WAR – WAR LIVE 2LP – Nr MINT 1973 US FUNK SOUL

War – War Live
(United Artists Records  1973  UALA193J2  US Press)

Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Die Cut Inner Sleeves in Nr MINT- condition
– a little rubbing down one edge

Double Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, known for the hit songs “Spill the Wine”, “The World Is a Ghetto”, “The Cisco Kid”, “Why Can’t We Be Friends?”, “Low Rider”, and “Summer”. Formed in 1969, War was a musical crossover band which fused elements of rock, funk, jazz, Latin, rhythm and blues, and reggae. Their album The World Is a Ghetto was the best-selling album of 1973. The band also transcended racial and cultural barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up. War was also subject to many line-up changes over the course of its formation, leaving member Leroy “Lonnie” Jordan as the only original member in the current line-up; four other members created a new group called the Lowrider Band.

War Live is the first live album by American band War, recorded during a four-night engagement at Chicago’s High Chapparral club and released as a double LP on United Artists Records in 1973.