Label : ABC Records/Far Out Productions
Genre : Soul
Style : Funk/Soul, Rhythm & Blues
"Love Is all Around" isn't the return of Eric Burdon in WAR band, but a collection of epic b-sides & unrealeased songs recorded from 1969 to 1970, and gathered in a compilation released during a WAR break in 1976, between the "Why Can't We Be Friends" & "Galaxy" albums. Most of the songs were recorded during the year 1970, including "Love Is All Around" & the Beatles reprise "A Day In A Life", both extracted from the Eric Buron Declares War's recordings sessions at the Wally Helder studio, San Fransisco. Other titles include first studio recording by WAR, the original version of "Tobacco Road" from 1969, the "Magic Mountain" b-side of the WAR massive hit, "Spill The Wine", the blues "Home Dream" and "Paint It Black", in a live performance at the Whiskey, Los Angeles in 1969. All tracks produced by Jerry Goldstein.
MUSICIANS : Eric Burdon - lead vocal, percussion - B.B. Dickerson - bass - Papa Dee Allen - congas, bongos -Harold Brown - drums, percussion - Charles Miller - flute, saxophones, percussion - Howard Scott - guitar - Lee Oskar - harmonica, percussion - Lonnie Jordan - organ, piano
TRACKLIST : Love Is All Around (Unreleased) - Tobacco Road (First Version) - Home Dream (Unreleased) - Magic Mountain (B-Side) - A Day In The Life (Unreleased) - Paint It Black (Live)
