The Animals "Don't Bring Me Down" - The Decca Years 2003

...The Animals became a regular attraction at Gomelsky's London venue The Crawdaddy Club, and they were spotted by successful producer and manager Mickie Most...
...Most signed the Animals, and engineered a deal for them with EMI's Columbia Records imprint (not to be confused with the American label of the name name). Columbia brought out their first Animals' single, "Baby Let Me Take You Home," which fared well in the U.K., rising to number 21 on the singles' charts. MGM Records signed the band for the American market, and their second single, an ominous reworking of the folk ballad "The House of the Rising Sun," became their international breakthrough, going all the way to number one in England, the United States, and Canada, and reaching the Top Ten in Germany, Australia, and Sweden in 1964. MGM released an album titled The Animals in the U.S. in August 1964, and Columbia followed suit in the U.K. a month later, though the two albums only shared seven tracks, with differing British and American releases becoming common in the group's discography...to be continued... - Biography by Mark Demin
trax:
01 Inside-Looking Out 03 Don't Bring Me Down 04 Cheating 05 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 06 Maudie 07 Sweet Little Sixteen 08 You're on My Mind 09 Clapping 10 Gin House Blues 11 Squeeze Her - Tease Her (But Love Her) 12 What Am I Living For 13 I Put a Spell on You 14 That's All I Am to You 15 She'll Return It 16 Eric Burdon & The Animals - Help Me Girl 17 Eric Burdon & The Animals - See See Rider 18 Eric Burdon & The Animals - Mama Told Me (Not to Come) 19 The Alan Price Rhythm & Blues Combo – I Just Wanna Make Love to You 20 The Alan Price Rhythm & Blues Combo – Boom Boom 21 The Alan Price Rhythm & Blues Combo – Big Boss Man 22 The Alan Price Rhythm & Blues Combo – Pretty Thing