01	The Vision Of Rassan			A) Dedication B) Roll On Kirk			07:43
	02	Tobacco Road			A) Tobacco Road B) I Have A Dream C) Tobacco Road			13:21
	03	Spill The Wine						04:54
	04	Blues For Memphis Slim			A) Birth B) Mother Earth C) Mr. Charlie D) Danish Pastry E) Mother Earth			13:22
	05	You're No Stranger						03:04

1. THE VISION OF RASSAN (7:40)
A) DEDICATION
B) ROLL ON KIRK
2. TOBACCO ROAD (14:24)
A) TOBACCO ROAD
B) I HAVE A DREAM
C) TOBACCO ROAD
3. SPILL THE WINE (4:51)
4. BLUES FOR MEMPHIS SLIM (13:08)
A) BIRTH
B) MOTHER EARTH
C) MR. CHARLIE
D) DANISH PASTRY
E) MOTHER EARTH
5.YOU'RE NO STRANGER (1:55)

All Compositions Written by War (Allen/Brown/Dickerson/ Jordan/Miller/Oskar/Scott), except: "Tobacco Road" Written by John D. Loudermilk; and "Mother Earth" Written by Peter Chatman

Personnel:
HAROLD BROWN: drums
DEE ALLEN: conga, percussion
BEE BEE DICKERSON: bass, vocal
HOWARD SCOTT: guitar, vocal
LEE OSKAR: harmonica
CHARLES MILLER: tenor sax, flute
LONNIE JORDAN: organ, piano
ERIC BURDON: lead vocals

Produced by: JERRY GOLDSTEIN for AVENUE RECORDS
Engineer: CHRIS HUSTON
Original Album Design: THE VISUAL THING
Concept: ERIC BURDON
Photography: GEORGE MEYZUNGER
Art Director: BOB GORDON

Special Thanks to: TERENCE McVAY & HILTON VALENTINE; Also: PAUL ALMOND, HOWARD BELDOCK, MARTIN COHEN, CAROL CURB, MIKE CURB, RUSSELL HARDING, RON KASS, JESSE KAYE, AL LEWIS, KEN MANSFIELD, LENNIESCHEER, BERNIE SOLOMON, JOELSTROAT, JACK WEINSTEIN, TOM WHITE, DICKWHITEHOUSE, BOB YOUNG






Eric Burdon Declares "War"
Date of Release 1970

The debut effort by Eric Burdon & War was an erratic effort that hinted at more potential than it actually delivered. Three of the five tunes are meandering blues-jazz-psychedelic jams, two of which, "Tobacco Road" and "Blues For Memphis Slim," chug along for nearly 15 minutes. These showcase the then-unknown War's funky fusion and Burdon's still-impressive vocals, but suffer from a lack of focus and substance. "Spill The Wine," on the other hand, is inarguably the greatest moment of the Burdon-fronted lineup. Not only was this goofy funk shaggy-dog story one of the most truly inspired off-the-wall hit singles of all time, it was War's first smash - and Eric Burdon's last. The odd closing track, a short piece of avant-garde sentimentality called "You're No Stranger," was deleted from rereleases of this album for years due to legal complications, but was restored for its CD reissue. - Richie Unterberger


CD Rhino 71050
1970 LP Polydor 2310041
LP MGM 4663
1970 Rhino 71050
CS Rhino 71050
1995 CD A.R.G. 05262
1995 CD A Street 10604



Eric Burdon
Born May 11, 1941 in Walker-on-Tyne, England


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. Occasionally he came up with a good second-division psychedelic hit, like "Sky Pilot"; more often, the music was indulgent, dating almost immediately. Burdon's real triumphs as a solo artist came at the beginning of the '70s, when he hooked up with a bunch of L.A. journeyman soul/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 could ramble on interminably, and would have benefited from a lot of editing. But they contained some spacey funkadelia of real quality, especially their number three hit single "Spill the Wine," which was almost recorded as an afterthought in the midst of sessions dominated by 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. War defied expectations and became even bigger when left to their own devices; Burdon, after recording an album with veteran bluesman Jimmy Witherspoon, cut a series of generally desultory solo albums. He recorded off and on after that, at times with the Animals, but has never come close to reaching the heights of his work with the early Animals and War. - Richie Unterberger



1967 Winds of Change One Way
1968 The Twain Shall Meet One Way
1970 Eric Burdon Declares "War" Rhino
1971 Guilty United Artists
1971 The Black-Man's Burdon Rhino
1974 Sun Secrets Capitol
1975 Stop Capitol
1976 Love Is All Around Rhino
1978 Survivor Polydor
1979 Black & White Blues MCA
1980 Darkness Darkness Polydor
1982 Comeback Burning
1983 Power Company Teldec
1988 Wicked Man GNP
1988 I Used to Be an Animal Striped Horse
1992 That's Live Peter Pan
1994 Crawling King Snake Thunderbolt
1995 Misunderstood Aim
1995 Lost Within the Halls of Fame Jet
1996 Live Receiver
1997 Soldier of Fortune Thunderbolt
1998 Roxy Live One Way
1999 F#ck Me...I Thought He Was Dead!!! Greatest... [live] One Way
2000 Official Live Bootleg #1 Flying Eye
2000 Official Live Bootleg #2 Flying Eye
2000 F#ck Me...I Thought He Was Dead!!! Greatest... [live] Thunderbolt
2001 Official Live Bootleg 2000 Flying Eye
Super Star Armando curcio