MINT SHRINK STICKER 2xLPs 1969 ORIG 360 "CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY" 1ST - HARD
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1969 COLUMBIA 360 SOUND TWO-LP CLASSIC ALBUM
HARD TO FIND COLLECTION WORTHY COPY
BEAUTIFUL TOP UPGRADE ~ FINAL COLLECTION COPY
50 YEARS OLD FIRST PRESS!
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Chicago TRANSIT Authority
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USA - 360 Sound Columbia - GP8
FINAL COLLECTION COPY
FINAL COLLECTION COPY
the black gatefold cover after 50 years is MINT and STILL IN FACTORY CELLOPHANE with the original song titles custom sticker ... all but impossible to find in this museum quality !
and the vinyls are MINT-
Chicago TRANSIT Authority
50 years ago - TOP SHELF the best copy around!
FINAL worthy collection condition !
Both 360 Sound Columbia inner sleeves included!
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SCARCE 1969 first pressing --- by far, the *BEST* Chicago Transit Authority album... first print on the highly collected 360 Sound Columbia label of the sixties... 2LP set in thick gatefold cover.....all said, a lavish stylistic production:
The Chicago Transit Authority was the very first album by the Chicago-based (then) underground rock band who would later be known as the mass popular "Chicago." And don't confuse the two bands...this, the first line up of the band features a phenomenal guitarist in Terry Kath who really unleashes brillant fuzz solos all throughout the 4 sides. This first album was recorded and released in April of 1969.
Upon the band's 1967 inception, they were initially called "The Missing Links". Then changed its name to "The Big Thing" (occasionally performed in areas outside Chicago and Milwaukee as "The Big Sounds" due to some venues complaining about the double entendre that the name "The Big Thing" also alluded to), before adopting the moniker The Chicago Transit Authority
... Yes their first LP - and one of their very best, a most powerful jazz-rock collectible. When 'Free Form Guitar' cracked a mention in a popular psych book, so one would most certainly have to give this epic jazz-rock monster a listen. It starts out decent enough...six tracks of a sort of throbbing, upliftin' hybrid of rock music that would come to help spawn many bands alike. Their long "I'm A Man" jams like crazy, fuzzed out leads and heavy percussions...the FM Underground stations LOVED this version... Then, you guessed it, 'Free Form Guitar'. Seven minutes of squealing, searing, acid-drenched guitar feedback from hell. It's hard to believe that it was made only two years after White Light/White Heat and eons before Keiji Haino's guitar spazzouts. If we'd heard this thing back in 1969 you'd make like Speed, Glue & Shinki and form a radical psychedelic musical collective aspiring to make sub-FFG freakouts. It's that good.
- Side one
- 1. "Introduction" – 6:35 (Terry Kath)
- Lead singer: Terry Kath
- 2. "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" – 4:35 (Robert Lamm)
- Lead singer: Robert Lamm
- 3. "Beginnings" – 7:54 (Robert Lamm)
- Lead singer: Robert Lamm
- Side two
- 4. "Questions 67 and 68" – 5:03 (Robert Lamm)
- Lead singers: Peter Cetera and Robert Lamm
- 5. "Listen" – 3:22 (Robert Lamm)
- Lead singer: Robert Lamm
- 6. "Poem 58" – 8:35 (Robert Lamm)
- Lead singer: Robert Lamm
- Side three
- 7. "Free Form Guitar" – 6:47 (Terry Kath)
- instrumental
- 8. "South California Purples" – 6:11 (Robert Lamm)
- Lead singer: Robert Lamm
- 9. "I'm A Man" – 7:43 (Steve Winwood/James Miller) Spencer Davis Group cover.
- Lead singers: Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, and Robert Lamm
- Side four
- 10. "Prologue (August 29, 1968)" – 0:58 (James William Guercio)
- 11. "Someday (August 29, 1968)" – 4:11 (James Pankow/Robert Lamm)
- Lead singers: Robert Lamm and Peter Cetera
- 12. "Liberation" – 14:38 (James Pankow)
CONDITION: The cover: is solid all over; rated: MINT in factory shrink wrapper with rare custom song titles sticker on outer cover .... NO WEAR to the impossible to find clean 50 years ago black cover... the gatefold has, guaranteed, never been opened! Incidentally, the black cover is notorious for easy wear after 5 decades; most original covers are totally worn. Museum quality final collection worthy collection survivor ...has no seam splits, no bends, no writing, no delete marks...still crisp, flat & square!
The vinyl: Rated: really nice, really clean, conservatively: near M- overall full of bright shine and overall played very enjoyable here. Both 360 sound Columbia labels are very clean!
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people... EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING All imperfections are noted both cover & record NOTE: All Items backed by money back guarantee! IF you have a problem PLEASE let us solve for you BEFORE leaving ANY negative feedback. Thanks! GRADING SCALE: M, M-, EX, VG++,VG+, VG, VG- M Completely clean, no marks M- Carefully used, looks clean, plays clean, shiny gloss, no marks EX Faint scuff or superficial mark, near M-, high gloss, plays clean VG++ Glossy with minimal scuffing or light mark playing very nice, clean VG+ a bit more scuff or markls still plays well with very minimal surface at worse VG more marks/scratches only minor, nothing deep, no loud clicks or pops this grade is abused by many, VG here does not mean "trashed" VG- surface noise present, will not have skips or jumps ALL PAYMENTS SHOULD BE MADE WITHIN 5 DAYS Of AUCTIONS END BIDDERS PLEASE = Do Not Bid If You Are Not Serious About Following Through The Transaction! ALL ITEMS GUARANTEED FOR WINNING BID - LESS SHIPPING!
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