THE ANIMALS SECOND U.S. STUDIO ALBUM ULTRA-RARE SEALED ORIGINAL '65 MGM MONO LP

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·       THE ANIMALS - ANIMALS ON TOUR (THE ANIMALS’ SECOND U.S. STUDIO ALBUM; DO NOT BE MISGUIDED BY THE DECEPTIVE TITLE: THIS IS A 100% STUDIO RECORDING) - ORIGINAL 1965 MGM RECORDS MONO LP E-4281

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

*** STILL SEALED GUARANTEED ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING ***

·       GUARANTEED ORIGINAL BLACK  MGM LABEL WITH MULTICOLORED “ROARRING LION” LOGO, EARLY-TO-MID 60’S STYLE (NO OTHER MONO PRESSINGS EXIST).

·       VERY RARE MONO PRESSING, MANY TIMES RARER THAN FAKE (“ELECTRONICALLY RECHANELLED”) STEREO

·       THE THICKNESS OF THE VINYL, THE APPEARANCE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE COVER, LABEL’S LOGO AND OTHER PERIPHERAL ELEMENTS OF THE COVER, ARE ALL PERFECTLY CONSISTENT WITH THE ORIGINAL, FIRST PRESSING OF THIS TITLE.

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

·       This album has NEVER been available on legitimate stand-alone Compact Disc, although it was recently released as a part of the 6-CD Animals ABKCO Box Set .

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On the surface, this album is pretty much Animals minus the big hit, more covers, more blues, blah blah blah, and if big-beat boogie blues doesn't sound like your particular thing, then move right on down the greased rail, won't you? But I really dig the deep, dark blues vibe that permeates this record album like gin through a Scotsman. This is the Animals' trip through the swamp, as nasty and greasy a blues voyage as you're likely to see from a bunch of pasty art-school Brits who probably never saw a black person until 1964. Beats the Rolling Stones' Now! without contest, I can tell you that. The band launches into John Lee's classic 'Boom Boom' and crawls the kingsnake right on down through 'Bright Lights, Big City' (city lights dazzle girlfriend, causing her to get run over by a trash truck in the middle of Times Square while looking for the nearest pimp to sell herself to) through the weeping 'Worried Life Blues' and a stronger 'I Ain't Got You' than the Yardbirds ever imagined with Keith Relf as their retarded singer. They rock, they wriggle, they dip their instruments in the swamp mud and let the mud dry upon the strings. Right through the raucous 'Dimples' ('She got de dimples in her jaw'...hell yeah, I think all us boys know what he's talkin' bout THERE, now don't we? Whoo! A dimple in the jaw and a lump in my crotch, that's what I always say! ; the blues power never lets up. It's mighty weird to hear a lot of blues without a lot of soloing, but Burdon more than makes up for it...this is blues for lovers of the blues, not blues for lovers of endless guitar soloing. In this it's the very anthithesis of Jimi Hendrix's endless Blues album and is probably closer to heart to what the White Stripes are doing nowadays.

 (EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE REVIEW BY RYAN ATKINSON, ALL MUSIC GUIDE  /ALLMUSIC.COM/)

No folks, despite its deceptive title, this is NOT  a live album. This is the second STUDIO album by Animals issued in the States, in the summer of 1965, and is a rough equivalent of the British "Animal Tracks" album (not to be confused with the “Animal Tracks” album issued in the States a few months later). In our modest opinion, this is the very finest Animals' US album; the group's glorious rendition of Charles Brown's "Worried Life Blues" alone is worth the price of admission, and the rest of the album is just as gorgeous.

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               THE RECORD

(IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded!; we  grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight)

(a)          THE ALBUM IS STILL FACTORY SEALED AND IS BELIEVED TO BE PERFECTLY MINT. Please note: sealed items are assumed to be mint and are sold as-is, as we have no way of inspecting them. For our policy on still sealed records ►click here (PLEASE READ BEFORE PLACING A BID).

(b)          The record is believed to come in its original stock inner sleeve.

(c)           Mono pressing of this title is much rarer, and by far more  preferable to its FAKE ("electronically rechannelled") stereo counterpart. We estimate that FAKE stereo copies of this album outnumber monos by a ratio of at least 5:1.

(d)          The record is  apparently pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·                               THE COVER

COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL SEALED AND COVERED IN ITS ORIGINAL ►SHRINK WRAP

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the spine  (BARELY VISIBLE)

-         Cover shows JUST A HINT of yellowing on back side, apparently from aging.

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE  COVER

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