The Studio Albums, Vol. 1: 1969-1978

by Chicago

Overview

Rhino's 2012 box set The Studio Albums 1969-1978 rounds up their remasters of what many consider Chicago's golden period: the band's first ten albums. Every one of the albums from 1969's Chicago Transit Authority to 1978's Hot Streets is here, packaged as paper-sleeve mini-LPs. For hardcore fans, this is a handsome way to get the remasters, and for more casual fans, it's a convenient and relatively affordable way to get the best albums of Chicago in one place. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	07/10/2015
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227969585
Rank:	78904

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Introduction
2. Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?
3. Beginnings
4. Questions 67 and 68
5. Listen
6. Poem 58
7. Free Form Guitar
8. South California Purples
9. I'm a Man
10. Prologue, August 29, 1968
11. Someday (August 29, 1968)
12. Liberation

Disc 2

13. Movin' In
14. The Road
15. Poem for the People
16. In the Country
17. Wake Up Sunshine
18. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 1: Make Me Smile
19. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 2: So Much to Say, So Much to Give
20. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 3: Anxiety's Moment
21. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 4: West Virginia Fantasies
22. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 5: Colour My World
23. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 6: To Be Free
24. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 7: Now More Than Ever
25. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 8: Fancy Colours
26. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 9: 25 or 6 to 4
27. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 10: Prelude
28. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 11: A.M. Mourning
29. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 12: P.M. Mourning
30. Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon, Pt. 13: Memories of Love
31. It Better End Soon, Pt. 1: 1st Movement
32. It Better End Soon, Pt. 2: 2nd Movement
33. It Better End Soon, Pt. 3: 3rd Movement
34. It Better End Soon, Pt. 4: 4th Movement
35. It Better End Soon, Pt. 5: Where Do We Go from Here
36. Make Me Smile [Single Version]
37. 25 or 6 to 4 [Single Version]

Disc 3

38. Sing a Mean Tune Kid
39. Loneliness Is Just a Word
40. What Else Can I Say
41. I Don't Want Your Money
42. Travel Suite, Pt. 1: Flight 602
43. Travel Suite, Pt. 2: Motorboat to Mars
44. Travel Suite, Pt. 3: Free
45. Travel Suite, Pt. 4: Free Country
46. Travel Suite, Pt. 5: At the Sunrise
47. Travel Suite, Pt. 6: Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home
48. Travel Suite, Pt. 7: Mother
49. Travel Suite, Pt. 8: Lowdown
50. An Hour in the Shower, Pt. 1: A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast
51. An Hour in the Shower, Pt. 2: Off to Work
52. An Hour in the Shower, Pt. 3: Fallin' Out
53. An Hour in the Shower, Pt. 4: Dreamin' Home
54. An Hour in the Shower, Pt. 5: Morning Blues Again
55. Elegy, Pt. 1: When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow
56. Elegy, Pt. 2: Canon
57. Elegy, Pt. 3: Once Upon a Time....
58. Elegy, Pt. 4: Progress?
59. Elegy, Pt. 5: The Approaching Storm
60. Elegy, Pt. 6: Man vs. Man: The End

Disc 4

61. A Hit by Var¿¿se
62. All Is Well
63. Now That You've Gone
64. Dialogue, Pt. 1
65. Dialogue, Pt. 2
66. While the City Sleeps
67. Saturday in the Park
68. State of the Union
69. Goodbye
70. Alma Mater
71. A Song for Richard and His Friends [Studio Version, Without Vocals]
72. Mississippi Delta City Blues [First Recorded Version, With Scratch Vocal]
73. Dialogue, Pts. 1-2 [Single Version]

Disc 5

74. Critic's Choice
75. Just You 'N' Me
76. Darlin' Dear
77. Jenny
78. What's This World Comin' To
79. Something in This City Changes People
80. Hollywood
81. In Terms of Two
82. Rediscovery
83. Feelin' Stronger Every Day
84. Beyond All Our Sorrow [Terry Kath Demo]
85. Tired of Being Alone

Disc 6

86. Prelude to Aire
87. Aire
88. Devil's Sweet
89. Italian from New York
90. Hanky Panky
91. Life Saver
92. Happy Man
93. (I've Been) Searchin' for so Long
94. Mongoucleosis
95. Song of the Evergreens
96. Byblos
97. Wishing You Were Here
98. Call on Me
99. Women Don't Want to Love Me
100. Skinny Boy
101. Byblos [Rehersal]

Disc 7

102. Anyway You Want
103. Brand New Love Affair, Pts. 1-2
104. Never Been in Love Before
105. Hideaway
106. Til We Meet Again
107. Harry Truman
108. Oh, Thank You Great Spirit
109. Long Time No See
110. Ain't It Blue
111. Old Days
112. Sixth Sense [Rehersal]
113. Bright Eyes [Rehersal]
114. Satin Doll [Live 1974]

Disc 8

115. Once or Twice
116. You Are on My Mind
117. Skin Tight
118. If You Leave Me Now
119. Together Again
120. Another Rainy Day in New York City
121. Mama Mama
122. Scrapbook
123. Gently I'll Wake You
124. You Get It Up
125. Hope for Love
126. I'd Rather Be Rich [Original Version/Rehersal]
127. Your Love's an Attitude

Disc 9

128. Mississippi Delta City Blues
129. Baby, What a Big Surprise
130. Til the End of Time
131. Policeman
132. Take Me Back to Chicago
133. Vote for Me
134. Takin' It on Uptown
135. This Time
136. The Inner Struggles of a Man
137. Prelude (Little One)
138. Little One
139. Wish I Could Fly [Rehersal]
140. Paris [Rehersal]

Disc 10

141. Alive Again
142. The Greatest Love on Earth
143. Little Miss Lovin'
144. Hot Streets
145. Take a Chance
146. Gone Long Gone
147. Ain't It Time
148. Love Was New
149. No Tell Lover
150. Show Me the Way
151. Love Was New [Alternative Vocal]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Chicago   Primary Artist
Al Green   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Phil Ramone   Producer
Chicago   Producer
James William Guercio   Producer