Retrospective

by The Animals

Overview

Initially, the Animals' Retrospective looks like just another greatest-hits compilation recycling the same old tracks already easily available elsewhere. Yawn! Yet, on closer inspection, there's a big difference with this particular set. These 22 tracks are taken from the ABKCO masters and utilize Direct Stream Digital (DSD), containing both CD and Super Audio CD layers. ABKCO initially previewed this technology with much fanfare on the Rolling Stones' reissues of 2003. That excellence is again applied here and the material undeniably sparkles. The first incarnation of the band with Mickie Most's production is represented by what have to be the cleanest recordings heard yet of favorites like "House of the Rising Sun," "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood," "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," and "Don't Bring Me Down." However, it's the psychedelic phase of the band, when they became Eric Burdon & the Animals, that the DSD really kicks. Every nuance present, and sometimes hidden, on a song like "San Franciscan Nights," or "Monterey," in which the horns noticeably jump out at you, or the battle sequence on "Sky Pilot," is incredibly vivid whether you're using high-tech gear or an average playback unit. Even if you've heard these tracks a zillion times, this ABKCO release gets you as close to hearing studio playback as you're likely to get! ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	07/20/2004
Label:	Abkco Records
UPC:	0018771932529

Tracks

1. House of the Rising Sun
2. I'm Crying
3. Baby Let Me Take You Home
4. Gonna Send You Back to Walker
5. Boom Boom
6. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
7. Bring It on Home to Me
8. We Gotta Get Out of This Place
9. It's My Life
10. Don't Bring Me Down
11. See See Rider
12. Inside, Looking Out
13. Hey Gyp
14. Help Me Girl
15. When I Was Young
16. A Girl Named Sandoz
17. San Franciscan Nights
18. Monterey
19. Anything
20. Sky Pilot
21. White Houses
22. Spill the Wine

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Animals   Primary Artist
War   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Eric Burdon   Primary Artist,Vocals
Alan Price   Keyboards,Organ,Piano
Royal Scots Guard Pipe And Drum Marching Band   Percussion,Bagpipes
Charles Miller   Flute
John Steel   Drums
John Weider   Guitar,Violin
Lee Oskar   Harmonica
Danny McCulloch   Bass
Hilton Valentine   Guitar
Dave Rowberry   Organ
Lonnie Jordan   Organ
Morris "B.B." Dickerson   Bass
Horace Ott   Conductor
Harold Brown   Drums
Thomas R. Allen, Jr.   Percussion
Vic Briggs   Piano,Guitar,Vibraphone
Howard H. Scott   Guitar
Bryan James Chandler   Bass
Barry Jenkins   Drums,Percussion

Technical Credits

Dick Bogart   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Dave Siddle   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Jerry Goldstein   Audio Production,Producer
Tom Wilson   Audio Production,Producer
Mickie Most   Audio Production,Producer
Every One Of Us   Producer
Donovan Leitch   Composer
Jon Paul LoMonaco   Design
Weider   Composer
Leitch   Composer
Charles Miller   Composer,Musician
John Steel   Musician
John Weider   Composer,Musician
S. Marcus   Composer
Lee Oskar   Composer,Musician
Sam Cooke   Composer
Johnnie Mae Matthews   Composer
Harold Brown   Composer,Musician
Alan Lomax   Composer
Gerry Goffin   Composer
Danny McCulloch   Composer,Musician
Hilton Valentine   Musician
Matt Boynton   Assistant Engineer
Gary Kellgren   Remixing
Papa Dee Allen   Composer
Steve Rosenthal   Audio Restoration,Archives Coordinator
B.B. Dickerson   Composer
Dave Rowberry   Arranger,Musician
Barry Mann   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Wes Farrell   Composer
Lonnie Jordan   Composer,Musician
Roger Atkins   Composer
Alan Price   Composer,Musician
Gloria Caldwell   Composer
G. Caldwell   Composer
Don Paulsen   Cover Photo
Maria Papazahariou   Session Research
Morris "B.B." Dickerson   Musician
Janessa Gursky   Art Coordinator
Tom Psipsikas   Assistant Engineer
Royal Scots Guard Pipe And Drum Marching Band   Musician
Horace Ott   Arranger
Teri Landi   Producer,Digital Transfers
Howard Scott   Composer
Scott English   Composer
Peter Mew   Digital Transfers
Omar Edwards   Composer
Jim Bessman   Essay,Liner Notes
Jody H. Klein   Producer
Gus Skinas   Engineer
Brian Fitzpatrick   Design
Thomas Sylvester Allen   Composer
Thomas R. Allen, Jr.   Musician
Stacin Gregson   Assistant Engineer
John Hammond, Jr.   Composer
Vic Briggs   Arranger,Composer,Musician,Remixing
Iris Keitel   Art Direction
Howard H. Scott   Musician
Bryan James Chandler   Musician
Lenne Allik   Concept
Alisa Ritz   Art Direction
Scott Jordan   Composer
Laura Walton   Production Coordination
Ed Hadani   Engineer
Sol Marcus   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
Jack Hunt   Engineer
Chris Huston   Engineer
Larry Weiss   Composer
Latoya London   Composer
Eddie Kramer   Engineer,Remixing
Carl D'Errico   Composer
Barry Jenkins   Composer,Musician
Cynthia Weil   Composer
Eric Burdon   Composer,Musician
Bennie Benjamin   Composer
Chandler   Composer
Carole King   Composer
Ma Rainey   Composer