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Chicago
The Very Best Of: Only The Beginning

Compil. US 2002 on Rhino Records label
Rock (Soft Rock, Pop Rock)

Packaging: clear double jewel case in card slipcase. Includes a 16-page booklet. - Track 1-1 from the album Chicago (1/70). This edit contains "Make Me Smile" and "Now More Than Ever" (the beginning and ending segments of "Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon") and bridges them in a similar manner as the original single, but without all the other significant cuts. - Tracks 1-2 and 1-7 from the album Chicago (1/70). - Track 1-3 from the album Chicago Transit Authority (4/69). This edit (without introductory piano piece) is a stereo representation of the original single release - Track 1-4 from the album Chicago Transit Authority (4/69). This edit (without percussion tag) was originally issued on Chicago IX Chicago's Greatest Hits. - Track 1-5 from the album Chicago Transit Authority (4/69). - Track 1-6 from the album Chicago Transit Authority (4/69). This edit (without drum and percussion interlude) appears for the first time. - Tracks 1-8 and 1-9 from the album Chicago III (1/71). - Track 1-10 from the album Chicago V (7/72). - Track 1-11 from the album Chicago V (7/72). Columbia single edit (10/6/72). - Tracks 1-12 and 1-13 from the album Chicago VI (6/73). - Tracks 1-14 to 1-16 from the album Chicago VII (3/74). - Track 1-17 from the album Chicago VII (3/74). This edit (without false start) was originally issued in Greatest Hits, Volume II. - Tracks 1-18 and 1-19 from the album Chicago X (6/76). - Track 2-1 from the album Chicago VIII (3/75). - Tracks 2-2 and 2-3 from the album Chicago XI (9/77). - Tracks 2-4 and 2-5 from the album Hot Streets (10/78). - Track 2-6 from the album Chicago 16 (5/26/82). Full Moon/Warner Bros single (edit). - Track 2-7 from the album Chicago 16 (5/26/82). - Tracks 2-8 to 2-10 from the album Chicago 17 (5/14/84). - Track 2-11 from the album Chicago 17 (5/14/84). Full Moon/Warner Bros single (remix/edit). - Track 2-12 from the album Chicago 18 (9/22/86). Full Moon/Warner Bros single (remix/edit). - Track 2-13 from the album Chicago 18 (9/22/86). - Track 2-14 from the album Chicago 19 (6/21/88). Full Moon/Reprise single (remix). - Track 2-15 from the album Chicago 19 (6/21/88). Full Moon/Reprise single (remix). - Track 2-16 from the album Chicago 19 (6/21/88). - Track 2-17 from the album Chicago 19 (6/21/88). Full Moon/Reprise single (remix). - Track 2-18 from the album Chicago 19 (6/21/88). Full Moon/Reprise single (remix). - Track 2-19 from the album Twenty 1 (1/29/91). - Track 2-20 from the album Night & Day (Big Band) (5/23/95). [Booklet:] "Love Me Tomorrow" ℗ 1982 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "Hard To Say I'm Sorry/Get Away" ℗ 1982 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "Stay The Night" ℗ 1984 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "Hard Habit To Break" ℗ 1984 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "You're The Inspiration" ℗ 1984 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "Along Comes A Woman" ℗ 1984 & 1985 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "Will You Still Love Me?" ℗ 1986 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." ℗ 1986 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "Look Away" ℗ 1988 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "What Kind Of Man Would I Be?" ℗ 1988 & 1989 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" ℗ 1988 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "We Can Last Forever" ℗ 1988 & 1989 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "You're Not Alone" ℗ 1988 & 1989 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "Chasin' The Wind" ℗ 1991 Warner Bros, Records Inc.; "Sing, Sing, Sing" ℗ 1995 Giant Records. All other recordings 1972, 1973, 1974 , 1975 ,1976, 1977, 1978, 1981 & 2002 Rhino Entertainment Company. This Compilation ℗ 2002 Rhino Entertainment Company, Warner Music Group, an AOL Time Warner Company. R2 76170 © 2002 Rhino Entertainment Company. Warner Music Group., an AOL Time Warner Company [Disc face:] R2 76170 This compilation ℗ 2002 Rhino Entertainment Company. Warner Music Group., an AOL Time Warner Company, Made in U.S.A. [Tray card:] Original recordings produced by James William Guerico • Phil Ramone & Chicago • David Foster • Chas Sandford • Ron Nevison • Bruce Fairbairn This Compilation produced by Chicago & David McLees [Slipcase and tray card:] This Compilation ℗ & © 2002 Rhino Entertainment Company. Warner Music Group, an AOL Time Warner Company. Printed in U.S.A.

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	Chicago , *1967 US album by
	Laudir de Oliveira perc, voc, cng, *1940 BR congas, percussion, vocals
	Tris Imboden dr, *1951 US drums, harmonica
	Daniel Seraphine dr, *1948 US drums, percussion, drum programming, vocals, written by
	Bruce Gaitsch g, *1953 US guitar
	Chris Pinnick g, US guitar
	Keith Howland g, voc, *1964 US guitar
	Dawayne Bailey g, voc, *1954 US guitar, vocals
	Bob Emmer management, business affairs
	Bob O'Neill management, business affairs
	HK Management , management, representation
	Howard Kaufman , management, representation
	Peter Schivarelli , management, representation
	Lee Loughnane tr, voc, *1946 US remastered by, remastering by, trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion, vocals, written by
	James Pankow tb, *1947 US trombone, percussion, vocals, arranged by, most brass arrangements, written by
	Jason Scheff b, voc, *1962 US vocals, bass, written by
	Peter Cetera voc, b, *1944 US vocals, bass, written by, guitar, written by, "get away", written by, "hard to say i'm sorry"
	Donnie Dacus g, voc, *1951 US vocals, guitar
	Terry Kath g, voc, 1946-1978 US vocals, guitar, percussion, bass
	Bill Champlin voc, key, bvoc, *1947 US vocals, keyboards, guitar
	Robert Lamm voc, key, *1944 US vocals, keyboards, percussion, written by, written by, "get away"
	Walter Parazaider voc, bvoc, *1945 US woodwind, percussion, vocals
	Chaka Khan voc, bvoc, *1953 US vocals
	David Foster syn, frh, *1949 CA written by, "get away", written by, "hard to say i'm sorry"
	Gipsy Kings , *1978 FR featuring, with

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