(Jazz-Rock) [LP] [16/44100] Chicago - The Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago (II), Chicago III, Chicago IV, Chicago-V, Chicago's Greatest Hits (Chicago IX), Greatest Hits Vol II (Chicago XV),(1969-1981) (jstger6969), FLAC (tracks)

Side one

1. "Introduction" (Terry Kath) – 6:35
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 4:35
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
3. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 7:54
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm

Side two

4. "Questions 67 and 68" (Robert Lamm) – 5:03
* Lead singers: Peter Cetera & Robert Lamm
5. "Listen" (Robert Lamm) – 3:22
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
6. "Poem 58" (Robert Lamm) – 8:35
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm

Side three

7. "Free Form Guitar" (Terry Kath) – 6:47
* Instrumental
8. "South California Purples" (Robert Lamm) – 6:11
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
9. "I'm a Man" (Steve Winwood/James Miller) – 7:43
* Spencer Davis Group cover
* Lead singers: Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, and Robert Lamm

Side four

10. "Prologue" (James William Guercio) – 0:58
11. "Someday" (James Pankow/Robert Lamm) – 4:11
* Lead singers: Robert Lamm & Peter Cetera
12. "Liberation" (James Pankow) – 14:38
* Instrumental (with very brief vocal by Terry Kath)

Chicago The Chicago Transit Authority U.S 180 Gram Rhino Vinyl Rip Flac
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The Chicago Transit Authority
Studio album by The Chicago Transit Authority
Released April 28, 1969
Recorded January 27–30, 1969 Columbia Recording Studios New York
Genre Jazz fusion, progressive rock, hard rock
Length 76:36
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 4/5 stars link

The Chicago Transit Authority is the eponymous debut album by the Chicago-based rock band The Chicago Transit Authority, who would later be known as Chicago. It was recorded and released in 1969.

Upon the band's 1967 inception, they were initially called "The Missing Links". Then (according to Robert Lamm on an episode of In the Studio with Redbeard devoted to the making of the album) changed its name to "The Big Thing" (occasionally performed in areas outside Chicago and Milwaukee as "The Big Sounds" due to some venues complaining about the double entendre that the name "The Big Thing" also alluded to), before adopting the moniker The Chicago Transit Authority when producer James William Guercio took them on in 1968. Fusing brass and jazz with a soulful rock and roll feel was their trademark and Guercio instinctively felt that their sound would prove successful, lobbying for his label to give them a shot.

The Chicago Transit Authority were signed to Columbia Records late that year and recorded their debut in late January. While Guercio had recently produced Blood, Sweat & Tears' second album (which proved to be a huge smash), he did so to raise capital for his band. By the end of The Chicago Transit Authority's sessions, it was clear that the album would have to be a double. Very skeptical, seeing as the band had no track record, Columbia only agreed to the concept if the group would take a royalty cut.

In their original incarnation, keyboardist Robert Lamm, guitarist Terry Kath and bassist Peter Cetera all shared lead vocals, while James Pankow, Lee Loughnane and Walter Parazaider handled all brass and woodwinds and Danny Seraphine played drums. Lamm, Kath and Pankow were the band's main composers at this juncture. Kath's prowess as a guitarist was so strong that even Jimi Hendrix became a major fan of Kath's playing. According to the album's original liner notes, the solo performance of Kath on "Free Form Guitar" was created without the use of any pedals. In a nod to Hendrix's guitar expressionism (Hendrix most notably used wah and fuzz pedals), Kath instead plugged directly into his studio amplifier and improvised the entire track in one take for the purpose of pure tone. "Free Form Guitar" is also noted as being another influence on the genre of noise music.

Released in April 1969, The Chicago Transit Authority (sometimes informally referred to simply as "CTA") proved to be an immediate hit, reaching #17 in the US and #9 in the UK. While critical reaction was also strong, the album initially failed to produce any hit singles, with the group seen as an album-oriented collective. In 1970 and 1971, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (#7), "Beginnings" (#7) and "Questions 67 and 68" (#71/#24 re-release) would all prove to be belated hits. Buoyed by the success of their later albums, the album stayed on the charts for a then-record 171 weeks, and was certified gold (and later platinum and double platinum).

While the band toured the album, legal action was threatened by the actual Chicago Transit Authority, forcing the group to reduce their name to, simply, Chicago.

