The Animals "The Radio Sessions 1965 - 1966 live" 2020

March 1986's The Twain Shall Meet found the band digging deeper into psychedelia and social commentary, and the anti-war track "Sky Pilot" would become a staple on FM rock stations. In April 1968, the Animals expanded to a sextet with the addition of organ player George Bruno, aka Zoot Money, a longtime figure in the U.K. R&B scene. Bruno would appear on August 1968's Every One of Us, while Love Is, which appeared in December 1968, was a two-LP set that introduced another edition of the band, with Burdon, Jenkins, and Bruno joined by bassist John Weider and guitarist Andy Summers. (Years later, the latter would become a major star with the Police.) It would prove to be the end of the line for the Animals; by the time the album appeared in shops, Burdon broke up the act, and a year later he would re-appear fronting the Los Angeles R&B/funk band War...
...In 1975, the original Animals lineup of Burdon, Price, Valentine, Chandler, and Steel reunited to cut a new album, Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted. The LP was a throwback to the tough R&B sound of their early work, and it was well-received by critics, though poor promotion prevented it from making much of an impression in the marketplace. The group toured briefly in support of the release, but by the end of 1976, they had once again disbanded. Another album featuring the original lineup, Ark, came out in 1983, and was a modest commercial success, rising to number 66 on the American album charts, and the subsequent concert tour was documented on 1984's Rip It to Shreds: Their Greatest Hits Live. It marked the end of the Animals, though in the 1990s Hilton Valentine and John Steel toured with a group known as Valentine's Animals and later Animals II, while beginning in the 2000s, John Steel led a band called Animals and Friends that through most of its existence featured Mick Gallagher on keyboards. (Eric Burdon would also sometimes bill his backing band as the Animals.) The original Animals lineup was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1994. Bryan "Chas" Chandler, who went on to manage Jimi Hendrix and Slade, died in 1996, while Dave Rowberry lost his life in 2003 and Hilton Valentine passed in 2021. - by Steve Leggett
trax:
01 Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood 02 Gonna Send You Back to Georgia 03 Mess Around 04 What Am I Living For 05 Lawdy Miss Clawdy 06 See See Rider 07 Bring It On Home To Me 08 Gotta Find My Baby 09 Squeeze Her, Tease Her 10 Work Song 11 Heartbreak Hotel 12 We've Got To Get Out Of This Place 13 Rosie (live) 14 It's My Life 15 Corrina Corrina 16 She'll Return It 17 Maudie 18 Wee Wee Hours 19 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show 20 Sweet Little Sixteen 21 Inside Looking Out 22 Jailhouse Rock 23 Paint It Black 24 The Same Thing 25 A Love Like Yours 26 Connection 27 When I Was Young