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Eric Burdon - Mirage (Complete Sessions) (1974)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Dragon Lady 6:40
  2. Jim Crow #1 4:59
  3. Ghetto Child 5:22
  4. Mind Arc #1 4:03
  5. Jim Crow #2 4:53
  6. River Of Blood 8:25
  7. Geronimo's Last Ride 14:21
CD2
  1. Highway Mover #1 5:13
  2. Clum 2:49
  3. Mirage #1 8:27
  4. First Sight 8:15
  5. Mind Arc #2 3:49
  6. Mirage #2 8:22
  7. Highway Mover #2 4:57
  8. Stole My Heart Away 5:34
CD3
  1. Ghetto Child #1 3:07
  2. Ghetto Child #2 9:15
  3. Ghetto Child #3 6:38
  4. Dragon Lady Warm-Up 2:41
  5. Dragon Lady #1 3:40
  6. Dragon Lady #2 10:06
  7. Jim Crow Improvisation 6:06
CD4
  1. Mirage 7:47
  2. Dragon Lady #1 7:08
  3. Dragon Lady #2 7:03
  4. Jim Crow 5:35
  5. Driftin' / Red Eyed Devil 16:46

Notes

Soundquality: A+

Disc 1 and Disc 2: complete "Mirage" Recordings
Disc 3: Live Recordings during the "Mirage" Sessions
Disc 4: "Mirage" Outtakes

Eric Burdon (vocals)
Snuffy Walden (guitar)
Aalon Butler (guitar)
Alvin Taylor (drums/percussion)
Randy Rice (bass guitar)

Upon returning to the USA, Snuffy Walden was added to the band and some preliminary recordings were made for the "Mirage" project. The tracks that appeared on the 1975 released "Sun Secrets" album were recorded in March 1974 at the RecPlant Studio (San Francisco, USA). Sastello records that, also at this time, a national USA comenced and many hous were spent in the studio working on tracks for the unreleased "Mirage" double album (it was at that stage scheduled for release by Atlantic in June 1974).