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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Make Me Smile
2. 25 or 6 to 4
3. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
4. Beginnings
5. Questions 67 and 68
6. I'm a Man
7. Colour My World
8. Free
9. Lowdown
10. Saturday in the Park
11. Dialogue (Part I & II)
12. Just You 'N' Me
13. Feelin' Stronger Everyday
14. Searchin' So Long, (I've Been)
15. Wishing You Were Here
16. Call on Me
17. Happy Man
18. Another Rainy Day in New York City
19. If You Leave Me Now
DISC 2:
1. Old Days
2. Baby, What a Big Surprise
3. Take Me Back to Chicago
4. Alive Again
5. No Tell Lover
6. Love Me Tomorrow
7. Hard To Say I'm Sorry / Get Away
8. Stay the Night
9. Hard Habit to Break
10. You're the Inspiration
11. Along Comes a Woman
12. Will You Still Love Me?
13. If She Would Have Been Faithful...
14. Look Away
15. What Kind of Man Would I Be?
16. I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love
17. We Can Last Forever
18. You're Not Alone
19. Chasin' the Wind
20. Sing, Sing, Sing - (with Gipsy Kings)
| Details | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Producers include: James William Buercio, Phil Ramone, David Foster, Bruce Fairbairn, Ron Nevison.
Compilation producers: Chicago, David McLees.
Includes liner notes by Bill DeYoung.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Chicago commemorates 35 years of playing together with the career-spanning 2-CD anthology ONLY THE BEGINNING. This Windy City septet started out as one of the few '60s groups aside from Blood, Sweat & Tears and The Electric Flag to fuse a full horn section with a rock band. Chicago's early hits included more aggressive fare like "25 Or 6 To 4," "Beginnings," and a scorching cover of The Spencer Davis Group's "I'm A Man," but they became known as a ballads band as the '70s progressed. AM hits like "Saturday In The Park," "Just You 'N' Me," and "Baby, What A Big Surprise" helped solidify this reputation.
Despite stumbling in the late '70s and getting dropped by Columbia Records, Chicago neatly landed on its feet at Warner Brothers. Their chart assault in the '80s continued with ballads like "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Look Away," "Hard Habit To Break," and the quintessential prom theme/wedding song "You're The Inspiration." Hits sans Peter Cetera (who left in 1985), include "Chasin' The Wind." Wrapping up this 40-song set is "Sing, Sing, Sing," a new collaboration with The Gipsy Kings.
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