Cover of Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago Transit Authority

Chicago Transit Authority

1969 Funk Jazz-Rock Pop Rock
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Tracklist

  1. A1 IntroductionKath 6:35
  2. A2 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?Lamm 4:33
  3. A3 BeginningsLamm 7:58
  4. B1 Questions 67 And 68Lamm 5:04
  5. B2 ListenLamm 3:22
  6. B3 PoemLamm 8:37
  7. C1 Free Form GuitarKath 6:53
  8. C2 South California PurplesLamm 6:10
  9. C3 I'm A ManMiller, Winwood 7:40
  10. D1 Prologue, August 29, 1968Guercio 0:57
  11. D2 Someday (August 29, 1968)Pankow, Lamm 4:13
  12. D3 LiberationPankow 15:41

Musicians

Production

Also credited

Also credited. Written-By: Jimmy Miller, Steve Winwood. Engineer: Fred Catero.

52nd Street Billy Joel, 1978 Shares Peter Cetera Toto IV Toto, 1982 Shares James Pankow John Barleycorn Must Die Traffic, 1970 Shares Steve Winwood Steve Winwood Steve Winwood, 1977 Shares Steve Winwood Roll With It Steve Winwood, 1988 Shares Steve Winwood Best Of Traffic Traffic, 1969 Shares Jimmy Miller, Steve Winwood Blind Faith Blind Faith, 1969 Shares Jimmy Miller, Steve Winwood Welcome To The Canteen Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Chris Wood, Rick Grech, 'Reebop' Kwaku Baah, Jim Gordon, 1971 Shares Jimmy Miller, Steve Winwood

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Release notes

- Gatefold jacket.
- Orange CBS labels' design.
- Cover side showing the small CTA logo is A front side of the cover, i.e. gatefold opens to the the right with this side on front. This matches with the usual position of the the catalog no. & CBS logo, i.e. left on front, right on back.
- At least some of the copies seem to have came with poster that was advertised with a hype-sticker attached to the front cover.
- Runout inscriptions contain stamped and etched parts. With main matrix no's string being stamped on side A and B, and hand-etched on side C and D, e.g. variant 1 stamped side A/D - "XSM139684-1A"/"XSM139840-1F" vs. variant 1 hand-etched side B/C - "XSM139685-1E"/"XSM139839-1F". The rest of separately positioned inscriptions on all sides are stamped, e.g. variant 1, side A/B/C/D: "1D"/C C1"/"1F"/"1 C":
"○" found in deadwax of some of the variants is always faintly stamped.
Some of the separately stamped characters can be rotated by 90°, e.g. variant 5, side A/B/C/D: "B"/"E"/"C"/"D".
Symbol transcribed as "ɤ" on variant 4, side C can be also found on variant 5, side C but is most likely a sloppy hand-etched number 2.

On Labels:
"(P)1969"
"Made in Germany"

On Gatefold:
"All selections are BMI." (hence the 2nd Rights Society)
"GP 8"