To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (3155 ) 1/24/2012 3:48:30 PM From: LTK007 1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3244 Thanx!, what an historic tape. HD and the over 4 minutes long version Rising Sun, that i don't think it ever got on vinyl(vinyl version 2:58) Best i can say it was a TV appearance in 1964, their first year, and Eric Was 23. Eric is 4 days older than me--yikes:) And still performing.(BTW,the actual original sign for "The House of The Rising Sun", was found during the clean up following Katrina--it was the first Hard Proof, there actually was such a place) Just going through some WIKI on Eric. This about his years with WAR WarDuring 1969, while living in San Francisco, Burdon joined forces with Californian funk rock band War . The resulting album was entitled Eric Burdon Declares "War" which produced the singles " Spill the Wine " and " Tobacco Road ". A two-disc set entitled The Black-Man's Burdon , was released later in September 1970. The singles from the double album, " Paint It, Black " and " They Can't Take Away Our Music ", had moderate success during 1971. During this time Burdon collapsed on the stage during a concert, caused by an asthma attack, and War continued the tour without him. In 1976 a compilation album, Love Is All Around , was released by ABC Records which had recordings of Eric Burdon with War and a live version of "Paint it Black" and a jam session called "A Day In The Life".Eric Burdon and War were reunited for the first time in 37 years, to perform a concert at the Royal Albert Hall London on 21 April 2008. [6] The concert coincided with a major reissue campaign by Rhino Records (UK), who released all the War albums including Eric Burdon Declares "War" and The Black-Man's Burdon . In this video i can see he seems to be a huge volume baritone with That Gift to rocket up scale to hign pitch and do so with ease--amazing. His last album was "Soul Man"(2008), and dedicated to Ray Charles and John Lee Hooker.