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Title: War - Deliver the Word
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1973, Funk/Soul, Latin Funk/Chicano Rock, Long Beach, California / Los Angeles, California 6/26
Matrix #: UA-LA128-F
Condition: EX, sounds great, some light marks CC | Members: Lonnie J (48' - ), Howard S (46' - ), B.B. D (49' - 21'), Harold B (46' - ), Lee O (48' - ), Charles M (39' - 80'), Papa Dee A (31' - 88')
Cultural Facts:

1. Scene Ecology Deliver the Word captures War’s classic multiethnic Los Angeles sound, blending funk, soul, Latin rhythm, jazz, blues, and street-corner groove into something uniquely West Coast.
2. Studio Lore The album includes “Gypsy Man” and “Me and Baby Brother,” showing how War could stretch out musically while still landing songs on mainstream radio.
3. Personal Struggle Saxophonist Charles Miller was murdered in 1980, cutting short the life of one of the players who helped give War its gritty horn-driven identity.

7/30/2026 CC