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Audio CD
Disk ID: 1319249
Disk length: 1h 16m 34s (12 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1969
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Introduction | 6:34 |
| 2. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? | 4:34 |
| 3. Beginnings | 7:51 |
| 4. Questions 67 & 68 | 4:59 |
| 5. Listen | 3:20 |
| 6. Poem | 8:36 |
| 7. Free Form Guitar | 6:50 |
| 8. South California Purples | 6:11 |
| 9. I'm a Man | 7:43 |
| 10. Prologue, August 29, 1968 | 0:57 |
| 11. Someday (August 29, 1968) | 4:13 |
| 12. Liberation | 14:38 |
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Review
Having morphed--some would argue devolved--into a predictable ballad machine by the '80s, it's good to be reminded of Chicago's original artistic ethos and vibrant promise. And what better place to start than their spectacular 1969 debut? This digitally remastered edition compiles the double album on a single disc that retains the original LP artwork and features a 16-page booklet with a retrospective essay (based on new band member interviews) by David Wild. Chicago weren't yet the '70s hit-singles factory they would shortly become, and CTA showcases a band whose muscular musicianship and creative restlessness fostered two LPs worth of music that was as aggressive and far-ranging as its singles were friendly and inviting. Tellingly, the hits showcased here--"Does Anybody Know What Time It Is?" "Beginnings," "Questions 67 and 68," and their rhythmically pumped cover of the Spencer Davis Group's "I'm a Man"--were often edited down from the original collection's suite-heavy structure. But those familiar cuts belie the downright progressive and angular nature of much of the rest, which fuses Terry Kath's neo-psychedelic guitar (which careens to noisy, feedback-laden Hendrixesque extremes on "Free Form Guitar") to one of rock's pioneering horn sections with enough experimentalism ("Poem 58") that it frequently overwhelms their undeniable genius with a pop song. Chicago would seldom sound so adventurous after this, one of rock's greatest debut albums. --Jerry McCulleyRemastered and repackaged edition of their 1969 album. Features 'Beginnings', 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is', 'Questions 67 And 68', 'I'm A Man', 'South California Purples' and more. Digipak in a slipcase with a 16-page booklet featuring complete lyrics and detailed liner notes by Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild. 2002.
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 12, Disk length: 1h 16m 34s
Tracks: 12, Disk length: 1h 16m 36s (+0m 2s)
Tracks: 12, Disk length: 1h 16m 38s (+0m 4s)
Tracks: 12, Disk length: 1h 15m 27s (-2m 53s)
Tracks: 11 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 10m 20s (-7m 46s)
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