Chicago - The Studio Albums, Vol. 1: 1969-1978 (CD)

Ten CD box set. The Studio Albums 1969-1978 rounds up the remasters of what many consider Chicago's golden period - the band's first 10 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.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Introduction - Chicago Transit Authority
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. August 29, 1968 Prologue
11. 1968) Someday (August 29
12. Liberation

Disc: 2

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

Disc: 3

1. Sing a Mean Tune Kid - Chicago III
2. Lonliness Is Just a Word
3. What Else Can I Say
4. I Don't Wnat Your Money
5. Pt. 1: Flight 602 Travel Suite
6. Pt. 2: Motorboat to Mars Travel Suite
7. Pt. 3: Free Travel Suite
8. Pt. 4: Free Country Travel Suite
9. Pt. 5: At the Sunrise Travel Suite
10. Pt. 6: Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home Travel Suite
11. Pt. 7: Mother Travel Suite
12. Pt. 8: Lowdown Travel Suite
13. Pt. 1: A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast, An Hour in the Shower
14. Pt. 2: Off to Work, An Hour in the Shower
15. Pt. 3: Fallin' Out, An Hour in the Shower
16. Pt. 4: Dreamin' Home, An Hour in the Shower
17. Pt. 5: Morning Blues Again, An Hour in the Shower
18. Pt. 1: When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow Elegy
19. Pt. 2: Canon Elegy
20. Pt. 3: Once Upon a Time... Elegy
21. Pt. 4: Progress? Elegy
22. Pt. 5: The Approaching Storm Elegy
23. Pt. 6: Man Vs Man: The End Elegy

Disc: 4

1. A Hit By Var?Se - Chicago V
2. All Is Well
3. Now That You've Gone
4. Pt. 1 Dialogue
5. Pt. 2 Dialogue
6. While the City Sleeps
7. Saturday in the Park
8. State of the Union
9. Goodbye
10. Alma Mater
11. Without Vocals], a Song for Richard and His Friends [Studio Version
12. With Scratch Vocal] Mississippi Delta City Blues [First Recorded Version
13. PTS. 1-2 [Single Version] Dialogue

Disc: 5

1. Critic's Choice - Chicago VI
2. Just You 'N' Me
3. Darlin' Dear
4. Jenny
5. What's This World Comin' to
6. Something in This City Changes People
7. Hollywood
8. In Terms of Two
9. Rediscovery
10. Feelin' Stronger Every Day
11. Beyond All Our Sorrow [Terry Kath Demo]
12. Tired of Being Alone

Disc: 6

1. Prelude to Aire - Chicago VII
2. Aire
3. Devil's Street
4. Italian from New York
5. Hanky Panky
6. Life Saver
7. Happy Man
8. (I've Been) Searchin' for So Long
9. Mongoucleosis
10. Song of the Evergreens
11. Byblos
12. Wishing You Were Here
13. Call on Me
14. Women Don't Want to Love Me
15. Skinny Boy
16. Byblos [Rehersal]

Disc: 7

1. Anyway You Want - Chicago VIII
2. PTS. 1-2 Brand New Love Affair
3. Never Been in Love Before
4. Hideaway
5. Till We Meet Again
6. Harry Truman
7. Thank You Great Spirit Oh
8. Long Time No See
9. Ain't It Blue
10. Old Days
11. Sixth Sense [Rehersal]
12. Bright Eyes [Rehersal]
13. Satin Doll [Live 1974]

Disc: 8

1. Once or Twice - Chicago X
2. You Are on My Mind
3. Skin Tight
4. If You Leave Me Now
5. Together Again
6. Another Rainy Day in New York City
7. Mama Mama
8. Scrapbook
9. Gently I'll Wake You
10. You Get It Up
11. Hope for Love
12. I'd Rather Be Rich [Original Version/Rehersal]
13. Your Love's An Attitude

Disc: 9

1. Mississippi Delta City Blues - Chicago XI
2. What a Big Surprise Baby
3. Till the End of Time
4. Policeman
5. Take Me Back to Chicago
6. Vote for Me
7. Takin' It on Uptown
8. This Time
9. The Inner Struggles of a Man
10. Prelude (Little One)
11. Little One
12. Wish I Could Fly [Rehersal]
13. Paris [Rehersal]

Disc: 10

1. Alive Again - Hot Streets
2. The Greatest Love on Earth
3. Little Miss Lovin'
4. Hot Streets
5. Take a Chance
6. Gone Long Gone
7. Ain't It Time
8. Love Was New
9. No Tell Lover
10. Show Me the Way
11. Love Was New [Alternative Vocal] - (Alternate Take)