Having spent a good number of years in music Geoff was aware of the work of Country Joe McDonald who had been a long-time favourite
Over the years Joe had recorded a number of tracks on various albums which reflected his concern for animals and the environment; consistently questioning what we were doing to them
In the early 1980s Geoff approached Joe with the idea of putting all his tracks on to a compilation album. With Hilly Beavan and Anthony Lawrence he formed Animus records and released the album Animal Tracks and the single Blood on the Ice.
Animal Tracks turned out to be the first ever animal rights album and Animus records the first ever animal rights label; Chris Hines has become the default expert on animal rights music
Here Chris speaks to Joe about his commitment to change by using music as a vehicle and particularly about The Album Animal Tracks.