In 2002, The Chicago Transit Authority was remastered and reissued on one CD by Rhino Records. However, Rhino Records trimmed some of the songs, noticeably the fadeouts on "Questions #67 and #68" (six seconds longer on the LP) and "Free Form Guitar" (five seconds longer), and the 10 second gap between "Someday" and "Liberation".

In 1974 The album was also mixed in quadraphonic sound and released on SQ encoded LP (GQ-33255) and Dolby Quadraphonic 8-Track (QCA-33255).

In 2010 Rhino Handmade re released the original quadraphonic mix of the album on a DTS DVD.

Chicago Transit Authority is the only Chicago album listed in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[1]
Contents
Track listing
Side one

1. "Introduction" (Terry Kath) – 6:35
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 4:35
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
3. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 7:54
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm

Side two

4. "Questions 67 and 68" (Robert Lamm) – 5:03
* Lead singers: Peter Cetera & Robert Lamm
5. "Listen" (Robert Lamm) – 3:22
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
6. "Poem 58" (Robert Lamm) – 8:35
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm

Side three

7. "Free Form Guitar" (Terry Kath) – 6:47
* Instrumental
8. "South California Purples" (Robert Lamm) – 6:11
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
9. "I'm a Man" (Steve Winwood/James Miller) – 7:43
* Spencer Davis Group cover
* Lead singers: Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, and Robert Lamm

Side four

10. "Prologue" (James William Guercio) – 0:58
11. "Someday" (James Pankow/Robert Lamm) – 4:11
* Lead singers: Robert Lamm & Peter Cetera
12. "Liberation" (James Pankow) – 14:38
* Instrumental (with very brief vocal by Terry Kath)
The band

* Peter Cetera - bass, vocals
* Terry Kath - guitar, vocals
* Robert Lamm - keyboard, vocals
* Lee Loughnane - trumpet, vocals
* James Pankow - trombone
* Walter Parazaider - woodwinds, vocals
* Danny Seraphine - drums

Charts

The Chicago Transit Authority (Columbia 8) reached #17 in the US during a chart stay of 171 weeks. It also peaked at #9 in the UK.

Album
Year Chart Position
1969 Billboard Pop Albums 17
1969 UK Pop Albums 9

Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1969 "Questions 67 and 68" Billboard Pop Singles 71
1970 "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" Billboard Pop Singles 7
1971 "Beginnings" Billboard Pop Singles 7
1971 "Questions 67 and 68" Billboard Pop Singles 24
1971 "I'm a Man" Billboard Pop Singles 49

Rip Disclaimer Included

Side one

1. "Movin' In" (James Pankow) – 4:06
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "The Road" (Terry Kath) – 3:10
* Lead singer: Peter Cetera
3. "Poem for the People" (Robert Lamm) – 5:31
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
4. "In the Country" (Kath) – 6:34
* Lead singers: Terry Kath and Peter Cetera
Side two

1. "Wake Up Sunshine" (Lamm) – 2:29
* Lead singers: Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera
2. "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" (Pankow) - 12:55
1. "Make Me Smile" – 4:40
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "So Much to Say, So Much to Give" – 1:12
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
3. "Anxiety's Moment" – 1:01
* Instrumental
4. "West Virginia Fantasies" – 1:34
* Instrumental
5. "Colour My World" – 3:01
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
6. "To Be Free" – 1:15
* Instrumental
7. "Now More Than Ever" – 1:26
* Lead singer: Terry Kath

Side three

1. "Fancy Colours" (Lamm) – 5:10
* Lead singer: Peter Cetera
2. "25 or 6 to 4" (Lamm) – 4:50
* Lead singer: Peter Cetera
3. "Memories of Love" - 9:12
1. "Prelude" (Kath/Peter Matz) – 1:10
* Instrumental
2. "A.M. Mourning" (Kath/Matz) – 2:05
* Instrumental
3. "P.M. Mourning" (Kath/Matz) – 1:58
* Instrumental
4. "Memories of Love" (Kath) – 3:59
* Lead singer: Terry Kath

Side four

1. "It Better End Soon" - 10:24
1. "1st Movement" (Lamm) – 2:33
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "2nd Movement" (Lamm/Walter Parazaider) – 3:41
* Instrumental
3. "3rd Movement" (Lamm/Kath) – 3:19
* lead singer: Terry Kath
4. "4th Movement" (Lamm) – 0:51
* lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "Where Do We Go From Here" (Peter Cetera) – 2:49
* Lead singer: Peter Cetera

Chicago Chicago (II) 180 Gram U.S Rhino Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac With Bonus
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Chicago
Studio album by Chicago
Released January 26, 1970
Recorded August 1969, Columbia Recording Studios, New York and Hollywood
Genre Jazz fusion
Rock
Length 67:21
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link

Chicago is the second album by Chicago-based rock band Chicago. It was released in 1970 after the band had shortened its name from The Chicago Transit Authority after releasing their same-titled debut album the previous year.

