WANTED
Tygers Of Pan Tang – Animal Instinct (2008)
I’m not really sure why I never picked this album up, especially because I am a huge the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) and the Tygers Of Pan Tang. The album came out in May 2008 in Europe and Japan but there was no U.S. distribution and import prices were very high. I put this on my Want List but I never really followed up and eventually forgot about it. I happened to see the album make a year end list on some Metal website and I decided to finally follow through. I checked some online stores and Ebay and the European version costs $20 total with shipping, the Japanese costs around $25-$30 with shipping and includes three bonus tracks that come from the band’s 2007 BACK & BEYOND E.P.
“make a year end list on some Metal website”… thanks very much Steve!!! I gave this a well deserved 4 out of 5 at Rock Of Ages on or around release and yep… it was one of my favourite albums of the year.
http://rockofages.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/tygers-of-pan-tang-animal-instinct/
[...] Tygers Of Pan Tang – Animal Instinct (2008) – $18: Opening bid on this CD was $9.99 and it was for the Japanese pressing with the 3 bonus tracks. The bonus tracks are from the BACK & BEYOND E.P. (2007) that the band released through their website. There has been a copy of the European version for months at the local shop but I wanted the extra tracks because the E.P. is out of print. The 3 songs are re-recorded versions of ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Man’, ‘Take It’ and ‘Hellbound’ from 1980-1981, the other 2 songs from the E.P. are part of the proper ANIMAL INSTINCT record, ‘Bury the Hatchet’ and ‘Live For The Day’. I won the CD for $10 and the shipping from Japan was $8 registered. This takes ANIMAL INSTINCT off the WANTED! list. [...]