WAR – DELIVER THE WORD LP – Nr MINT A1 UK 1973 FUNK ROCK SOUL

War – Deliver The Word
(United Artists Records  1973  UAG29251)
Matrix No’s: A1/B2 – UK Pressing

Textured Die-Cut Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are a few 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.

Deliver the Word is the sixth album by War, released in 1973 on United Artists Records.

Track listing

All tracks composed by War (Papa Dee Allen, Harold Brown, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Howard E. Scott), except where indicated.

Side one

1. “H₂Overture” – 4:38
2. “In Your Eyes” – 4:22
3. “Gypsy Man” – 11:35

Side two

1. “Me and Baby Brother” – 3:30
2. “Deliver the Word” – 7:48
3. “Southern Part of Texas” (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 6:22
4. “Blisters” – 2:21

Personnel

• Howard Scott – guitar, percussion, vocals
• B.B. Dickerson – bass, percussion, vocals
• Lonnie Jordan – organ, piano, ARP violins, synthesizer, timbales, percussion, vocals
• Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals
• Papa Dee Allen – conga, bongos, percussion, vocals
• Charles Miller – clarinet, alto, tenor and baritone saxes, percussion, vocals
• Lee Oskar – harmonica, percussion, vocals