Over nine discs, the most comprehensive Animals set ever to be released
Boom Boom The Ultimate Animals 1963-1966
Fully remastered over 8CD's & DVD including…
The long lost film 'The World Of The Animals’
Remastered versions of ‘Animals’, ‘Animal Tracks’, ‘Animalisms’ and ‘Animalism’ in mono and stereo
All known BBC sessions
Unreleased tracks, outtakes and backing tracks
Rare memorabilia and photographs
Extensive liner notes by Animals biographer Sean Egan
Release date 4th December 2026
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‘Boom Boom The Ultimate Animals 1963-1966’, is the most comprehensive Animals retrospective to ever be released. Set over eight CD’s and a DVD, it is a deep dive into the band’s short but most prolific period.
To be released on 4th December, it is available to pre-order now from here.
A comprehensive set containing over 150 tracks, it contains unearthed gems never before released alongside all their 1963-1966 studio recordings remastered in one place for the first time.
The DVD contains the long lost film 'The World Of The Animals' directed by Richard Mordaunt and filmed in 1965/66 during tours of the US and Poland. A great historical document of the time and a must see for all Animals fans.
CD1 is the bands debut album ‘The Animals’ remastered with the non-LP 45’s and includes the Graphic Sound tracks as well as three unreleased Radio Luxembourg performances. CD2 features their second album ‘Animal Tracks’ remastered with bonus tracks (and) while CD3 grants a well overdue UK reissue to their third LP ‘Animalisms’ alongside it’s related non-LP 45’s.
CD4 & CD5 provide a debut UK release for the mono and stereo mixes of ‘Animalism’, never officially released by Decca in the UK due to the band's split in late 1966.
CD6 & CD7 dive into the BBC sessions. An incredible 59 tracks in total, it contains all of the known surviving BBC sessions in their first legal release. CD8 is a collection of bonus tracks from the Warner Vaults that includes instrumental backing tracks and work in progress versions of familiar songs.
Alongside this comprehensive collection of music, is a plethora of rare memorabilia and photographs including news articles, adverts, letters, posters and hand bills supplied by band member John Steel and Animals enthusiasts Kim Chester and Ashley Wood with extensive liner notes by Animals biographer Sean Egan.
The first incarnations of what would become The Animals was in 1962 in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and from that point their rise to global fame was rapid and their flame burned brightly! With Eric Burdon and Chas Chandler joining Alan Price Rhythm and Blues Combo that year, John Steel and Hilton Valentine would join around August 1963. They changed their name to The Animals in December 1963.
In the summer of 1964 they released ‘House Of The Rising Sun’, a cover of a traditional folk song. It proved to be an instant hit reaching number one in the UK and US. They were a huge part of the British Invasion alongside the likes of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Naturally the demand on the band increased immeasurably, with touring and promotional opportunities such as performing on The Ed Sullivan Show. By the spring of 1965 this expectation started to take its toll and Alan Price left the band.
As 1965 ended, the group signed a new deal with their American label MGM Records for the US and Canada, and switched to Decca Records for the rest of the world. Around this time the band's drummer John Steel also left the band and by September 1966, the original incarnation of the group had split up. Their last batch of recordings was released as ‘Animalism’ in November’ 1966.
