The Studio Albums 1969 – 1978

Tracklist

• CD 1: Chicago Transit Authority
• 1
  Introduction

  Chicago Transit Authority
  6:34
• 2
  Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

  Chicago Transit Authority
  4:34
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Beginnings

  Chicago Transit Authority
  7:51
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Questions 67 & 68

  Chicago Transit Authority
  4:58
• 5
  Listen

  Chicago Transit Authority
  3:20
• 6
  Poem 58

  Chicago Transit Authority
  8:37
• 7
  Free Form Guitar

  Chicago Transit Authority
  6:49
• 8
  South California Purples

  Chicago Transit Authority
  6:11
• 9
  I’m a Man

  Chicago Transit Authority
  7:43
• 10
  Prologue, August 29, 1968

  Chicago Transit Authority
  0:57
• 11
  Someday (August 29, 1968)

  Chicago Transit Authority
  4:13
• 12
  Liberation

  Chicago Transit Authority
  14:39
• CD 2: Chicago
• 1
  Movin’ In
  4:06
• 2
  The Road
  3:10
• 3
  Poem for the People
  5:35
• 4
  In the Country
  6:35
• 5
  Wake Up Sunshine
  2:32
• 6
  Make Me Smile
  3:15
• 7
  So Much to Say, So Much to Give
  1:12
• 8
  Anxiety’s Moment
  1:00
• 9
  West Virginia Fantasies
  1:33
• 10
  Colour My World
  3:00
  2.0 ★
• 11
  To Be Free
  1:15
• 12
  Now More Than Ever
  1:25
• 13
  Fancy Colours
  5:09
• 14
  25 or 6 to 4
  4:58
• 15
  Prelude
  1:09
• 16
  A.M. Mourning
  2:05
• 17
  P.M. Mourning
  1:58
• 18
  Memories of Love
  3:58
• 19
  It Better End Soon (1st Movement)
  2:33
• 20
  It Better End Soon (2nd Movement)
  3:40
• 21
  It Better End Soon (3rd Movement)
  3:18
• 22
  It Better End Soon (4th Movement)
  0:55
• 23
  Where Do We Go From Here
  2:53
• 24
  Make Me Smile (single version)
  3:00
• 25
  25 or 6 to 4 (single version)
  2:53
• CD 3: Chicago III
• 1
  Sing a Mean Tune Kid
  9:15
• 2
  Loneliness Is Just a Word
  2:37
• 3
  What Else Can I Say
  3:14
• 4
  I Don’t Want Your Money
  4:46
• 5
  Flight 602
  2:44
• 6
  Motorboat to Mars
  1:30
• 7
  Free
  2:15
• 8
  Free Country
  5:47
• 9
  At the Sunrise
  2:47
• 10
  Happy ’Cause I’m Going Home
  7:28
• 11
  Mother
  4:30
• 12
  Lowdown
  3:37
• 13
  A Hard Risin’ Morning Without Breakfast
  1:52
• 14
  Off to Work
  0:46
• 15
  Fallin’ Out
  0:53
• 16
  Dreamin’ Home
  0:49
• 17
  Morning Blues Again
  1:10
• 18
  When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow
  1:05
• 19
  Canon
  1:05
• 20
  Once Upon a Time…
  2:34
• 21
  Progress?
  2:35
• 22
  The Approaching Storm
  6:26
• 23
  Man vs. Man: The End
  1:33
• CD 4: Chicago V
• 1
  A Hit by Varèse
  4:56
• 2
  All Is Well
  3:51
• 3
  Now That You’ve Gone
  5:05
• 4
  Dialogue, Part I
  2:56
• 5
  Dialogue, Part II
  4:13
  3.0 ★
• 6
  While the City Sleeps
  3:55
• 7
  Saturday in the Park
  4:00
  4.0 ★
• 8
  State of the Union
  6:15
• 9
  Goodbye
  6:04
• 10
  Alma Mater
  4:00
• 11
  A Song for Richard and His Friends (studio version, without vocals)
  8:13
• 12
  Mississippi Delta City Blues (first recorded version, with scratch vocal)
  5:27
• 13
  Dialogue, Parts I & II (single version)
  5:00
• CD 5: Chicago VI
• 1
  Critics’ Choice
  2:49
• 2
  Just You ’n’ Me
  3:45
• 3
  Darlin’ Dear
  3:00
• 4
  Jenny
  3:33
• 5
  What’s This World Comin’ To
  5:00
• 6
  Something in This City Changes People
  3:42
• 7
  Hollywood
  3:54
• 8
  In Terms of Two
  3:31
• 9
  Rediscovery
  4:50
• 10
  Feelin’ Stronger Every Day
  4:21
• 11
  Beyond All Our Sorrows (Terry Kath demo)
  7:02
• 12
  Tired of Being Alone

