; February 6, 1966)
06. Shake (Ed Sullivan Show; April 17, 1966)
07. Don't Bring Me Down (Ed Sullivan Show; April 17, 1966)
08. Hold On, I'm Coming (Ready Steady Go; September 16, 1966)
09. Shake [w/ Otis Redding & Chris Farlowe] (Ready Steady Go; September 16, 1966)
10. See See Rider (Beat Club; December 11, 1966)
11. A Love Like Yours (Beat Club; December 11, 1966)
12. Shake, Rattle and Roll (Beat Club; December 11, 1966)
Note: A selection of the best TV Performances, nearly all in excellent soundboard quality.
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Total time: 4h34m00s
All tracks are Mono
Audio research for this comp: Hallucalation/Prof Stoned
Mastering: Prof Stoned
Special thanks to Eugene & The Johnny Kidd Fan Club
Also thanks to Colin H., Syd, Irwin-Caiger ESQ., John, Ben, Robert, Lord Reith & Mover
v1.0: 21-11-2021
v1.1: 21-11-2021 (Two tracks deleted due to being misidentified as BBC recordings)
v1.2: 05-12-2021 (Session 21-12-1967 added, date session 20-12-1967 corrected)
v1.3: 27-6-2023: (Session #13 Tr 05-08 newly mastered from upgraded source)
v1.4: 28-6-2023: (Session #21 Tr 05 newly mastered from upgraded source)
v1.5: 20-3-2024: (Sessions #3+17 added, thanks to Lord Reith for providing 'House of the Rising Sun', a major discovery indeed!)
v1.6: 25-3-2024: (Session #20 fully replaced with cleaner source)
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Note:
Very proud to present what I believe is gonna be the definitive presentation of this precious material. No official release of this has yet occurred, nor does it seem likely that ABKCO is interested in doing one at this point.
All tracks have been sourced from the very best available sources; only lossless quality rips of all the transcription discs were used and we tried the find the lowest generation off-air material. My thanks once again to the unknown ripper of all these BBC 'Top of the tops' transcription discs. I have carefully remastered every track in my studio. Everything was done to bring the sound standard up-to-par to what would have been an official boxset.
We have included a PDF with all the radio sessions as documented by the BBC. A quick look tells us that almost nothing from 1964 has survived; only two songs are included here. To remedy this loss somewhat, I have added a compilation of various TV appearances which includes the early UK single A-sides that are missing among the BBC tracks and also the underappreciated last British single of the original group: 'Don't Bring Me Down'.
There's plenty of quality material from the remaining years left and putting it in order gives a clear glimpse into the band's development. The Animals were a consistently solid band with strong musical ideals, and always just a little bit out of place in the competitive music biz. But the world was not standing still and by 1966 they found their popularity was on the wane. Eric Burdon formed a new band with some ace-musicians and continued where the old band had left off, while gradually becoming more confident as a writer which resulted in excellent songs like 'San Franciscan Nights', 'Monterey' and especially 'When I Was Young'. Still, the band broke up without much ado in late 1968.
Enjoy!
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