Although the official title of the album is Chicago, it came to be retroactively known as Chicago II, keeping it in line with the succession of roman numeral-titled albums that officially began with Chicago III in 1971.

While The Chicago Transit Authority was a success, Chicago is considered by many to be Chicago's breakthrough album, yielding a number of Top 40 hits, including "Make Me Smile" (#9), "Colour My World" (#7), and "25 or 6 to 4" (#4). The centerpiece of the album was the thirteen-minute song cycle "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon". In addition, guitarist Terry Kath also participated in an extended classically styled piece in four separate songs. The politically outspoken Robert Lamm also tackles his qualms with "It Better End Soon", another modular piece. Peter Cetera, later to play a crucial role in the band's music, contributed his first song to Chicago and this album, "Where Do We Go From Here".

Released in January 1970 on Columbia Records, Chicago was an instant hit, reaching #4 in the US and #6 in the UK and has gone on to become - perhaps - the band's most revered album.

Columbia Records was very active in promoting its Quadraphonic 4-channel surround sound format in the mid-1970s, and nine of Chicago's first ten albums were made available in quad. The quad mix features elements not heard in the standard stereo mix, including additional guitar work from Kath in "25 Or 6 To 4" and a different vocal take from Lamm in "Wake Up Sunshine", the latter of which reveals a different lyric in the song's last line.

In 2002, Chicago was remastered and reissued on one CD by Rhino Records with the single versions of "Make Me Smile" and "25 or 6 to 4" as bonus tracks.

Rhino released a DVD-Audio version of the album in 2003, featuring both Advanced Resolution Stereo and 5.1 Surround sound mixes.
Contents
Track listing
Side one

1. "Movin' In" (James Pankow) – 4:06
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "The Road" (Terry Kath) – 3:10
* Lead singer: Peter Cetera
3. "Poem for the People" (Robert Lamm) – 5:31
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
4. "In the Country" (Kath) – 6:34
* Lead singers: Terry Kath and Peter Cetera

Side two

1. "Wake Up Sunshine" (Lamm) – 2:29
* Lead singers: Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera
2. "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" (Pankow) - 12:55
1. "Make Me Smile" – 4:40
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "So Much to Say, So Much to Give" – 1:12
* Lead singer: Robert Lamm
3. "Anxiety's Moment" – 1:01
* Instrumental
4. "West Virginia Fantasies" – 1:34
* Instrumental
5. "Colour My World" – 3:01
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
6. "To Be Free" – 1:15
* Instrumental
7. "Now More Than Ever" – 1:26
* Lead singer: Terry Kath

Side three

1. "Fancy Colours" (Lamm) – 5:10
* Lead singer: Peter Cetera
2. "25 or 6 to 4" (Lamm) – 4:50
* Lead singer: Peter Cetera
3. "Memories of Love" - 9:12
1. "Prelude" (Kath/Peter Matz) – 1:10
* Instrumental
2. "A.M. Mourning" (Kath/Matz) – 2:05
* Instrumental
3. "P.M. Mourning" (Kath/Matz) – 1:58
* Instrumental
4. "Memories of Love" (Kath) – 3:59
* Lead singer: Terry Kath

Side four

1. "It Better End Soon" - 10:24
1. "1st Movement" (Lamm) – 2:33
* Lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "2nd Movement" (Lamm/Walter Parazaider) – 3:41
* Instrumental
3. "3rd Movement" (Lamm/Kath) – 3:19
* lead singer: Terry Kath
4. "4th Movement" (Lamm) – 0:51
* lead singer: Terry Kath
2. "Where Do We Go From Here" (Peter Cetera) – 2:49
* Lead singer: Peter Cetera

Personnel

* Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
* Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
* Robert Lamm – keyboard, vocals
* Lee Loughnane – trumpet, vocals
* James Pankow – trombone
* Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, vocals
* Danny Seraphine – drums

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1970 Billboard Pop Albums 4

Single
Year Single Chart Position
1970 "25 or 6 to 4" Billboard Pop Singles 4
1970 "Make Me Smile" Billboard Pop Singles 9
1971 "Colour My World" Billboard Pop Singles 7
Certifications
Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Gold April 13, 1970
RIAA – USA Platinum August 9, 1991

