Mirage was recorded as an album by Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon

Eric Victor Burdon is an English singer-songwriter best known as a founding member and vocalist of rock band The Animals, and the funk rock band War and for his aggressive stage performance...

 and The Eric Burdon Band in 1973 during the "Mirage Project". It was not released until February 27, 2008 by Universal.

Four "Mirage" sessions were released as a bootleg

Bootleg recording

A bootleg recording is an audio or video recording of a performance that was not officially released by the artist or under other legal authority. The process of making and distributing such recordings is known as bootlegging...

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On February 27, 2008 Universal

Universal Records

Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...

 and Polydor released 9 Eric Burdon albums, some re-issues, some unreleased tracks.

Mirage was scheduled to release by Atlantic

Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...

 on June 1974. It never did. In 2006 AIM

AIM Records

AIM Records is a Norwegian record company that specializes in acoustic improvised music, both jazz and classical located in Oslo, Norway. They represent many of the new artists who are among the up and coming in the Norwegian music scene and some already well established acts.AIM is also the name...

 released a compilation Wild & Wicked

Wild & Wicked

Wild & Wicked is a compilation with tracks of Eric Burdon.Some tracks were taken from the unreleased "Mirage Project" from 1973. Other tracks are taken from the Comeback album, the Comeback film from 1981/82, a track recorded by The Eric Burdon Band in 1973 and a track probably recorded in 1981/82...

which features some tracks of the Mirage project and the later "Comeback project".

The album was also about Vietnam War

Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...

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The United Artists

United Artists

United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....

 film Mirage was never made.

Track list

1. "Dragon Lady"
2. "Jim Crow"
3. "Ghetto Child"
4. "Mind Arc"
5. "River of Blood"
6. "Driftin'/Geronimo's Last Stand"
7. "Highway Mover"
8. "Cum"
9. "First Sight"
10. "Mirage"
11. "Stole My Heart Away (First Sight)"

The title song "Mirage" was written by Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...

 in the night he died. It was called "The Story of Jesus". Because it wasn't released for a long time, Burdon re-recorded it for the 2000 Hendrix tribute CD Blue Haze under the name Third Stone from the Sun

Third Stone from the Sun

"Third Stone From the Sun" is a song written and originally recorded by Jimi Hendrix and released as "3rd Stone From The Sun" on the 1967 Are You Experienced album by Jimi Hendrix Experience...

/The Story of Life.