The CHICAGO Transit Authority SEALED ORIGINAL 69 LP

$

198

You are bidding on a

SUPER RARE 39 YEAR OLD

DOUBLE LP

GATEFOLD SEALED ALBUM!!

CHICAGO

"The Chicago Transit Authority"

Columbia Records Label #: GP 8

STEREO

BAND'S 1ST RECORDING

ORIGINAL 1st PRESSING

WITH RED PROMO STICKER!

Released in the USA in 1969

I personally purchased this shortly after it came out!

SONG LIST:

SIDE ONE:

"Introduction" (Terry Kath)

"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Robert Lamm)

"Beginnings" (Lamm)

SIDE TWO:

"Questions 67 and 68" (Lamm)

"Listen" (Lamm)

"Poem 58" (Lamm)

SIDE THREE:

"Free Form Guitar" (Kath)

" South California Purples" (Lamm)

"I'm A Man" (Jimmy Miller/Steve Winwood)

Trivia: Chicago's versions of this song do not feature the lyrics as written, but as the band misunderstood them.

SIDE FOUR:

"Prologue, August 29, 1968" (James William Guercio)

Actual field recording of protesters chanting "The whole world's watching!" during the 1968 Democratic Convention

"Someday (August 29, 1968)" (Lamm/James Pankow)

"Liberation" (Pankow)

A live in-studio performance with no overdubs

PERSONNEL:

Peter Cetera - bass, vocals

Terry Kath - guitar, vocals

Robert Lamm - keyboards, vocals

Lee Loughnane - trumpet

James Pankow - trombone

Walter Parazaider - saxophone, woodwinds

Danny Seraphine - drums

Record Condition is SEALED

AND IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION!

Perfect for the true collector since this is

A SUPER RARE DEBUT ALBUM!

This hard to find rare LP is perfect for the collector!

This album has a large opening in the cello on the top edge as shown in the

provided picture below. A few minor corner knicks and a small (less than 1 inch)

 opening in the cellophane as well as visible ring wear on one side only.

Some paper residue remains on the back side (over the cellophane)

were the store price sicker was peeled off!

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