ERIC BURDON AND WAR

THE BLACK-MAN’S BURDON

 

Original 1971 double album liner notes

 

 

Side I

22:04

 

BLACK ON BLACK IN BLACK 

2:05

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

PAINT IT BLACK I

2:05

(Jagger, Richards)

Immediate Music  BMI

 

LAUREL & HARDY

1:30

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

PINTELO NEGRO II

1:05

 

P.C. 3

1:30

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

BLACK BIRD

2:17

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

PAINT IT BLACK III

3:02

 

(Time on above listing: 13:34)

 

SPIRIT

8:30

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

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Side II

22:32

 

BEAUTIFUL NEW BORN CHILD

5:07

(Goldstein, War)

Jerry Goldstein Music  BMI

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

Featuring: Sharon Scott & The Beautiful New Born Children of Southern California

 

NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN

4:28

(Hayward)

Dream Music  BMI

 

THE BIRD & THE SQUIRREL

2:43

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

NUTS, SEEDS & LIFE

4:01

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

OUT OF NOWHERE

3:22

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN

2:51

 

(Time on above listing: 17:25)

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Side III

27:30

 

SUN / MOON

10:04

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

PRETTY COLORS

6:52

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

GUN

5:44

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

JIMBO

4:50

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

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Side IV

18:02

 

BARE BACK RIDE

7:07

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

HOME COOKIN’

4:10

(War)

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

THEY CAN’T TAKE AWAY OUR MUSIC

6:45

(Goldstein, War)

Jerry Goldstein Music  BMI

Far Out Music  ASCAP

 

Featuring: Sharon Scott & The Beautiful New Born Children of Southern California

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PRODUCER – JERRY GOLDSTEIN

 

Engineer – Chris Huston

 

 

Harold Brown – Drums

Dee Allen – Conga, Percussion, Vocal

B.B. Dickerson – Brass, Vocal

Howard Scott – Guitar, Vocal

Lee Oskar – Harmonica, Vocal

Charles Miller – Tenor, Baritone, Alto Sax, Flute

Lonnie Jordan – Organ, Piano, Vocal

Eric Burdon – Lead Vocals

 

 

Management – Steve Gold

 

 

Album Concept: Eric Burdon

 

Photo: Don Peterson, courtesy U.S. Army

 

Art Director: Howard Miller

 

 

A FAR OUT PRODUCTION

 

 

Member RIAA

This record has been engineered and manufactured in accordance with standards developed by the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of recorded music and literature.

 

STEREO

 

MGM RECORDS

 

(P) © Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.

Record manufactured by MGM Records Division, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. MGM Studios, Culver City, California 90230. Made in U.S.A.

Cover manufactured by Far Out Productions, Inc., 7417 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90046. Printed in U.S.A.

 

 

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