A 5CD Boxed Set for The Animals is coming from Abkco Records, and Real Gone Music called The Animals: The Mickie Most Years and More. The Animals were an important part of our Rock and Roll history, especially Eric Burdon’s unique voice, and three great songs in “House Of The Rising Sun”, “We Gotta Get Out Of This Place”, and “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”.
This Box packs quite a punch. Within, there are the first four American-released The Animals albums (The Animals, The Animals On Tour, Animal Tracks, Animalization), all newly remastered from original masters by Adam Ayen from Gateway Mastering. Each album is presented in their original Mono versions.
Each of the four albums will contain a collection of bonus tracks to beef up the individual album and their history, all for a total of sixteen songs. Included will be the first issue they released, the I Just Wanna Make Love To You EP released via Graphic Sound back in 1963 (Decca re-released the EP in 1965 as In The Beginning There Was Early Animals).
Other bonus inclusions are four tracks previously unreleased in the US, three single versions, four alternate versions (three in Stereo), and a UK-only track. Each album will present new liner notes penned by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke. The unusual thing about this box will be the addition of an Extra Large-sized All Cotton Animals T-shirt.
The Animals: The Mickie Most Years and More is scheduled for November 25.
Disc One: I Just Wanna Make Love to You
(1963)
1. I Just Wanna Make Love to You
2. Big Boss Man
3. Boom Boom
4. Pretty Thing
Disc Two: The Animals
(1964)
1. House of the Rising Sun
2. The Girl Can’t Help It
3. Blue Feeling
4. Baby Let Me Take You Home
5. The Right Time
6. Talkin’ ‘Bout You
7. Around and Around
8. I’m in Love Again
9. Gonna Send You Back to Walker
10. Memphis, Tennessee
11. I’m Mad Again
12. I’ve Been Around
Bonus Track
13. Talkin’ ‘Bout You (full version)
Disc Three: The Animals on Tour
(1965)
1. Boom Boom
2. How You’ve Changed
3. Mess Around
4. Bright Lights, Big City
5. I Believe to My Soul
6. Worried Life Blues
7. Let the Good Times Roll
8. Ain’t Got You
9. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
10. I’m Crying
11. Dimples
12. She Said Yeah
Bonus Tracks
13. Baby What’s Wrong
14. F-E-E-L
15. New Year’s Radio Spot
Disc Four: Animal Tracks
(1965)
1. We Gotta Get Out of This Place
2. Take It Easy Baby
3. Bring It on Home to Me
4. The Story of Bo Diddley
5. Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood
6. I Can’t Believe It
7. Club A-Go-Go
8. Roberta
9. Bury My Body
10. For Miss Caulker
Bonus Tracks
11. Roadrunner
12. Don’t Want Much
13. We Gotta Get Out of This Place
(U.K. single version)
14. It’s My Life
15. I’m Gonna Change the World
Disc Five: Animalization
(1966)
1. Don’t Bring Me Down
2. One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
3. You’re on My Mind
5. She’ll Return It
6. Inside-Looking Out
7. See See Rider
8. Gin House Blues
9. Maudie
10. What Am I Living For
11. Sweet Little Sixteen
12. I Put a Spell on You
Bonus Tracks
13. Don’t Bring Me Down (stereo)
14. Cheating (stereo)
15. See See Rider (stereo)