Eric Burdon & War - The Black Man's Burdon [2CD] (1970)

Year: December 1970 (CD 1986)
Label: Far Out Productions, Inc. (Germany), 827 736-2
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Funk
Country: Long Beach, California, U.S.
Time: 44:43, 45:59
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 262, 262 Mb

The Black-Man's Burdon is the second studio album and first double album by American band Eric Burdon and War, released in December 1970 on MGM Records. It was the last album by the group before Burdon left and the remaining band continued as War.
The title is a pun on The Black Man's Burden, an expression which refers to black slavery, used as the title of a book by E. D. Morel (1920) in response to the poem, "The White Man's Burden" (1899) by Rudyard Kipling, which refers to (and champions) western imperialism (including its history of slavery).
The album includes two suites based on songs by other artists: "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones, and "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues, augmented by additional sections composed by the group. (Two similar suites appeared on the group's first album.) The extra material is mostly instrumental, except for "P.C. 3" (P.C. referring to Police Constable, a common abbreviation used in the United Kingdom), a risque poem recited (and probably written) by Burdon over the music. Two other songs include a gospel-style chorus credited as Sharon Scott and the Beautiful New Born Children of Southern California. Richie Unterberger of Allmusic says the album is "Composed mostly of sprawling psychedelic funk jams" and "it does find War mapping out much of the jazz/Latin/soul grooves...".
The front cover shows a black man in silhouette, while the back cover shows Burdon and a woman posed together: the woman sitting on a wall with her legs spread far apart, and Burdon (shirtless) resting the back of his head against her pelvis and gripping her ankles. The gatefold photo is somewhat risque, consisting of the group (mostly shirtless) in a field with two nude women lying in the grass.
The album also came with a numbered 7–inch by 3–inch "war bond" entitling the bearer to $1 off the admission of any War concert.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black-Man%27s_Burdon)

01. Black On Black On Black (02:04)
02. Paint It Black (02:04)
03. Laurel & Hardy (01:21)
04. Paint It Black II (01:10)
05. P.C. 3 (01:33)
06. Black Bird (02:13)
07. Paint It Black III (03:02)
08. Spirit (08:34)
09. Beautiful Newborn Child (05:09)
10. Nights In White Satin I (04:28)
11. Birds & The Squirel (02:45)
12. Nuts Seeds & Life (04:01)
13. Out Of Nowhere (03:21)
14. Night In White Satin II (02:52)

01. Sun - Moon (10:07)
02. Pretty Colours (06:47)
03. Gun (05:50)
04. Jimbo (04:54)
05. Bare Back Ride (07:12)
06. Home Cookin' (04:15)
07. They Can't Take Away Our Music (06:51)

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