The Animals - BBC Sessions, Volume 3: 1966-1967

Here's the next album in my series of four albums of the Animals performing for the BBC. 

In December 1966, after some personnel changes, the band name was changed from "the Animals" to "Eric Burdon and the Animals." But I'm going to continue to refer to all their songs as being by "the Animals" for simplicity's sake. That name changed also marked a stylistic change from R&B to psychedelic, but that isn't very noticeable until the next album in this series. All but one of the songs here are from 1966, and probably only the last three came after the name change.

As with most BBC albums, this has the problem of BBC DJs talking over the starts to some songs. Luckily though, for this album that only happened for three songs. Every single performance here is officially unreleased, but the sound quality is generally very good, with a few minor exceptions.

Most of the songs here are songs from Animals albums or singles. But there are some exceptions. I previously posted an album of Animals songs that were unique to BBC sessions. But in putting this album together, I came up with a few that I'd previously missed. I particularly like the duet between the Animals and soul music legend Otis Redding on the song "Shake," as well as a version of the soul classic "Hold On, I'm Coming." Both are from the British TV show "Ready Steady Go," and you can find the videos of them on YouTube.

This album is 49 minutes long.

01 Inside - Looking Out (Animals)
02 Sweet Little Sixteen (Animals)
03 She'll Return It [Edit] (Animals)
04 One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show (Animals)
05 Wee Wee Hours [Edit] (Animals)
06 That´s All I Am to You (Animals)
07 Shake (Animals)
08 Don't Bring Me Down (Animals)
09 Hold On, I'm Coming (Animals)
10 Shake (Animals & Otis Redding)
11 The Same Thing [Edit] (Animals)
12 Jailhouse Rock (Animals)
13 Paint It, Black (Animals)
14 Road Runner (Animals)
15 Tobacco Road (Animals)
16 McCulloch's Blues [Instrumental] (Animals)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15481489/TAnimls_1966-1967_BBSessionsVolume3_atse.zip.html

The cover art photo comes from an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1966.