The CD Collection (1971-1975)

The CD Collection 1971-1975 is the five-disc CD Box set that follows the 2021 Record Store Day vinyl exclusive featuring the same line up.  This set joins previous releases from the overarching ‘Collection’ series of special edition products celebrating WAR’s 50+ years of music making. Sharing the same tracklist of newly remastered songs and brand new original artwork from famed illustrator Dave Van Patten, The CD Collection includes five of the band’s early classic albums, recorded after the departure of their former lead-singer Eric Burdon: WAR (1971), All Day Music (1971), The World Is A Ghetto (1972), Deliver The Word (1973), and Why Can’t We Be Friends? (1975). WAR’s signature genre-defying sound and style can be heard throughout this stellar collection. 

Release Date: 5th September 2025

Tracklisting:

CD 1: War (1971)

1. SUN OH SON

2. LONELY FEELIN’

3. BACK HOME

4. WAR DRUMS

5. VIBEKA

6. FIDEL’S FANTASY

CD 2: All Day Music (1971)

1. ALL DAY MUSIC

2. GET DOWN

3. THAT’S WHAT LOVE WILL DO

4. THERE MUST BE A REASON

5. NAPPY HEAD (THEME FROM “GHETTO MAN”)

6. SLIPPIN’ INTO DARKNESS

7. BABY BROTHER

CD 3: The World Is A Ghetto (1972)

1. THE CISCO KID

2. WHERE WAS YOU AT

3. CITY, COUNTRY, CITY

4. FOUR CORNERED ROOM

5. THE WORLD IS A GHETTO

6. BEETLES IN THE BOG

CD 4: Deliver the Word (1973)

1. H2 OVERTURE

2. IN YOUR EYES

3. GYPSY MAN

4. ME AND BABY BROTHER

5. DELIVER THE WORD

6. SOUTHERN PART OF TEXAS

7. BLISTERS

CD 5: Why Can’t We Be Friends? (1975)

1. DON'T LET NO ONE GET YOU DOWN 

2. LOTUS BLOSSOM          

3. HEARTBEAT  

4. LEROY'S LATIN LAMENT (Medley)  

a. LONNIE DREAMS

b. THE WAY WE FEEL

c. LA FIESTA    

d. LAMENT

5. SMILE HAPPY      

6. SO  

7. LOW RIDER 

8. IN MAZATLAN

9. WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?