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                  FINAL COLLECTION COPY!

                     1970 original 2-Lp set ...

          

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    (((THE ANIMALS)))                          

       ERIC BURDON & WAR                              

THE BLACK MAN'S BURDON                          

                                  

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            USA - MGM Records - SE 4710 - stereo

*** FINAL COLLECTION COPY!  49 YEARS OLD ***** = 2-LP's VINYL ...

mint vinyl(s)...not to mention a near impossible to find M- gatefold cover (super wear prone)

Original 1970 first pressing double-set (2xLP) in thick gatefold cover...Eric Burdon meets War and delivers a killer rated psych-space-funk-underground Lp that has been highly acclaimed for many years as a cool groover...

Since this is a 100% guaranteed FIRST PRINTING:::

Include the RARE "SAVINGS BOND" insert ...only available in the first issue of this album ...

*** This is the RARE first issue with uncensored inner gatefold photo of the band with nude females

"AT WAR WITH ERIC BURDON "

As the lead singer of the Animals, Eric Burdon was one of the British Invasion's most distinctive vocalists, with a searingly powerful blues-rock voice. When the first lineup of the group fell apart in 1966, Burdon kept the Animals' name going with various players for a few years. Usually billed as Eric Burdon and the Animals, the group was essentially Burdon's vehicle, whom he used to purvey a far more psychedelic and less R&B-oriented vision. Often he came up with a great psychedelic hits, like "Sky Pilot", "San Francisco Nights", "Monterey". Burdon continued a smoth groove flow when he hooked up with a crew of of L.A. 'heads', soul-psych/funksters who became his backing band, War. Recording three albums worth of material in the year or two that they were together, the Burdon/War records contained some spacey psych-funkadelia of real quality, and cool exploratory jams. The band was already big stars on record and stage when Burdon, for reasons unclear to almost everyone, quit the band in 1971.

Their best album is arguably the sprawling 4-sider on "Far-out" productions of MGM "The Black Man's Burdon" ...there are some truly psych-inflected funk grooves here, more soulful than anything found on the comparatively poppy ERIC BURDON DECLARES WAR. THE BLACK-MAN'S BURDON peaks when Burdon lays out and gives War its head. Long involved tracks with layered instrumentation's backing Eric who adds colorful dimension in his vivid lyrical imagery. His 3 part (Stones classic) "Paint It Black" is a trip! A point worth mentioning is that it's War's backing (The Bird And The Squirrel and Nuts, Seeds & Life) in the wake of the classic Beautiful New Born Child that hold your attention. Setting you up for the relentless Out Of Nowhere (that should've been released as a single). In the twilight of the hippie era Jerry Goldstein produced some of the most social and introspective material of the year. Gun hints at a country sick and tired of the Vietnam conflict, while Sun/Moon soothes the listener for the grooving Pretty Colors.

    Paint It Black Medley: Black on Black in Black/Paint It Black/Laurel & Hardy/Pintelo Negro II/P.C.3/Blackbird/Paint It Black III

    Spirit

    Beautiful New Born Child

    Nights in White Satin, Pt. 1

    The Bird & the Squirrel

    Nuts, Seeds and Life

    Nights in White Satin, Pt. 2

    Sun/Moon

    Pretty Colors

    Gun

    Jimbo

    Bare Back Ride

    Home Cookin'

    They Can't Take Away Our Music

CONDITION: The cover: Rated: M- Solid and crisp! This is a RARE final collection copy ~~ normally a VERY wear prone cover - most covers have bad ring wear, this copy has no wear as a highly scarce TOP survivor ... again, this is the RARE first issue with uncensored inner gatefold photo of the band with nude females ... still has fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing ... final collection worthy rarity

The vinyl: Rated: Clean and glossy over ALL FOUR sides, rated M- (((TOP COPY))) expect play grade to be with very enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... all four MGM labels are clean
                             

   A cool addition to anyone's music library! 

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people..

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