Chicago XI (VINYL) | Near Mint (NM) Near Mint (NM or M-)

*PHOTOS ACTUAL*

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Label:
Columbia – JC 34860, Columbia – 34860
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Press, Gatefold
Country:
US
Released:
Sep 12, 1977
Genre:
Rock, Pop
Style:
Jazz-Rock, Fusion, Blues Rock, Pop Rock
A1        Mississippi Delta City Blues
Words By, Music By – Terry Kath
A2        Baby, What A Big Surprise
Words By, Music By – Peter Cetera
A3        Till The End Of Time
Words By, Music By – James Pankow
A4        Policeman
Words By, Music By – Robert Lamm
A5        Take Me Back To Chicago
Words By, Music By – Daniel Seraphine, David "Hawk" Wolinski
B1        Vote For Me
Words By, Music By – Robert Lamm
B2        Takin' It On Uptown
Lyrics By – Fred Kagan
Music By – Terry Kath
B3        This Time
Words By, Music By – Lee Loughnane
B4        The Inner Struggles Of A Man
Words By, Music By – Daniel Seraphine, David "Hawk" Wolinski, Dominic Frontiere
B5        Prelude (Little One)
Words By, Music By – Daniel Seraphine, David "Hawk" Wolinski, Dominic Frontiere
B6        Little One
Words By, Music By – Daniel Seraphine, David "Hawk" Wolinski
Manufactured By – Columbia Records
Manufactured By – CBS Inc.
Licensed From – Chicago Music, Inc.
Licensed To – CBS Inc.
Published By – Cook County Music
Published By – Big Elk Music
Published By – Polish Prince Music
Published By – Make Me Smile Music
Published By – Sacha Songs
Published By – Balloon Head Music
Published By – Uptown Music Inc.
Published By – Com Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Recorded At – Caribou Ranch
Mixed At – Caribou Ranch
Mastered At – The Mastering Lab
Mastered At – Customatrix
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Acoustic Guitar, Bass – J.W.G.* (tracks: A3)
Arranged By [Brass] – James Pankow (tracks: A1, A4, B1, B3, B6), Robert Lamm (tracks: A4)
Arranged By [String & Orchestral] – Dominic Frontiere (tracks: B6)
Backing Vocals – Carl Wilson (tracks: A2), Chaka Khan (tracks: A5)
Baritone Saxophone – Walter Parazaider (tracks: B1)
Bass, Vocals – Peter Cetera
Concept By – Daniel Seraphine (tracks: B5)
Concept By, Orchestrated By – Dominic Frontiere (tracks: A2), J.W.G.* (tracks: A2), Peter Cetera (tracks: A2)
Design – John Berg
Drums, Percussion – Daniel Seraphine
Engineer – Wayne Tarnowski
Engineer [Assistant] – Tom Likes
Guitar, Vocals, Percussion – Terry Kath
Keyboards, Vocals, Percussion – Robert Lamm
Mastered By – Mike Reese
Orchestrated By – Dominic Frontiere (tracks: B4)
Percussion – Laudir de Oliveira
Photography By [Inside] – Reid Miles
Piano [Steinway] – James Pankow (tracks: A3)
Producer – James William Guercio
Trombone, Vocals, Keyboards, Percussion – James Pankow
Trumpet, Vocals – Lee Loughnane
Woodwind – Walter Parazaider
Original Terre Haute Pressing on custom center labels - denoted by etched 'T' in runouts, variant of this Pitman press by same catalog #.
Custom inner sleeve provides lyrics and credits.

Recorded and Mixed at Caribou Ranch®
© 1977 CBS Inc; ℗ 1977 CBS Inc.
Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS Inc.
CHICAGO® and [CHICACO logo]® are marks owned by Chicago Music, Inc and licensed for use to CBS, Inc.

Publishers:
A1 - Cook County Music and Big Elk Music
A2 - Polish Prince Music
A3 - Make Me Smile Music
A4, B1 - Sacha Songs and Big Elk Music
A5, B4, B5, B6 - Balloon Head Music and Big Elk Music
B2 - Uptown Music Inc. and Big Elk Music; through the courtesy of Cook County Music.
B3 - Com Music
All affiliated to ASCAP.

Catalog numbers:
JC 34860 - sleeve, spine, labels
34860 - hype sticker

Original map courtesy of John Bartholomew & Son, Ltd.

Carl Wilson appears courtesy of Caribou Records.
Chaka Khan appears courtesy of ABC Records.

The last Chicago album to feature guitarist Terry Kath, this alternately personal and political 1977 release included the hit Baby, What A Big Surprise which reached No. 4 in the US. Other notable singles include Take Me Back To Chicago and Little One.

Some copies have a gold promotional stamp that reads:
"FOR PROMOTION ONLY
Ownership Reserved by CBS
Sale is Unlawful"

Runout notes:
Sides A & B etched; º, TML-x, trailing A, C, D stamped
 

• Media Condition: Near Mint (NM)
• Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: LP