MINT = 1970 ORIG = LP #2 + POSTER CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY PROG ROCK
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ORIGINAL 1970 FIRST PRESS
TOP COPY
IN FACTORY SHRINK WRAP + SONG TITLES STICKER + HUGE POSTER!
CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY
Chicago
2
\ USA - (red label) - Columbia - KGP 24
- MASSIVE WALL SIZE POSTER -
THIS HAS GOT TO BE THE LARGEST POSTER EVER ISSUED IN LP!
TOP MINTY CLEAN 2xLP ... 44 year old original...
still in the factory shrink wrapper and
=> Containing the RARE song listings sticker & song hits sticker on outer cellophane which is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to find...
1969 DOUBLE LP in thick gatefold with LARGE poster ... Crammed full of fine stuff... Yeilds rewards, most notably on the baroque psychedelia of 'Fancy Colors' and 'AM Mourning'..."
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CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY "CHICAGO" remains a classic album, encapsulating its time (1969) in all its tumult and glory. The Vietnam War (and the civil unrest it inspired) was still raging, the counterculture dream had not yet crashed and burned, and rock music could be taken seriously as an "art form" while still generating "hits." Chicago Transit Authority, with their then-new fusion of jazz, rock, and poprock mixings, rose high on the charts, while taken seriously both in and beyond the rock-critic establishment. (Some jazz listeners respected and enjoyed Chicago as well.) Their approach had a freshness and vibrancy--"25 Or 6 To 4" was surging, dramatic, and slightly ominous; "Fancy Colours" and "Make Me Smile" were full of energetic fresh optimism; a four-movement suite showed the band had ambition beyond the three- or four-minute poprock song. The album opens with four great songs in a row...One of Chicago's best albums in their catalogue by far along with their first which rocked hard and had great songs, this album rocks as well, but the material here is better and more experimental... To paraphrase one of Chicago's song titles, it was only the beginning.
Personnel:
Terry Kath (vocals, guitar);
Walter Parazaider (vocals, woodwinds);
Lee Loughnane (vocals);
Robert Lamm (vocals, keyboards);
Peter Cetera (vocals);
James Pankow (reeds);
Daniel Seraphine (drums).
A:
Moving In 4:06
The Road 3:10
Poem for the People 5:35
In the Country 6:35
B:
Wake Up Sunshine 2:32
Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon a. Make Me Smile 3:15 b. So Much to say, So Much to Give 1:12 c. Anxiety's Moment 1:00 d. West Virginia Fantasies 1:33 e. Colour My World 3:00 f. To Be Free 1:15 g. Now More Than Ever 1:25
C:
Fancy Colours 5:09
25 or 6 to 4 4:58
Prelude 1:09
A.M. Mourning 2:05
P.M. Mourning 1:58
Memories of Love 3:58
D:
It Better End Soon
a. 1st Movement 2:33 b. 2nd Movement 3:40 c. 3rd Movement 3:18 d. 4th Movement 0:55 Where Do We Go from Here? 2:53
CONDITION: The cover: thick gatefold cover is TOP clean MINT in original factory shrink wrap + 2 stickers on outer cellophane...no bends, no writing and no split seams..."really nice" and "improbable find" in this condition, as described... collection worthy rarity ...
The vinyl: both records and all 4 sides are clean M- easily play CLEAN with no audio problems...the Columbia labels are CLEAN
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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