When I Was Young ~ The Mgm Recordings 1967-1968

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Cat No: ECLEC52700

Release Date: 06 January 2023

Label: Esoteric / Cherry Red

Packaging Type: Box Set

No of Units: 5

Barcode: 5013929480001

Genres: Rock

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RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2020
- A DELUXE BOXED SET FEATURING ALL OF THE CLASSIC ALBUMS BY ERIC BURDON & THE ANIMALS.
- FEATURING THE ALBUMS ‘WINDS OF CHANGE’, ‘THE TWAIN SHALL MEET’, ‘EVERY ONE OF US’, ‘LOVE IS’ & THE RARE MONO VERSION OF ‘WINDS OF CHANGE’.
- REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES, WITH TEN BONUS TRACKS TAKEN FROM SINGLES.
- INCLUDES AN ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET WITH ESSAY AND A POSTER.
Eric Burdon And The Animals came together in December 1966 when the original Animals had ground to a halt. Vocalist Eric Burdon recruited Vic Briggs (guitar, piano), John Weider (guitar, violin, bass), Danny McCulloch (bass) and Barry Jenkins (drums) to form a new group which changed direction away from raucous RnB and embraced Psychedelic rock and the influences of the emerging counter-culture. Signing to MGM Records in the USA (where he became based) and teaming up with producer Tom Wilson, the band’s debut single ‘When I Was Young’ was released in April 1967 and was a powerful statement, featuring Weider’s violin and Briggs’ fuzzed guitar, becoming a hit in Europe, Australia and the USA. The B-side of the single ‘A Girl Named Sandoz’ was a psychedelic ode to the Swiss pharmaceutical company which developed LSD. The follow-up single, ‘San Franciscan Nights’, issued in August 1967, came on the heels of the band’s famed appearance at Monterey and would be the band’s biggest hit, breaking the top 20 in the UK, Europe and the USA. The band’s debut album, was issued in October 1967.

The follow up album ‘The Twain Shall Meet’ was issued in May 1968 and featured two further singles. Incredibly 1968 would see a further two album releases by the group in the USA and Europe; ‘Every One Of Us’, issued in August of that year saw Zoot Money join the band on organ and piano. By the time of its release, Vic Briggs had departed to be replaced by Andy Summers (formerly with Zoot Money in the band Dantalion’s Chariot) on guitar. This line-up recorded the double album ‘Love Is’ in Los Angeles in October 1968, issued only as a single LP in the UK. Released in December 1968, it was to be the final album by the group. Burdon remained in the United States and joined forces with the group WAR in 1969.
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