Four Decades of Hits

~ Release by Chicago (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
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1Happy Man
recording engineer:
Armin Steiner (strings)
engineer:
Jeff Guercio and Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
acoustic guitar:
James William Guercio (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
bass:
Terry Kath (member of Chicago) (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
percussion:
Guille Garcia (Cuban-born American percussionist, congas, drummer and singer-songwriter) (from 1973-08 until 1973-12) and Laudir de Oliveira (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (strings) and Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
recording of:
Happy Man (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Cetera (in 1973)
33:17
2(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long
recording engineer:
Armin Steiner (strings)
engineer:
Jeff Guercio and Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
mixer:
Phil Ramone
synthesizer:
David Wolinski (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
lead vocals:
Peter Cetera (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
strings arranger:
Jimmie Haskell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1974) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
recording of:
(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
lyricist and composer:
James Pankow (in 1973)
publisher:
Big Elk Music and Make Me Smile Music
54:31
3Wishing You Were Here
recording engineer:
Armin Steiner (strings)
engineer:
Jeff Guercio and Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
mixer:
Phil Ramone
guitar:
James William Guercio (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
synthesizer:
David Wolinski (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
background vocals:
Al Jardine (from 1973-08 until 1973-12), Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) (from 1973-08 until 1973-12) and Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
lead vocals:
Terry Kath (member of Chicago) (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1974) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
recording of:
Wishing You Were Here (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
lyricist and composer:
Peter Cetera (in 1973)
publisher:
Big Elk Music and Polish Prince Music
4:38
4Call on Me
recording engineer:
Armin Steiner (strings)
engineer:
Jeff Guercio and Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
mixer:
Phil Ramone
lead vocals:
Peter Cetera (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1974) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States and Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
recording of:
Call on Me (from 1973-08 until 1973-12)
lyricist:
Lee Loughnane
composer:
Lee Loughnane (in 1973)
publisher:
Big Elk Music, COM Music, IQ Music Ltd. and Spirit Music Publishing Ltd.
4:03
5Old Days
engineer:
Jeff Guercio, Mark Guercio (Engineer) and Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
mixer:
Phil Ramone (in 1974-09)
lead vocals:
Peter Cetera (in 1975)
orchestrator:
Patrick Williams (composer, arranger)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1975), Warner Strategic Marketing (in 1975) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at and mixed at:
Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (in 1974-09)
recording of:
Old Days (in 1974-09)
writer:
James Pankow (in 1975)
publisher:
Big Elk Music and Make Me Smile Music
3.53:32
6If You Leave Me Now
recording engineer:
Armin Steiner (strings)
assistant engineer:
Tom Likes
engineer:
Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
acoustic guitar and bass:
James William Guercio (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
lead vocals:
Peter Cetera (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
French horn arranger and strings arranger:
Jimmie Haskell
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1976), Warner Strategic Marketing Inc. (in 1976) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (strings) and Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
mixed at:
Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
recording of:
If You Leave Me Now (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
lyricist:
Peter Cetera
composer:
Peter Cetera (in 1976)
publisher:
Big Elk Music, BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Fairwood Music Ltd., Island Music Ltd., Polish Prince Music and Spirit Music Publishing Ltd.
4.353:59
7Another Rainy Day in New York City
recording engineer:
Armin Steiner (strings)
assistant engineer:
Tom Likes
engineer:
Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
steelpan [steel drums]:
Othello Molineaux (from 1976-03 until 1976-04) and Leroy Williams (US jazz drummer) (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
lead vocals:
Peter Cetera (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1976) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States, Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (strings) and Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
mixed at:
Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
recording of:
Another Rainy Day in New York City (from 1976-03 until 1976-04)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Lamm (in 1976)
publisher:
Big Elk Music, Island Music Ltd. and Lamminations Music
3:04
8Baby, What a Big Surprise
assistant recording engineer and recording engineer:
Armin Steiner (strings)
assistant engineer:
Tom Likes
engineer:
Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
acoustic guitar and bass:
James William Guercio (in 1977)
additional background vocals:
Tim Cetera (in 1977) and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys) (in 1977)
orchestrator:
Peter Cetera, Dominic Frontiere and James William Guercio
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1977, in 1978) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002, in 2007)
recorded at:
Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States and Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (strings)
mixed at:
Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States
recording of:
Baby, What a Big Surprise (in 1977)
orchestrator:
Dominic Frontiere
lyricist and composer:
Peter Cetera (in 1977)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc., Island Music Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd.
33:05
9Take Me Back to Chicago
assistant recording engineer:
Armin Steiner (strings)
assistant engineer:
Tom Likes
engineer:
Wayne Tarnowski
producer:
James William Guercio
synthesizer:
David “Hawk” Wolinski (in 1977)
background vocals:
Chaka Khan (in 1977)
brass arranger:
James Pankow
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2002)
recorded at:
Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States and Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (strings)
mixed at:
Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States
recording of:
Take Me Back to Chicago (in 1977)
lyricist:
Danny Seraphine and David “Hawk” Wolinski
composer:
Danny Seraphine (in 1977) and David “Hawk” Wolinski (in 1977)
publisher:
Balloon Head Music, Big Elk Music and Island Music Ltd.
5:17
10No Tell Lover
recording of:
No Tell Lover (in 1978)
writer:
Peter Cetera (in 1978), Lee Loughnane (in 1978) and Danny Seraphine (in 1978)
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., COM Music (in 1978), Polish Prince Music (in 1978) and Street Sense Music (in 1978)
3:52
11Hard to Say I’m Sorry
recording of:
Hard to Say I’m Sorry (Chicago song)
writer:
Peter Cetera (in 1982) and David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (in 1982)
publisher:
Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Universal Music Publishing MGB Ltd., Universal Music–MGB Songs, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ピアーミュージック (Japan, subsidiary of Nichion), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部, Double Virgo Music (in 1982) and Foster Frees Music Inc. (in 1982)
3:43
12Love Me Tomorrow
recording of:
Love Me Tomorrow
writer:
Peter Cetera (in 1982) and David Foster (Canadian music producer, arranger and composer) (in 1982)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Songs, Inc., Double Virgo Music, Foster Frees Music Inc., Irving Music, Inc. and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
5:00
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