Remembering Hilton Valentine, guitarist and founding member of The Animals who has died at age 77. Although he achieved worldwide fame in 1964 with ‘House Of The Rising Sun’, during a recent interview Hilton Valentine named ‘Inside Looking Out’ as one of his all time favourite recordings with The Animals. Recorded in 1966, it encapsulates both the atmosphere of every smoke filled dancehall they ever played in as well as the sheer power of a pile driving beat that put British bands at the epicentre of the struggle for social change that became the hallmark of the sixties. One of the all-time toughest Brit 45’s ever recorded. People were dancing to it then, people are still dancing to it now. With love and respect we thank you Valentine Hilton.

Eddie King