Animalisms

[Carl Hoffmann]

I don't own anything from these guys and I am having a hard time figuring which compilations or album would be best to start with for songs and sound quality. I was eyeing the Repertoire "Animalisms" release. Any suggestions?

[Joe Koz]

I'd go with The Complete Animals it's a EMI import double CD. The catalogue # is CDS 79 4613 2. It's the complete Mickie Most productions. Great
Animals collection. IMO

[Cousin It]

Originally posted by Joe Koz
I'd go with The Complete Animals it's a EMI import double CD. The catalogue # is CDS 79 4613 2. It's the complete Mickie Most productions. Great
Animals collection. IMO

WARNING :THIS CD HAS BEEN PROCESSED USING SONIC SOLUTIONS "NO NOISE"(judging by the pride of place the logo gets on the back cover)(lol)

[Steve Hoffman]

Ummmm. No-Noise. My favorite.

I have a British EMI CD from 1987 called:

The Animals "The Singles Plus"

Great mono sound, straight from the tapes. Only 20% distortion on those tapes, too.:eek:

But it has the "wrong" version of "We've Gotta Get Out Of This Place" if you live in America....And it doesn't have the later hits. But it's a good place to start.

[Larry Naramore]

Well a good start although it's a little bit later stuff is The Best Of Eric Burdon and the Animals (1966-68) Polydor 849 388-2 mastered by Dennis Drake click here (http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1249292501/pagename=/RP/CDN/FIND/album.html/artistid=ANIMALS/itemid=1048)

[Matt]

I used to have the NoNoised EMI set. They mention the correct version of "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place" (which for some reason was released in the U.S. while the U.K. released the wrong one) in the liner notes and supposedly tried to put it on the set but couldn't for legal reasons.

[Joe Koz]

WARNING :THIS CD HAS BEEN PROCESSED USING SONIC SOLUTIONS "NO NOISE"(judging by the pride of place the logo gets on the back cover)(lol)
It my be No Noise, but it doesn't sound processed to me. I still think it would be a great place to start a Animals collection I also have a Jeff Beck twofer Truth & Beck Ola on EMI with the same WARNING on it. Not bad sound either. If some of these disc's that had some SONIC SOLUTIONS done to them, but not mentioned on the back or disc it self. How many of you would know it?

[Chip Stylus]

I have The Most Of The Animals on MFP (cd-mfp-5218 aka cdp 7 98441 2)
and I used to see this (as vinyl) in cutout bins at Camelot all the time
in the late 70's, early 80's and the tapes seem pretty un-dickered with,
definitely no _digital_ NR, but the disc is a bit wussy in the bass region.
DRY, I say. Clean-ish mono, not fat mono.

No later period (SF Nights) era Animals here though. Playable.

House of The Rising Sun
We've Gotta Get Out
roadrunner
let the good times roll
hallelujah I justy love her
i'm gonna change the world
bring it on home to me
worried life blues
baby let me take you home
miss caulker
i believe to my soul
how you've changed
misunderstood
it's my life
club a go go
i'm crying

49 mins length

[Matt]

Originally posted by Joe Koz

If some of these disc's that had some SONIC SOLUTIONS done to them, but not mentioned on the back or disc it self. How many of you would know it?

You learn to hear it pretty quick, Joe, depending on what was done to it. If it's used to remove tape hiss, it can be pretty easy to hear. There's an airy quality to it, sometimes with the presence sucked out. What it often does in the process is clip off some of the top, too, so what many people do to "compensate" is boost it. The worse example of this is Peter Mew and Jon Astley's work (Astley usually uses CEDAR). Their work sounds plastic, unnatural, and unusually bright. Astley's work also sounds like it's coming out of an AM radio. Mew pumps up both ends; overwhelming bass, ear-bleeding highs. Very noticeable when you increase the volume, very unnatural.