War-"Why Can't We Be Friends? [50th Anniversary Edition]" [3CD-6/6/2025-Avenue/Rhino]

[Motown Eddie]

Celebrate 50 Years of the iconic, multi-million selling, Billboard 200 Top 10 Album that features classic WAR anthems like "Low Rider", "So" and the title track "Why Can't We Be Friends?". This Anniversary edition features the original album remastered by Bernie Grundman, alongside two additional discs of unreleased bonus tracks pulled from album sessions and unedited mixes to fill out the Collector's Edition set. Just in time to commemorate the genre-bending, funk-soul-jazz-pop-latin-fusion band's 55th year together as a preeminent fixture on the Los Angeles music and cultural scene.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Don't Let No One Get You Down
2. Lotus Blossom
3. Heartbeat
4. Leroy's Latin Lament [Medley]: Lonnie Dreams/The Way We Feel/La Fiesta/Lament
5. Smile Happy
6. So
7. Low Rider
8. In Mazatlan
9. Why Can't We Be Friends?

[CD2]
1. Zorro
2. Don't Let No One Get You Down [Original Mix Unedited]
3. Roam & Ramble
4. Low Rider [Original Mix Unedited]
5. So [Remix Unedited]

[CD3]
1. Oatmeal Box [feat. Jerry Goldstein]
2. Heartbeat [Original Jam]
3. The Making Of "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

Amazon USA
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwan-21

[Motown Eddie]

Hear the Original Unedited Mix of War's "Low Rider" from the upcoming 50th Anniversary edition of Why Can't We Be Friends.