When I Was Young

[ET Awful]

The rooms were so much colder then
My father was a soldier then
And times were very hard
When I was young

I smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for girls, I had a bad yen
And I had quite a ball
When I was young

When I was young, it was more important
Pain more painful
Laughter much louder
Yeah, when I was young
When I was young

I met my first love at thirteen
She was brown and I was pretty green
And I learned quite a lot when I was young
When I was young

When I was young, it was more important
Pain more painful
Laughter much louder
Yeah, when I was young
When I was young

My faith was so much stronger then
I believed in fellow man
And I was so much older then
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young

[DeepGreen]

1. A nice memory !

Thanks
:toast:
Damn it was nice listenin' to The Animals on the car
radio, while doing some late night cruisin' !

[ET Awful]

2. Even though I'm a bit young to have enjoyed it when it was originally

released, I've always felt a certain affinity for this tune.

[Dr Fate]

3. Funny- I JUST bought a mono copy of that LP...

...great stuff...

[ET Awful]

4. Yup, the one I've been meaning to get for a while is the re-release

of Winds of Change which has "The Black Plague" on it. This song struck fear into my heart as a young man when my dad would play it (on his old reel to reel deck), and it's been out of print for a LONG time.

[Dr Fate]

5. I just get the vinyl...

...most of the Animals catalouge is reasonably priced on original vinyl in great condition- I bought my copy of "Best of" volume II on orginal mono vinyl for only $7.00...

If you have not heard the Animals in original MONO and on vinyl, then you have not "heard" them!!!! :)

[ET Awful]

6. I don't have the means to play vinyl :)

It's easier to by the CD, especially when a British record company that has the master tapes to much of the Animals original stuff is remastering them and some of the muddled sounds of the past has been fixed.

:)

[Dr Fate]

7. Think about it is all I'm saying....

...I love my CDs- but vinyl is better.

And it's much more fun than collecting CDs- and its not "muddled" if it is a clean copy...

I've got a stereo "The Twain Shall Meet" on CD, and it does not hold a candle to the warmth, presense and "in your face" feeling of my MONO LP version.

I'm not so sure that the "cleaned up" remasterings are better than the original recordings, complete with "good" distortion- but that is the debate concerning 60's music, I guess!

[ET Awful]

8. It's not distortion that's the problem, it's the muddled highs that

are present in the original release. If you listen to the British CD release of "The Twain Shall Meet" it's much different than the US version, and is, IMO better than the analog versions previously available.

If you listen to the versions put out by Repertoire Records (I believe they're a UK label), you will find them far superior to the US BGO releases (which is likely what you have based on what's readily available).

In many cases, I'd agree with you regarding vinyl (prime examples being many of the Beatles albums, and the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album)

[Dr Fate]

9. You are right about the "highs" on my CD...

...in fact,I just put it on- I'm listening to it now, on headphones!

I have noticed that b/f...

Glad to meet a fellow music nut!!!!

[ET Awful]

10. Hehehe I'm only a "nut" with certain things :)

I'm much more discriminating with my live recordings than I am with studio stuff (you get that way after nearly 20 years of trading Dead shows :)).

[Dr Fate]

11. I can relate to that...

Love the Dead...saw them many times in the '90s myself...

I actually really love their studio stuff too, which is often snubbed by hard-core fans...

I'm not bragging or anything- but I just bought a SWEET MONO copy of their 1st Lp for my buddy who just passed the CA bar. (I'm tempted to keep it- :) I'm trying to basically bribe him into buying a turn-table...

"Morning Dew" and even "Golden Road" sound killer in the mono mix...

Speaking of studio Dead, if you ever want to trip out, lisen to the Charlie Pride version of "Lousiana Man" from 1968 if you want to hear where Jerry & the boys "borrowed" almost the entire arrangement for the studio version of "Sugar Magnolia"....(the song was written by Nashville legend Doug Kershaw, who Robert Hunter admits to borrowing from for "Black Peter" as well.