Eric Burdon & WAR – The Complete CD Collection announced for March 7th release

WAR announce their second major release of 2025: Eric Burdon & WAR – The Complete CD Collection. Out March 7^th via Avenue/Rhino

The collection brings together the band’s formative works from 1970–1976 on CD, following the sold-out release of its vinyl box set on Record Store Day 2022. Available in a 4-CD configuration, the package showcases each essential album from that pivotal time period: Eric Burdon Declares War, Black Man’s Burdon and Love Is All Around.

Arriving at the outset of WAR’s 55th Anniversary, the collection not only celebrates the band’s pathbreaking journey, but showcases the origins of a legacy defined by unparalleled fusion and relentless creativity – and one which continues to thrive more than half a century later. 

One of music’s defining and most enduring soul and funk groups, WAR was founded in Long Beach, California. In 1970, producer Jerry Goldstein united a seven-piece band with former Animals lead singer Eric Burdon, an alliance which would go on to produce the No.1 worldwide hit, ‘Spill the Wine’. 55 years later, this chapter in WAR’s hit-making history has now been reassembled and meticulously remastered by award-winning engineer Bernie Grundman, honouring this “barrier-breaking collaboration from a trail-blazing era” (Classic Rock). 
 
Having recently kicked things off with a performance at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, WAR’s anniversary celebrations extend all throughout 2025. On February 7th, the band will release Live In Japan 1974 – their first live album to feature all seven original members in 50 years – and this summer, they will receive their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with dozens of tour dates in between including UK festivals appearances in July at Love Supreme and a headline set at the Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival 2025.

WAR – The Complete CD Collection. Out March 7^th via Avenue/Rhino it is available to pre-order now here.