Title:
Chicago VII
Description:
Peter Cetera – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar on ”Wishing You Were Here”
Terry Kath – guitar, lead and backing vocals, bass guitar on ”Wishing You Were Here”, sleigh bells on ”Song of the Evergreens”
Robert Lamm – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron, clavinet, ARP synthesizer, lead and backing vocals
Danny Seraphine – drums, percussion, bass drum and hi-hat on ”Byblos”
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals, lead vocals on ”Song of the Evergreens”
James Pankow – trombone, percussion, backing vocals
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Additional musicians:
Laudir de Oliveira – percussion
David Wolinski – ARP synthesizer, acoustic piano, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes
James William Guercio – guitars, bass
Jimmie Haskell – strings
Wayne Tarnowski – acoustic piano
Ross Salomone – drums
Guille Garcia – percussion
Bobbi Roen, Camelia Ortiz, Diane Nini, Hank Steiger and Julie Nini – background party noises on ”Mongonucleosis”
Al Jardine, Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson – backing vocals on ”Wishing You Were Here”
The Pointer Sisters – backing vocals on ”Skinny Boy”
Produced by James William Guercio
Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski and Jeff Guercio
Strings recorded by Armin Steiner at Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA).
Mixed by Phil Ramone
Cover Photo – John Berg and Nick Fasciano
Photography – Urve Kuusik
Side One
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
1. ”Prelude to Aire” Danny Seraphine Instrumental 2:47
2. ”Aire” Seraphine/Walter Parazaider/James Pankow Instrumental 6:27
3. ”Devil’s Sweet” Seraphine/Parazaider Instrumental 10:07
Side Two
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
4. ”Italian from New York” Robert Lamm Instrumental 4:14
5. ”Hanky Panky” Lamm Instrumental 1:53
6. ”Life Saver” Lamm Lamm 5:18
7. ”Happy Man” Peter Cetera Cetera 3:34[6]
Side Three
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
8. ”(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long” Pankow Cetera 4:29
9. ”Mongonucleosis” Pankow Cetera/Lamm/Pankow (briefly at the beginning) 3:26
10. ”Song of the Evergreens” Terry Kath Lee Loughnane 5:20
11. ”Byblos” Kath Kath 6:18
Side Four
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
12. ”Wishing You Were Here” Cetera Kath/Cetera 4:37
13. ”Call on Me” Loughnane Cetera 4:02
14. ”Woman Don’t Want to Love Me” Lamm Cetera 4:35
15. ”Skinny Boy” Lamm Lamm 5:12
Terry Kath – guitar, lead and backing vocals, bass guitar on ”Wishing You Were Here”, sleigh bells on ”Song of the Evergreens”
Robert Lamm – acoustic piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog synthesizer, Mellotron, clavinet, ARP synthesizer, lead and backing vocals
Danny Seraphine – drums, percussion, bass drum and hi-hat on ”Byblos”
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, backing vocals, lead vocals on ”Song of the Evergreens”
James Pankow – trombone, percussion, backing vocals
Walter Parazaider – saxophones, flute
Additional musicians:
Laudir de Oliveira – percussion
David Wolinski – ARP synthesizer, acoustic piano, Mellotron, Fender Rhodes
James William Guercio – guitars, bass
Jimmie Haskell – strings
Wayne Tarnowski – acoustic piano
Ross Salomone – drums
Guille Garcia – percussion
Bobbi Roen, Camelia Ortiz, Diane Nini, Hank Steiger and Julie Nini – background party noises on ”Mongonucleosis”
Al Jardine, Carl Wilson and Dennis Wilson – backing vocals on ”Wishing You Were Here”
The Pointer Sisters – backing vocals on ”Skinny Boy”
Produced by James William Guercio
Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski and Jeff Guercio
Strings recorded by Armin Steiner at Sound Labs (Hollywood, CA).
Mixed by Phil Ramone
Cover Photo – John Berg and Nick Fasciano
Photography – Urve Kuusik
Side One
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
1. ”Prelude to Aire” Danny Seraphine Instrumental 2:47
2. ”Aire” Seraphine/Walter Parazaider/James Pankow Instrumental 6:27
3. ”Devil’s Sweet” Seraphine/Parazaider Instrumental 10:07
Side Two
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
4. ”Italian from New York” Robert Lamm Instrumental 4:14
5. ”Hanky Panky” Lamm Instrumental 1:53
6. ”Life Saver” Lamm Lamm 5:18
7. ”Happy Man” Peter Cetera Cetera 3:34[6]
Side Three
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
8. ”(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long” Pankow Cetera 4:29
9. ”Mongonucleosis” Pankow Cetera/Lamm/Pankow (briefly at the beginning) 3:26
10. ”Song of the Evergreens” Terry Kath Lee Loughnane 5:20
11. ”Byblos” Kath Kath 6:18
Side Four
No. Title Writer(s) Vocals Length
12. ”Wishing You Were Here” Cetera Kath/Cetera 4:37
13. ”Call on Me” Loughnane Cetera 4:02
14. ”Woman Don’t Want to Love Me” Lamm Cetera 4:35
15. ”Skinny Boy” Lamm Lamm 5:12
Band or Artist:
Chicago
Release Year:
1974
Length:
72
Country:
United States
Format:
12”
Speed:
33 1/3 rpm
Genre:
Blues
Musicals
Big Band
Rock
Pop
Jazz
Progressive Rock
Classic Rock
Soundtrack
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Subgenre:
Secular-Album
Catalog Number:
c2 32810
Producer:
Columbia
James William Guercio
Jay David Saks
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AllMusic Rating:
nostar
Record Label:
Columbia
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Recording Location:
Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO 80466
Number of Tracks:
15
Album Type:
Album
Quality:
N/A
Number of Discs:
2
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:32:02
Packaging:
Cardboard Sleeve
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-04-10
Date Added:
2018-06-28 16:32:02
