Keep Oppo Chicago

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 05/18/2018 at 09:14 • Filed to: None

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This one if from way before my time.

Steve is equipped with Electronic Fool Injection > jkm7680 05/18/2018 at 09:27

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Not bad for a rainy Friday morning...

pip bip - choose Corrour > jkm7680 05/18/2018 at 09:28

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never heard it before, not too bad.

wkiernan > jkm7680 05/18/2018 at 09:46

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Unless you listen to the original LP you never hear the snazzy piano intro to that song, but it got tons of radio play back when it was new. I bet they put out a single version without the intro.

Chariotoflove > wkiernan 05/18/2018 at 10:42

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They also always cut off the instrumental piece after “Hard to say I’m sorry”. Grr.

Chariotoflove > jkm7680 05/18/2018 at 10:43

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Yes! Heard them play this in concert in two occasions.

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > wkiernan 05/18/2018 at 18:45

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They did cut a radio single. The rule to get play on AM radio in the ‘70s was that your single had to be under three and half minutes to get airplay. This was primarily because you could squeeze just a little over three minutes out of one side of a 78 rpm vinyl.

Many of Chicago’s hits got axed up in order to get airplay, which was a double-edged sword. Their first radio hit was Make Me Smile from this album’s successor, Chicago II. Thing is, Make Me Smile was a three-minute segment from the thirteen-minute Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon , a 13-minute track from their hour-long double LP. So the reaction was, “HEY, WE’RE ON THE RADIO!” then “wait, that isn’t our vision for the song” to “HEY EVERYONE’S BUYING OUR LPs SO NOW EVERYONE HEARS THE FULL VERSION” and the natural next step of “HOLY CRAP WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY WE’RE GOING TO MAKE DOUBLE LPs FOREVER NOW SCREW THE LABELS.” The labels saw how well Make Me Smile was selling, so they cut a short version of 25 or 6 to 4 (eliminating a huge chunk of Terry Kath’s guitar solo), and then went back to Chicago Transit Authority to cut singles from Beginnings , I’m A Man , Questions 67 & 68 , and the now ubiquitous Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

Sooooooooooooo I basically read the history of Chicago a bazillion times when I was studying music in college (I wanted to be Walt Parazaider so bad) two decades ago. Today is the day I was born for.

Shour, Aloof and Obnoxious > wkiernan 05/18/2018 at 18:45

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They did cut a radio single. The rule to get play on AM radio in the ‘70s was that your single had to be under three and half minutes to get airplay. This was primarily because you could squeeze just a little over three minutes out of one side of a 78 rpm vinyl.

Many of Chicago’s hits got axed up in order to get airplay, which was a double-edged sword. Their first radio hit was Make Me Smile from this album’s successor, Chicago II. Thing is, Make Me Smile was a three-minute segment from the thirteen-minute Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon , a 13-minute track from their hour-long double LP. So the reaction was, “HEY, WE’RE ON THE RADIO!” then “wait, that isn’t our vision for the song” to “HEY EVERYONE’S BUYING OUR LPs SO NOW EVERYONE HEARS THE FULL VERSION” and the natural next step of “HOLY CRAP WE HAVE SO MUCH MONEY WE’RE GOING TO MAKE DOUBLE LPs FOREVER NOW SCREW THE LABELS.” The labels saw how well Make Me Smile was selling, so they cut a short version of 25 or 6 to 4 (eliminating a huge chunk of Terry Kath’s guitar solo), and then went back to Chicago Transit Authority to cut singles from Beginnings , I’m A Man , Questions 67 & 68 , and the now ubiquitous Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

Sooooooooooooo I basically read the history of Chicago a bazillion times when I was studying music in college (I wanted to be Walt Parazaider so bad) two decades ago. Today is the day I was born for.

jkm7680 > Chariotoflove 05/21/2018 at 09:27

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That’s awesome!