The Animals - Animalization

Remastered mono edition reissue!

180-gram vinyl with original cover art!

Record label Abkco is reissuing the first four U.S. albums by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Animals.  Originally released between 1964 and 1966 on MGM Records, The Animals, The Animals on Tour, Animal Tracks and Animalization have been out of print for decades and will be made available on 180-gram vinyl in mono with original cover art.

Formed in Newcastle by frontperson Eric Burdon from the ashes of the Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo, The Animals were known for their hard driving, R&B-influenced sound and became a hit-making machine on both sides of the Atlantic right out of the gate.

1966's Animalization, released during the band's final year of existence, saw original producer Mickie Most replaced by Tom Wilson (Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, the Velvet Underground, The Mothers of Invention). There is no shortage of Top 40 material, from "Don't Bring Me Down" (written for The Animals by Gerry Goffin and Carole King), Ma Rainey's "See See Rider" and the Animals' re-imagining of a prison work song originally recorded by American folklorist Alan Lomax, "Inside-Looking Out."