Also Included "25 Or 6 To 4" 1986 Version Taken from U.S Single
Rip Disclaimer Included

Side one

1. "Sing a Mean Tune Kid" (Robert Lamm) – 9:13
2. "Loneliness Is Just a Word" (Robert Lamm) – 2:36
3. "What Else Can I Say" (Peter Cetera) – 3:12
4. "I Don't Want Your Money" (Terry Kath/Robert Lamm) – 4:47

Side two

1. "Travel Suite" - 22:30 (Robert Lamm, Danny Seraphine, Terry Kath, Walter Parazaider)
1. "Flight 602" (Robert Lamm) – 2:45
2. "Motorboat to Mars" (Danny Seraphine) – 1:30
3. "Free" (Robert Lamm) – 2:16
4. "Free Country" (Terry Kath/Robert Lamm/Walter Parazaider) – 5:47
5. "At The Sunrise" (Robert Lamm) – 2:46
6. "Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home" (Robert Lamm) – 7:26

Side three

1. "Mother" (Robert Lamm) – 4:30
2. "Lowdown" (Peter Cetera/Danny Seraphine) – 3:35
3. "An Hour in the Shower" (Terry Kath) - 5:30
1. "A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast" – 1:52
2. "Off to Work" – 0:46
3. "Fallin' Out" – 0:53
4. "Dreamin' Home" – 0:49
5. "Morning Blues Again" – 1:10

Side four

1. "Elegy" - 15:27
1. "When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow" (Kendrew Lascelles) – 1:03
2. "Canon" (James Pankow) – 1:05
3. "Once Upon a Time...." (James Pankow) – 2:34
4. "Progress?" (James William Guercio/James Pankow) – 2:35
5. "The Approaching Storm" (James Pankow) – 6:26
6. "Man vs. Man: The End" (James Pankow) – 1:34

Chicago III U.S Columbia Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac
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Chicago III
Studio album by Chicago
Released January 11, 1971
Recorded Late November - Early December 1970, Columbia Recording Studios, New York
Genre Rock
Length 71:29
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 2/5 stars link

Chicago III is the third album by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1971. It is also the band's third consecutive double album of new studio material in less than two years, a feat that has yet to be repeated by any major artist or group.

In the wake of Chicago's enormous worldwide success, Chicago spent almost all of 1970 on the road, an exhaustive undertaking. When the band came to record Chicago III at the end of the year - which producer James William Guercio had already determined would be another double, they were physically drained.

Their long hours on the road gave the principal songwriters, Robert Lamm, Terry Kath and James Pankow, much food for thought, resulting in more serious subject matter, which contrasted with the positivity of their first two sets. Lamm documented his homesickness in the "Travel Suite", while Pankow bemoaned the winning battle of industry over nature in the purely instrumental "Elegy" suite, (an issue Lamm also touches upon in "Mother"). While Kath's multi-part "An Hour In The Shower" provides a reprieve from the sobering explorations elsewhere, Chicago III was undeniably the result of a band who had seen the flip side of the world over the last several months.

Chicago III is also notable for its variety of musical genres, with the band relying slightly less on their trademark horns. Both "Sing A Mean Tune Kid" and "Free" feature the influence of funk, "What Else Can I Say" and "Flight 602" have a country feel, while abstract qualities are found in "Free Country" and "Progress?"

Released in January 1971, initially on Columbia Records, Chicago III - their first album to sport a Roman numeral in its title - sold well upon its release, yet its paucity of big hit singles and its more experimental nature meant that it didn't wear as well with the masses as The Chicago Transit Authority and Chicago did. "Free" was a Top 20 hit, and Peter Cetera's "Lowdown" reached the Top 40. And while Chicago III marked a dwindling in UK fortunes, reaching #9 in a brief chart run, it provided Chicago with their highest charting disc yet in the US, going to #2.

Included with the album was a poster of the band dressed in the uniforms of America's wars, standing in front of a field of crosses, representing those who had died in the still ongoing Vietnam War. It also gave the number of casualties from each war up until the time of the album's release.