  Chicago with Al Green
  4:07
• CD 6: Chicago VII
• 1
  Prelude to Aire
  2:47
• 2
  Aire
  6:28
• 3
  Devil’s Sweet
  10:09
• 4
  Italian From New York
  4:14
• 5
  Hanky Panky
  1:53
• 6
  Life Saver
  5:18
• 7
  Happy Man
  3:16
  3.0 ★
• 8
  (I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
  4:28
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Mongonucleosis
  3:27
• 10
  Song of the Evergreens
  5:21
• 11
  Byblos
  6:20
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Wishing You Were Here
  4:37
• 13
  Call On Me
  4:03
• 14
  Woman Don’t Want to Love Me
  4:36
• 15
  Skinny Boy
  5:17
• 16
  Byblos (rehearsal)
  5:40
• CD 7: Chicago VIII
• 1
  Anyway You Want
  3:39
• 2
  Brand New Love Affair
  4:29
• 3
  Never Been in Love Before
  4:10
• 4
  Hideaway
  4:45
• 5
  Till We Meet Again
  2:04
• 6
  Harry Truman
  3:02
• 7
  Oh, Thank You Great Spirit
  7:20
• 8
  Long Time No See
  2:48
• 9
  Ain’t It Blue
  3:27
• 10
  Old Days
  3:34
  3.5 ★
• 11
  Sixth Sense (rehearsal)
  5:06
• 12
  Bright Eyes (rehearsal)
  3:40
• 13
  Satin Doll (live, 1974)
  2:47
• CD 8: Chicago X
• 1
  Once or Twice
  3:02
• 2
  You Are on My Mind
  3:25
• 3
  Skin Tight
  3:21
• 4
  If You Leave Me Now
  3:59
  4.2 ★
• 5
  Together Again
  3:55
• 6
  Another Rainy Day in New York City
  3:05
• 7
  Mama Mama
  3:33
• 8
  Scrapbook
  3:32
• 9
  Gently I’ll Wake You
  3:35
• 10
  You Get It Up
  3:36
• 11
  Hope for Love
  3:08
• 12
  I’d Rather Be Rich (original version/rehearsal)
  2:37
• 13
  Your Love’s an Attitude
  5:59
• CD 9: Chicago XI
• 1
  Mississippi Delta City Blues
  4:41
• 2
  Baby, What a Big Surprise
  3:06
  3.0 ★
• 3
  ’Till the End of Time
  4:48
• 4
  Policeman
  4:02
• 5
  Take Me Back to Chicago
  5:16
• 6
  Vote for Me
  3:47
• 7
  Takin’ It on Uptown
  4:47
• 8
  This Time
  4:46
  4.0 ★
• 9
  The Inner Struggles of a Man
  2:43
• 10
  Prelude (Little One)
  0:52
• 11
  Little One
  5:44
• 12
  Wish I Could Fly (rehearsal)
  3:46
• 13
  Paris (rehearsal)
  3:54
• CD 10: Hot Streets
• 1
  Alive Again
  4:11
• 2
  The Greatest Love on Earth
  3:18
• 3
  Little Miss Lovin’
  4:35
• 4
  Hot Streets
  5:22
• 5
  Take a Chance
  4:45
• 6
  Gone Long Gone
  3:59
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Ain’t It Time
  4:14
• 8
  Love Was New
  3:32
• 9
  No Tell Lover
  4:16
• 10
  Show Me the Way
  3:40
• 11
  Love Was New (alternate vocal)
  3:30

