ERIC BURDON AND WAR/THE BLACK MAN'S BURDON LDS 84003/4 (-70) UK

His second album with US band "War". Although the backing is different here, tighter and more down to earth, it's the same Burdon as in Animals. Record one has re-worked and extended cover versions of "Paint It Black" and "Nights In White Satin" mixed with instrumental parts and poems, while the second is a mix of r&b, funk and soul - all penned by the group. The lyrics moves between social comments and private reflections and the approach is as grand as ever. There's a slight change of focus - less drugs and more sex - shown both by cover design and some of the texts. One exemple is "PC 3" poem where he's talking about the Queen with her nickers down and that he "saw the sight of her burning bush". That showed too much for some of the UK public and Liberty Records at the time and the track was removed from some later pressings. I'm a big fan of the psych albums from "Eric Burdon and The Animals". Even if this is has different backing and partly moves around other genres, some of the magic remains and Burdon's vocals continues to enchant. First US on MGM (SE 4710-2). Premiere UK has label as shown here and matt fold/out cover. (ÄNÄ*)(XLÄ*)