Chicago - II (1970) 2-LP Vinyl • 25 or 6 to and 44 similar items

Catalog Number: KGP-24 Condition Details: Vinyls play with occasional light-crackles (play-graded). Double LP. Gate-fold cover has scuffing, and surface impressions, discoloration with darker discoloration spots (front/back); light-scuffing on inner-gate, writing near top right of the front cover and on label. Inner-sleeves are original (generic white); one seam partially split on each sleeve. Spine is mostly easy-to-read with wear. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Openings are mostly crisp with signs of use and divots. Red label with Columbia around the edge, Poster not included. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Movin' In The Road Poem For The People In The Country Wake Up Sunshine Make Me Smile So Much To Say, So Much To Give Anxiety's Moment West Virginia Fantasies Colour My World To Be Free Now More Than Ever Fancy Colours 25 Or 6 To 4 Prelude A. M. Mourning P. M. Mourning Memories Of Love It Better End Soon 1st Movement 2nd Movement 3rd Movement 4th Movement - Where Do We Go From Here About The Record: Chicago II, by Chicago-based American rock band Chicago was released in 1970 after the band had shortened its name from The Chicago Transit Authority following the release of 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). Guitarist Terry Kath also participated in an extended classically styled cycle of four pieces, three of which were co-written by the well-known, arranger, composer, and pianist Peter Matz. 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 was certified platinum in the US. Columbia Records was very active in promoting its quadraphonic four-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.