The Animals "Paris Olympia - 1964/65/66" 2020

Mick Gallagher, who years later would find fame with Ian Dury & the Blockheads, was Price's initial replacement, though a month later Dave Rowberry took over on keys...
...In October 1965, the Animals scored another hit with the song "It's My Life," which made the Top Ten in America; however, the band was becoming disenchanted with the less blues-oriented material their manager, Mickie Most, was placing with them, and they fired their him before the end of the year. They also severed their deal with Columbia and signed with Decca Records in the U.K., while remaining on MGM in the U.S. In 1966, MGM would issue two albums with confusingly similar titles, Animalization and Animalism, while Decca delivered the U.K.-only Animalisms, which shared several tracks with Animalization. By 1966, drummer John Steel had dropped out of the Animals, to be replaced by Barry Jenkins, and Hilton Valentine was considering following suit. In May 1966, the Animals landed another hit with "Don't Bring Me Down," but it was a last moment of glory for the original lineup, and they disbanded by the end of 1966. In early 1967, Eric Burdon revived the group with a new membership, calling this edition Eric Burdon & the Animals. Burdon kept drummer Barry Jenkins, and brought aboard Vic Briggs on guitar and piano, John Weider on guitar, bass, and fiddle, and Danny McCulloch on bass to fill out the lineup. March 1967 brought the release of Eric Is Here, credited to Eric Burdon & the Animals, though it was dominated by pop numbers featuring orchestral arrangements by the Benny Golson Orchestra. Winds of Change, which followed in October 1967, was Burdon's first album with the new band, and saw them moving into psychedelia; the group had played the epochal Monterey Pop Festival in the summer of 1967, and the influence of the progressive sound of many of the groups was not lost on him, reflected in songs like "When I Was Young" and "Warm San Franciscan Nights." (They even recorded a tune about the festival, titled "Monterey.")...to be continued... - by Steve Leggett
trax:
01 Roadrunner 02 I'm Crying 03 Around And Around 04 Boom Boom 05 House Of The Rising Sun 06 Baby Let Me Take You Home 07 Let It Rock 08 What Am I Living For 09 Talkin' 'bout You 10 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 11 Shake 12 It's My Life 13 Gin House Blues 14 We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place 15 That's All I Am To You 16 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 17 CC Rider 18 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 19 Rock Me Baby 20 Inside Looking Out 21 Talkin' 'bout You