''Love Is All Around'' is a studio

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by Eric Burdon and War (credited as "War featuring

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" on the original edition). Released in 1976 on

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, it contains tracks recorded during the band's brief existence from 1969 to 1971, but not found on their two albums from 1970. Many years later it was reissued on CD by Avenue Records; this edition restores the original group name, Eric Burdon and War. Only two tracks had been released previously: "Magic Mountain" was the B-side to "

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"; and "Home Dream", though performed by Eric Burdon and War, appeared in 1971 on the album '' Guilty'' by Eric Burdon and

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. Of the remaining tracks, the title track had not been previously released in any form; " Tobacco Road" is an alternate and shorter version of the

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song which appeared on Eric Burdon and War's first album, '' Eric Burdon Declares "War"''; "

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" is a previously unreleased cover version of the song by

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; and "

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" is a live version (Whiskey, Los Angeles, September 8, 1969) of the group's suite arrangement of the song by

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which appeared in a studio version on Eric Burdon and War's second album, ''

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''. In 1977, "Magic Mountain" and an edited version of "Home Dream" were issued as a single.

Track listing

Tracks credited to "War" refer to Thomas Sylvester "Papa Dee" Allen,

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, Morris "B.B." Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Charles W. Miller,

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, and Howard E. Scott.

Side one

#"Love Is All Around" (

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) – 4:12 #" Tobacco Road" (

) – 6:30 #"Home Dream" (Burdon) – 7:15 #"Magic Mountain" (War, Jerry Goldstein) – 4:18

Side two

" (

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) – 11:05 #" Paint It Black Medley" (

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) – 10:09

Personnel

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– conga, bongos, percussion, vocals * Harold Brown – drums, percussion, vocals *

– vocals, percussion *

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– bass, vocals *

Lonnie Jordan Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan (born November 21, 1948, in San Diego) is an American musician and songwriter. He is a founding member of the American funk band War. Jordan had a number of roles over the years, acting as vocalist and playing guitar, piano ...

– organ, piano, vocals * Charles Miller – tenor, baritone and alto saxophones, percussion, vocals, flute *

– harmonica, percussion, vocals *

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– guitar, vocals ;Technical *Jerry Goldstein, Lonnie Jordan, Howard Scott – producer

References

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