A nice one, and a strange batch of instrumental grooves played by what is billed as an early version of War – with Lonnie Jordan on piano and organ, Harold Brown on drums, Magnificent Montague on congas, and Bobby Womack on guitar! The liner notes lists the group as being made up of members of The Packers, The Romeos, and The Soul Runners – and if you know those groups from their funky 45's, then you'll get a feeling of the funky instrumental sound of this album. It's not really like War at all, but it's a great batch of lost funky tracks from the LA scene, with titles like "On Fire", "La Chanson", "Blusing Tears", "Moving Along", "Cup Of Soul", "Time Is Tight", and "The Bamboche".

Platinum-selling smash hit album on Hybrid Stereo SACD! Mastered direct to DSD by Ryan K. Smith from the original analog master tapes Funk, rock and soul band hits include "Why Can't We Be Friends," "Slippin into Darkness," "Low Rider," "Cisco Kid" and more!

'The Very Best of Eric Burdon and WAR' is the two-disc CD set that accompanies the forthcoming double LP (of the same name) releasing exclusively for Record Store Day Black Friday.

The classic collection of WAR's Greatest Hits on a sea blue vinyl, including universal favorites "Why Can't We Be Friends," "Low Rider," and "Cisco Kid" as well as deeper fan favorites including "Gypsy Man" and "Southern Part of Texas" that demonstrate the breadth, fusion, and originality of WAR's sound and influences.

Record Store Day 2025. Celebrate 50 Years of the iconic, multi-million selling, Billboard 200 Top 10 Album that features classic WAR anthems like "Low Rider" and the title track "Why Can't We Be Friends?". This Anniversary edition features the original album on one LP with unreleased bonus tracks filling out the 2nd LP.

After touring across the United States and Europe for much of 1974, in support of their newly released album Deliver The Word, WAR decided to take their laidback West Coast sound to Japan–-bookending their epic tour run with dates across Shizuoka, Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe.

In 1973, the best-selling album in America was The World Is a Ghetto by WAR. This fall, the multi-ethnic SoCal band is giving fans a new way to experience its mega-million-selling classic with a new 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition available exclusively for Record Store Day Black Friday.

War was the original jam band; their music is a thick stew of stone funk, old school R&B, Latin rhythms, free-form jazz and uncanny pop sensibility. Their late ’72 album release The World Is A Ghetto, led by the title track and the smash hit “The Cisco Kid,” became the best-selling pop album of 1973. To commemorate the album’s place in pop music history, Avenue Records and UMe have remastered the album and included unreleased bonus “Ghetto Jams,” showcasing more of the band’s versatility. The World Is A Ghetto now includes the chugging “Freight Train Jam,” “58 Blues” and the rock-blues track “War Is Coming”.