In 2002, Chicago III was remastered and reissued on one CD by Rhino Records.
Contents
Track listing

Side one

1. "Sing a Mean Tune Kid" (Robert Lamm) – 9:13
2. "Loneliness Is Just a Word" (Robert Lamm) – 2:36
3. "What Else Can I Say" (Peter Cetera) – 3:12
4. "I Don't Want Your Money" (Terry Kath/Robert Lamm) – 4:47

Side two

1. "Travel Suite" - 22:30 (Robert Lamm, Danny Seraphine, Terry Kath, Walter Parazaider)
1. "Flight 602" (Robert Lamm) – 2:45
2. "Motorboat to Mars" (Danny Seraphine) – 1:30
3. "Free" (Robert Lamm) – 2:16
4. "Free Country" (Terry Kath/Robert Lamm/Walter Parazaider) – 5:47
5. "At The Sunrise" (Robert Lamm) – 2:46
6. "Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home" (Robert Lamm) – 7:26

Side three

1. "Mother" (Robert Lamm) – 4:30
2. "Lowdown" (Peter Cetera/Danny Seraphine) – 3:35
3. "An Hour in the Shower" (Terry Kath) - 5:30
1. "A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast" – 1:52
2. "Off to Work" – 0:46
3. "Fallin' Out" – 0:53
4. "Dreamin' Home" – 0:49
5. "Morning Blues Again" – 1:10

Side four

1. "Elegy" - 15:27
1. "When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow" (Kendrew Lascelles) – 1:03
2. "Canon" (James Pankow) – 1:05
3. "Once Upon a Time...." (James Pankow) – 2:34
4. "Progress?" (James William Guercio/James Pankow) – 2:35
5. "The Approaching Storm" (James Pankow) – 6:26
6. "Man vs. Man: The End" (James Pankow) – 1:34

Chicago III (Columbia 30110) reached #2 in the US during a chart stay of 63 weeks. It also peaked at #9 in the UK.
Personnel

* Peter Cetera - bass, vocals
* Terry Kath - guitar, vocals
* Robert Lamm - keyboard, vocals
* Lee Loughnane - trumpet, vocals
* James Pankow - trombone
* Walter Parazaider - woodwinds, vocals
* Danny Seraphine - drums

Rip Disclaimer Included

Volume one
Side one

1. "In the Country" (Terry Kath) – 10:35
2. "Fancy Colours" (Robert Lamm) – 5:15
3. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 9:47

Side two

1. "South California Purples" (Robert Lamm) – 15:35
2. "Questions 67 and 68" (Robert Lamm) – 5:36

Volume two
Side three

1. "Sing a Mean Tune Kid" (Robert Lamm) – 12:54
2. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 6:27

Side four

1. "It Better End Soon" - 15:55

Volume three
Side five

1. "Introduction" (Terry Kath) – 7:10
2. "Mother" (Robert Lamm) – 8:21
3. "Lowdown" (Peter Cetera/Danny Seraphine) – 3:58

Side six

1. "Flight 602" (Robert Lamm) – 3:31
2. "Motorboat to Mars" (Danny Seraphine) – 3:00
3. "Free" (Robert Lamm) – 5:15
4. "Where Do We Go From Here" (Peter Cetera) – 4:08
5. "I Don't Want Your Money" (Terry Kath/Robert Lamm) – 5:23

Volume four
Side seven

1. "Happy Cause I'm Going Home" (Robert Lamm) – 7:56
2. "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" - 15:25
1. "Make Me Smile" (James Pankow) – 3:31
2. "So Much To Say, So Much to Give" (James Pankow) – 1:00
3. "Anxiety's Moment" (James Pankow) – 1:09
4. "West Virginia Fantasies" (James Pankow) – 1:31
5. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 3:26
6. "To Be Free" (James Pankow) – 1:22
7. "Now More Than Ever" (James Pankow) – 3:26

Side eight

1. "A Song for Richard and His Friends" (Robert Lamm) – 6:58
2. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 6:35
3. "I'm a Man" (Jimmy Miller/Steve Winwood) – 8:51

Chicago at Carnegie Hall (Chicago IV) U.S Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac
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Chicago at Carnegie Hall
Live album by Chicago
Released October 25, 1971
Recorded April 5 - April 10, 1971
Genre Rock, jazz fusion[1]
Length 1971: 2:48:33
2005: 3:43:59
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 2.5/5 stars link

Chicago at Carnegie Hall is the first live album by American band Chicago and was initially released in 1971 as a four LP vinyl box set on Columbia Records. It was also available for a time as two separate 2-record sets.

While touring in support of Chicago III, Chicago booked themselves into the Carnegie Hall for a week in April 1971 and recorded all of their shows. Deciding that most of the songs performed there (virtually, the first three double albums, together with the new "A Song For Richard And His Friends") were worthy of release, producer James William Guercio compiled a mammoth four-LP box set collection for release as Chicago's fourth album (that distinction being responsible for the album's nickname of Chicago IV).