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Release credits

• Al Jardine
  background vocals [12]
• Armin Steiner
  assistant [1-2, 5], strings [9.1-2, 9.2, 9.5, 6.7-9, 6.12-13, 8.4, 8.6-7, 8.9, 8.11]
• Barry Gibb
  background vocals [3]
• Blue Weaver
  synthesizer [9]
• Bob Eberhardt
  vocal [6]
• Brandy Maitland
  vocal [6]
• Brian Ross-Myring
  engineer [1, 3, 5, 10, 13-14]
• Carl Wilson
  additional [2], background vocals [6.12, 9.2]
• Chaka Khan
  background vocals [5]
• Chicago
  producer [1-11]
• Chris Hinshaw
  engineer [1, 3, 5, 10, 13-14]
• David Donnelly
  mix [4.11-12, 7.11-13, 5.11-12]
• David “Hawk” Wolinski
  mellotron [11], piano [11], synthesizer [6.8, 6.12, 9.5]
• Dennis Wilson
  background vocals [12]
• Dominic Frontiere
  orchestrator [2], strings [11]
• Don Gehman
  engineer [1, 9]
• Don Puluse
  engineer [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.10, 2.13-14, 3.1-23]
• Donna Conroy
  vocal [6]
• Donnie Dacus
  background vocals [1-2, 4-5, 7, 9], guitar [1, 4-5], lead vocals [1, 5, 7], solo [1, 4-5]
• Fred Catero
  engineer [1-12]
• Guille Garcia
  congas [9], percussion [7]
• James Pankow
  brass [1.1, 1.4, 6.9, 8.5, 9.1, 9.5], lead vocals [2], vocal [6]
• James William Guercio
  acoustic guitar [9.2, 6.7, 8.4], bass [9.2, 8.4], guitar [8.11, 6.12], orchestrator [2], producer [9.1-13, 1.1-12, 7.1-10, 3.1-23, 5.1-10, 4.1-13, 8.1-13, 2.1-25, 6.1-15]
• Jeff Guercio
  assistant [1-10], engineer [7.1-10, 6.1-15]
• Jeff Magid
  mix [7.11-13, 4.11-12, 5.11-12]
• Jim Boyer
  engineer [1-4, 6, 9], mix [1, 9]
• Jimmie Haskell
  French horn [4, 7], conductor [9], strings [6.8, 8.4, 8.7]
• Joanne Rocconi
  vocal [6]
• John Carsello
  vocal [6]
• Katherine Ogden
  vocal [6]
• Kristy Ferguson
  vocal [6]
• Laudir de Oliveira
  percussion [7, 9], vocal [6]
• Lee DeCarlo
  engineer [1, 9]
• Lee Loughnane
  background vocals [4-5, 9], lead vocals [5], vocal [6]
• Leroy Williams
  steelpan [6]
• Linda Greene
  vocal [6]
• Lou Waxman
  recording [1-23]
• Mark Guercio
  engineer [1-10]
• Maurice Gibb
  background vocals [3]
• Othello Molineaux
  steelpan [6]
• Patrick Williams
  orchestrator [2, 10]
• Peter Cetera
  background vocals [1-3, 6-7, 9], lead vocals [2.14, 7.10, 8.3-4, 8.6-7, 5.2, 5.10, 6.8, 6.13, 1.4, 10.1-3, 10.6, 10.9], orchestrator [2]
• Peter Matz
  orchestrator [15]
• Phil Ramone
  mix [6.1-6, 6.8-15, 10.1, 10.9, 5.1-10, 7.1-10], producer [1-11]
• Richard Blakin
  assistant [1-10]
• Richard Torres
  vocal [6]
• Robert Lamm
  background vocals [1, 4, 9], brass [2-4], lead vocals [8.8-9, 7.6, 1.2-4, 10.4, 10.8], strings [9], vocal [12]
• Robin Gibb
  background vocals [3]
• Steve Fagin
  vocal [6]
• Sy Mitchell
  engineer [1-23]
• Terry Kath
  bass [7], lead vocals [1.1, 6.12, 8.1, 8.11, 2.10, 2.24]
• Tim Cetera
  additional [2], background vocals [2]
• Tom Likes
  assistant [9.1-11, 8.1-11]
• Walter Parazaider
  flute [10.4, 2.10], solo [2.10, 10.4], vocal [6]
• Wayne Tarnowski
  engineer [4.1-11, 4.13, 6.1-15, 8.1-11, 9.1-11, 7.1-10], recording [1-10]
• Willie Greer
  recording [1-23]
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Issues

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  The Studio Albums 1969 – 1978

  10x CD
  29 October 2012