Back at the end of February I promised to feature The Animals version of Eric von Schmidt's 'Baby Let Me Follow You Down' covered by Bob Dylan on his first album.

Given a new arrangement by Americans Wes Farrell and Bert Russell, The Animals version of this song re-titled ‘Baby Let Me Take You Home’ is strikingly different and it was apparently a key influence on Dylan's change to electric music.

This recording from Tyne Tees TV in July 1964 is quite bizarre to say the least, not surprisingly grainy, while taking 'miming' to a whole new level of pretense. Great song which reached No.21 on the UK chart before the band's follow up smash hit 'The House of the Rising Sun'.

I recently found out that all these years I had been singing the wrong lyrics - I certainly hadn't been singing: "I'll do anything in this God-Almighty world, If you'll just let me take you home" ?

NB: Tomorrow is 'Record Store Day'. I may well revisit this next week.