Columbia were very skeptical on the risk the extended set posed, and with a decrease in royalties to counter that fear (a similar situation befell their 1969 debut The Chicago Transit Authority), Chicago released Chicago at Carnegie Hall that October to a mixed reaction. While the set sold very well, reaching #3 in the US (but failing to chart at all in the UK), the critics found the album too long - and even indulgent with its moments of tune-ups. The band themselves have remained divided over the years to the merits of the album.

Despite poor sound quality, Chicago at Carnegie Hall went on to become the best-selling box set by a rock act, a record which stood until the release of the Live/1975-85 5 LP live box set by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in 1986. It is still the best-selling 4 LP set.

The original LP release of this set contained two giant posters of the band, a poster of Carnegie Hall's exterior, an insert about voting information, and a 20-page softcover booklet containing photos of the band members playing during the concert and a full touring schedule from their first tour through their 1971 U.S. tour on the back.

In 2005, Chicago at Carnegie Hall was remastered and re-issued on three CDs by Rhino Records with much improved sound quality, a bonus disc of eight tracks of alternate takes and songs not on the 1971 edition, plus recreations of nearly all the original posters and packaging.

One member of the band, James Pankow didn't like how the band sounded at Carnegie Hall:
“ I hate it. The acoustics of Carnegie Hall were never meant for amplified music, and the sound of the brass after being miked came out sounding like kazoos.[2] ”
Contents

* 1 Track listing
o 1.1 Volume one
+ 1.1.1 Side one
+ 1.1.2 Side two
o 1.2 Volume two
+ 1.2.1 Side three
+ 1.2.2 Side four
o 1.3 Volume three
+ 1.3.1 Side five
+ 1.3.2 Side six
o 1.4 Volume four
+ 1.4.1 Side seven
+ 1.4.2 Side eight
o 1.5 Bonus Disc (2005 Rhino edition)
* 2 Personnel
* 3 References

Track listing
Volume one
Side one

1. "In the Country" (Terry Kath) – 10:35
2. "Fancy Colours" (Robert Lamm) – 5:15
3. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 9:47

Side two

1. "South California Purples" (Robert Lamm) – 15:35
2. "Questions 67 and 68" (Robert Lamm) – 5:36

Volume two
Side three

1. "Sing a Mean Tune Kid" (Robert Lamm) – 12:54
2. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 6:27

Side four

1. "It Better End Soon" - 15:55

Volume three
Side five

1. "Introduction" (Terry Kath) – 7:10
2. "Mother" (Robert Lamm) – 8:21
3. "Lowdown" (Peter Cetera/Danny Seraphine) – 3:58

Side six

1. "Flight 602" (Robert Lamm) – 3:31
2. "Motorboat to Mars" (Danny Seraphine) – 3:00
3. "Free" (Robert Lamm) – 5:15
4. "Where Do We Go From Here" (Peter Cetera) – 4:08
5. "I Don't Want Your Money" (Terry Kath/Robert Lamm) – 5:23

Volume four
Side seven

1. "Happy Cause I'm Going Home" (Robert Lamm) – 7:56
2. "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" - 15:25
1. "Make Me Smile" (James Pankow) – 3:31
2. "So Much To Say, So Much to Give" (James Pankow) – 1:00
3. "Anxiety's Moment" (James Pankow) – 1:09
4. "West Virginia Fantasies" (James Pankow) – 1:31
5. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 3:26
6. "To Be Free" (James Pankow) – 1:22
7. "Now More Than Ever" (James Pankow) – 3:26

Side eight

1. "A Song for Richard and His Friends" (Robert Lamm) – 6:58
2. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 6:35
3. "I'm a Man" (Jimmy Miller/Steve Winwood) – 8:51

Chicago at Carnegie Hall (Columbia 30865) reached #3 in the US during a chart stay of 46 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.
Personnel

* Peter Cetera - bass, vocals
* Terry Kath - guitar, vocals
* Robert Lamm - keyboard, vocals
* Lee Loughnane - trumpet, percussion, background vocals
* James Pankow - trombone, percussion
* Walter Parazaider - woodwinds, percussion, background vocals
* Danny Seraphine - drums
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Chicago V
Studio album by Chicago
Released July 10, 1972 (1972-07-10)
Recorded September 20, 1971 (1971-09-20)–September 29, 1971 (1971-09-29), Columbia Recording Studios, New York
Genre Rock
Length 45:16
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 4/5 stars link
* Rolling Stone (not rated) link

Chicago V is the fourth studio album (fifth overall) by American rock band Chicago and was released in 1972. It is notable for being the group's first single full-length release, after having released three consecutive double albums and a box set of live material.

