Burdon,Eric & The Animals When I Was Young: Mgm Recordings 1967-1968 CD

Five CD set featuring all of the albums recorded by Eric Burdon & the Animals for the MGM Records label issued between October 1967 and December 1968. Eric Burdon & 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 rhythm and blues 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 band's debut album, Winds Of Change was issued in October 1967. The album The Twain Shall Meet was recorded in December 1967 but not issued until May 1968. Incredibly, 1968 would see a further two album releases by the group in the USA and Europe; Every One Of Us, recorded in June and issued in August of that year. By the time of it's release, Vic Briggs had departed to be replaced by Andy Summers. 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. This box features the albums Winds Of Change (both stereo and mono versions), The Twain Shall Meet, Every One Of Us and Love Is, all newly remastered from the original master tapes, along with ten bonus tracks drawn from the band's single releases.

1. Winds of Change 2. Poem By the Sea 3. Paint It Black 4. The Black Plague 5. Yes, I Am Experienced 6. San Franciscan Nights 7. Man - Woman 8. Hotel Hell 9. Good Times 10. Anything 11. It's All Meat 12. When I Was Young 13. A Girl Named Sandoz 14. Ain't That So 15. Gratefully Dead 16. Anything (Single Version) 17. Monterey 18. Just the Thought 19. Closer to the Truth 20. No Self Pity 21. Orange and Red Beams 22. Sky Pilot 23. We Love You Lil 24. All Is One 25. Sky Pilot (Part One) (Mono Single) 26. Sky Pilot (Part Two) (Mono Single) 27. Monterey (Mono Single Version) 28. White Houses 29. Uppers and Downers 30. Serenade to a Sweet Lady 31. The Immigrant Lad 32. Year of the Guru 33. St. James Infirmary 34. New York 1963 - 35. America 1968 36. White Houses (Single Version) 37. River Deep, Mountain High 38. I'm An Animal 39. I'm Dying, or Am I? 40. Ring of Fire 41. Coloured Rain 42. To Love Somebody 43. As the Years Go Passing By 44. Gemini 45. The Madman (Running Through the Fields) 46. River Deep, Mountain High (Single Version) 47. Winds of Change 48. Poem By the Sea 49. Paint It Black 50. The Black Plague 51. Yes, I Am Experienced 52. San Franciscan Nights 53. Man - Woman 54. Hotel Hell 55. Good Times 56. Anything 57. It's All Meat