ERIC BURDON DECLARES WAR ORIG 1970 LP NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH STICKER

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ERIC BURDON DECLARES WAR~ORIG 1970 LP~NEAR MINT CONDITION~WITH STICKER~TOP COPY! ERIC BURDON DECLARES WAR~ORIG 1970 LP~NEAR MINT CONDITION~WITH STICKER~TOP COPY!

Eric Burdon Declares "War"
MGM Records ?– SE 4663

STUNNING CONDITION ON THIS VERY RARE ORIGINAL PRESSING OF THIS ALBUM FROM 1970 - 46 YEARS AGO!!!
HEAVYWEIGHT COVER AND VINYL ARE BOTH IN NEAR MINT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY LIGHT WEAR!
AMAZING FOR AN ALBUM WHICH IS ALMOST HALF A CENTURY OLD.

Capturing the improvisational energy the band would soon become famous for, WAR's debut with Animals frontman Eric Burdon burst on the scene and on the charts with the erotic, Latin-tinged hit "Spill The Wine." For rock icon Burdon it was a dream come true, blending his powerful vocal style with a raw and creative blues band. Other standout tracks include "Vision Of Rassan," "Blues For Memphis Slim," and the simmering soul revamp of John D. Loudermilk's blues classic "Tobacco Road." The tension between Burdon's unpredictable nature, War's polished instrumental skills, and Lee Oskar's reckless jamming harmonica runs through the music. Burdon was an artist with a definite message, and working with a multi-racial band was part of his statement. "War" wasn't a name to be chosen lightly in 1969 (or now come to that) it acknowledged both cultural & artistic conflicts & challenged audiences to deal with such issues, at least that's the slant looking at the monikers meaning. The free flowing approach of the album starts immediately with first cut "The Vision Of Rassan" with its name checks to Charlie Parker & John Coltrane, this was the bands tribute to jazz reed player Roland Kirk, and wets the musical palate for what is to come. From there, Burdon leads the band into an expanded exploratory version of Tobacco Road, that had previously been a hit for the Nashville Teens, but not much of their version remains as Burdon uses the lyric as a springboard for an odd erotic sermon, nailed down by War's tight supporting play.

The albums best known track "Spill The Wine" is a Latin tinged daydream of a song which became a number 3 in the U.S.A & a number one in the rest of the world. "Mother Earth" an old blues standard gives us the main theme for the 13 minutes of "Blues For Memphis Slim". As the band coasts along, Burdon expounds upon sex, birth, & morality, stepping aside to allow Charles Miller & then Lee Oskar to strut their stuff. The albums concludes with the vocal workout "Your No Stranger" a nice return to normality after what has gone before. The following year the partnership dissolved, fortunately the music they recorded survives, a remarkable combination of divergent ancestries and united talents.

The closing track, a short piece of avant-garde sentimentality called "You're No Stranger," was deleted from most re-releases of this album for years.

Tracklist
A1     The Vision Of Rassan     
A1a     Dedication     2:33
A1b     Roll On Kirk     5:07
A2     Tobacco Road     
A2a     Tobacco Road     3:47
A2b     I Have A Dream     6:39
A2c     Tobacco Road     3:58
B1     Spill The Wine     4:38
B2     Blues For Memphis Slim     
B2a     Birth     1:31
B2b     Mother Earth     2:46
B2c     Mr. Charlie     3:05
B2d     Danish Pastry     3:18
B2e     Mother Earth     2:28
B3     You're No Stranger     1:55

    Art Direction – Bob Gordon
    Bass, Vocals – Bee Bee Dickerson
    Congas, Percussion – Dee Allen
    Design [Album Design] – The Visual Thing
    Drums – Harold Brown
    Engineer – Chris Huston
    Flute, Tenor Saxophone – Charles Miller
    Guitar, Vocals – Howard Scott
    Harmonica – Lee Oskar
    Lead Vocals, Concept By – Eric Burdon
    Organ, Piano – Lonnie Jordan
    Photography By – George Meyzunger
    Producer – Jerry Goldstein

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