Following the release of Chicago III in 1971, which almost left Chicago creatively spent, the band decided to curb their penchant for double albums and work on more concise numbers (in contrast to the suites that had typified their previous work) in order to fit all of their new material onto a single album. Chicago V is also notable for Robert Lamm's prolific songwriting; eight out of its ten tunes are composed solely by him.

Recorded just before Chicago at Carnegie Hall was released in the fall of 1971, Chicago V was cut in just over a week and held over for release until the following summer. Preceded by "Saturday In The Park", which reached #3 - the band's biggest hit thus far, the critically-acclaimed Chicago V became the biggest hit album of 1972, not only becoming Chicago's first #1 album but spending nine weeks in the pole position in the US. In the UK, the release managed to reach #24. Follow-up single, "Dialogue (Part I & II)" (#24) also became a Top 30 hit.

In 2002, Chicago V was remastered and reissued by Rhino Records with three bonus tracks: a rehearsal of Lamm's "A Song For Richard And His Friends", which was debuted at Carnegie Hall, an early rehearsal of Kath's "Mississippi Delta City Blues" (which would later be re-recorded and released on Chicago XI), and a single-edit of "Dialogue".
Contents
Track listing

All tracks by Robert Lamm except where noted

1. "A Hit by Varиse" – 4:56
2. "All Is Well" – 3:52
3. "Now That You've Gone" (James Pankow) – 5:01
4. "Dialogue (Part I)" - 2:57
5. "Dialogue (Part II)" - 4:13
6. "While the City Sleeps" – 3:53
7. "Saturday in the Park" – 3:56
8. "State of the Union" – 6:12
9. "Goodbye" – 6:02
10. "Alma Mater" (Terry Kath) – 3:56

Personnel

* Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
* Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
* Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
* Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, vocals
* James Pankow – trombone, percussion
* Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, percussion
* Danny Seraphine – drums, congas, antique bells

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1972 Billboard Black Albums 33
1972 Billboard Pop Albums 1
1972 Billboard Jazz Albums 1

Single
Year Single Chart Position
1972 "Dialogue (Parts I & II)" Billboard Pop Singles 24
1972 "Saturday in the Park" Billboard Pop Singles 3
Certifications
Organization Level Date
RIAA – USA Gold July 31, 1972
RIAA – USA Platinum November 21, 1986
RIAA – USA Double Platinum November 21, 1986

Also Included "Dialogue (Part I and II)" [single version] Vinyl Sourced
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1. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 4:51
2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 3:20
* This has most of the instrumental intro cut off. On the original LP version of IX,
more of the intro was cut off and the spoken part in the last verse was omitted.
3. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 2:59
4. "Just You 'N' Me" (James Pankow) – 3:42
5. "Saturday in the Park" (Robert Lamm) – 3:54
6. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (Peter Cetera/James Pankow) – 4:14

Side two

1. "Make Me Smile" (James Pankow) – 2:59
* This is the single edit that also includes parts of "Now More Than Ever".
2. "Wishing You Were Here" (Peter Cetera) – 4:34
3. "Call on Me" (Lee Loughnane) – 4:02
4. "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (James Pankow) – 4:29
5. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 7:51
* On the original LP version of IX this song was faded out about 1:20 early.

Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits U.S Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac
Label - Columbia
Catalog Number PC 33900

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Compilation album by Chicago
Released November 10, 1975
Recorded January 1969 - December 1973
Genre Rock
Length 47:18
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio

Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits is the first greatest hits album by American rock band Chicago
and was released in 1975.

Considering all of Chicago's biggest hits thus far, this set stretches all the way back to their 1969
debut, The Chicago Transit Authority, to 1974's Chicago VII. Chicago VIII and its hits,
having only come out just months earlier, were considered too recent to anthologize,
while Chicago III's material was overlooked for inclusion due to its lack of truly big hit singles.

Released in November 1975 on Columbia Records, Chicago IX proved to be an enormous seller,
reaching #1 in the US. Despite 2002's The Very Best of: Only the Beginning superseding it,
Chicago IX was also reissued by Rhino Records, Chicago's current distributor.

Track listing

Side one

1. "25 or 6 to 4" (Robert Lamm) – 4:51
2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm) – 3:20
* This has most of the instrumental intro cut off. On the original LP version of IX,
more of the intro was cut off and the spoken part in the last verse was omitted.
3. "Colour My World" (James Pankow) – 2:59
4. "Just You 'N' Me" (James Pankow) – 3:42
5. "Saturday in the Park" (Robert Lamm) – 3:54
6. "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (Peter Cetera/James Pankow) – 4:14

Side two

1. "Make Me Smile" (James Pankow) – 2:59
* This is the single edit that also includes parts of "Now More Than Ever".
2. "Wishing You Were Here" (Peter Cetera) – 4:34
3. "Call on Me" (Lee Loughnane) – 4:02
4. "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" (James Pankow) – 4:29
5. "Beginnings" (Robert Lamm) – 7:51
* On the original LP version of IX this song was faded out about 1:20 early.

Chicago IX (Columbia 33900) reached #1 in the US during a chart stay of 72 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.
Personnel

* John Berg – Design
* Peter Cetera – Bass, Guitar, Vocals
* Laudir DeOliveira – Percussion
* Nick Fasciano – Logo
* James William Guercio – Producer
* Terry Kath – Guitar, Vocals
* Robert Lamm – Keyboards, Vocals
* Lee Loughnane – Percussion, Trumpet, Vocals
* Reid Miles – Photography
* James Pankow – Trombone
* Walter Parazaider – Wind
* Daniel Seraphine – Drums

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Label: Columbia
Catalog#: C 37682

Greatest Hits, Volume II (Chicago album)
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Greatest Hits, Volume II
Compilation album by Chicago
Released November 231981
Recorded January 1969 - June 1978
Genre Rock
Length 35:49
Label Columbia
Producer James William Guercio,
Phil Ramone and Chicago
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Greatest Hits, Volume II is the second greatest hits album by American rock band Chicago - their fifteenth overall - and was released in 1981.

Following the commercial flop of 1980's Chicago XIV, Columbia Records dropped Chicago from their roster and cancelled a lucrative contract that had recently been signed.
While the band had begun their association with David Foster and were in the process of building a new identity,
Columbia put together a sequel to their first - and highly successful - hits package, 1975's Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits, basically a contractual-obligation effort. The bare-bones album artwork (merely a collage of photos from around the city of Chicago, no distinctive logo) and lack of liner notes support this.

Released in November 1981, Greatest Hits, Volume II primarily samples material from Chicago VIII through 1978's Hot Streets,
after which the hits stopped coming, though it also stretches back to pick up overlooked hits from the era first covered by their original compilation album.
Because it appeared just before Chicago's unexpected career revival with Chicago 16, this set performed very poorly at retail,
only reaching #171 in the US. Curiously, though "Dialogue Part I & II" is part of the track listing,
Part I of the song is left off, leaving only the Part II outro.

Like its predecessor, Greatest Hits, Volume II has since been superseded by 2002's The Very Best of:
Only the Beginning and is out of print.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Baby, What A Big Surprise" (Peter Cetera) – 3:03
2. "Dialogue (Part II)" (Robert Lamm) – 4:10 - incorrectly listed as "Parts I & II"
3. "No Tell Lover" (Peter Cetera/Lee Loughnane/Danny Seraphine) – 3:47 - single edit
4. "Alive Again" (James Pankow) – 3:32 - single edit
5. "Old Days" (James Pankow) – 3:29

Side two

1. "If You Leave Me Now" (Peter Cetera) – 3:55
2. "Questions 67 and 68" (Robert Lamm) – 3:26 - single edit
3. "Happy Man" (Peter Cetera) – 3:15
4. "Gone Long Gone" (Peter Cetera) – 3:57
5. "Take Me Back To Chicago" (Danny Seraphine/David Wolinski) – 3:00 - single edit

Greatest Hits, Volume II (Columbia 37682) reached #171 in the US during a chart stay of 5 weeks. It did not chart in the UK.

Personnel

* Peter Cetera - electric bass, acoustic guitar, vocals, background vocals
* Terry Kath - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
* Robert Lamm - piano, keyboards, percussion, vocals, background vocals
* Lee Loughnane - trumpet, flugelhorn, cornet, guitar, percussion, background vocals
* James Pankow - trombone, percussion, background vocals
* Walter Parazaider - saxophone, flute, clarinet
* Danny Seraphine - drums, percussion
* Laudir DeOliveira - congas, bongos, Latin percussion
* Donnie Dacus - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals

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