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Chart Information:
Chicago X - June 1976 LP Chart Position #3
- If You Leave Me
Now / Together Again
- Columbia Single #3-10390 (July 1976)
- Hot 100 Chart Position #1
- Easy Listening Chart
Position #1
- You Are On My Mind / Gently I'll Wake
You
- Columbia Single #3-10523 (March 1977)
- Hot 100 Chart Position #49
- Easy Listening Chart
Position #17
Band Members:
Terry Kath: guitar, vocals
Peter Cetera: bass, vocals
Robert Lamm: keyboards, vocals
Laudir DeOliveira: percussion, vocals
Lee Loughnane: trumpet, vocals
James Pankow: trombone, vocals
Danny Seraphine: drums, vocals
Walter Parazaider: woodwinds, vocals
Additional Musicians:
David J. Wolinski: piano & mellotron
on "Hope For Love"
James William Guercio:
acoustic guitar & bass on "If You Leave Me Now";
guitar on "Hope For Love"
Othello Molineaux & Leroy Williams: steel drums on "Another Rainy Day In New
York City"
Jimmie Haskell: string & french horn orchestration on "If You Leave Me Now"; string conductor on "Gently I'll Wake You"
Original Production Notes:
Produced by James William Guercio
Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski
Assistant Engineer: Tom likes
Strings recorded by Armin Steiner at Sound Labs, Hollywood, CA
Mastering Engineer: Doug Sax
Mixed & Recorded at the Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
Album Cover Concept & Design: John Berg
Art & Logo Design: Nick Fasciano
Sweettooth Courtesy: Ron Coro
Photo of Candy Bar: Columbia Records Photo Studio
Inside Photograph: Reid Miles
Special Thanks: Peter Schivarelli
Rhino Production Notes:
A&R/Project Supervision: Lee Loughnane,
Jeff Magid, David McLees & Gary Peterson
Bonus Selection Mixed by: David Donnelly & Jeff Magid at
DNA Studios, Studio City, CA
Remastering: David Donnelly at DNA Studios, Studio City, CA
Product Manager: Mike Engstrom
Editorial Supervision: Cory Frye
Art Direction & Design: Maria Villar
Additional Photos: Pictorial Press, Redferns
Project Assistance: Bob O'Neill, Tim Scanlin, Steve
Woolard & Steve Chean
Special Thanks: Emily Simon, Bob Emmer, Lynda Lou Bouch, Laurie Gorman,
Malinda Ramirez, David Millman, Nina Avramides, Debbie Aronofsky, Lisa Thomas &
Steve Brumbach
Representation:
HK Management
Howard Kaufman & Peter Schivarelli
9200 Sunset Blvd. #530
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Original Issue Columbia #PC-34200, June 1976
Rhino Records Re-issue Date: February 25, 2003
Rhino Selection #76179
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THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL IS COPYRIGHTED.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT SECURED.
Lyrics:
1) Once Or Twice - T. Kath
Oh girl
I looked you over once or twice
I think that you are very nice
And you're just meant for me
Oh girl
I think you got a messed up mind
But if you will take the time
Baby i can set you free
Well I'm not trying to be
What i am not
But i think what you need
Is what i got
Girl I'm no philosopher
But i can offer you that cure
To mend your broken heart
I know that you are not blind
I know you see my messed up mind
Yes, you see my broken heart too
So won't you
Bring your heart and
Your mind that's out
On the run
Fuse them with my broken
Heart, in my mind
We'll be one.
Girl i looked you over once or twice
I think that you are very nice
And you're just meant for me
Girl i think you got a messed up mind
Now that you know yours is
Just like mine
Baby, won't you set me free
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2) You Are On My Mind
- J. Pankow
You are on my mind
The echo of your laughter flowing through me
Sitting by a mountain fire
And wishing you were in my arms
And loving me completely
Rocky mountain highs are very nice
But you are gone and nothing's quite the same
L.A. is so far away and I can't
Stand another day
Without you by my side
Though I've tried, tried, tried
You are on my mind
You are everything a woman could be
Consequently I believe that no one
Else could take your place if you
Should ever leave me
I'll be coming home again to you
And look upon the woman that I love
There is nothing I can say that celebrates
The special way you keep me satisfied
Pretty girl
(break)
Feeling just a little lonely
Wishing you were in my arms
Yeah.....
You are on my mind
The echo of your laughter flowing through me
Sitting by a mountain fire
And wishing you were in my arms
And loving me completely
Rocky mountain highs are very nice
But you are gone and nothing's quite the same
L.A. is so far away and i can't
Stand another day
Without you by my side
Though I've tried, tried, tried.
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3) Skin Tight
- J. Pankow
Skin tight
Fits me like a glove
Your love is
Skin tight
Yes indeed it is
Your love is
Alright
Anytime of day or night
Is alright
Skin tight
Skin tight
Fits me like a glove
Your love is skin tight
Only you can keep me going
All night
Love me till the cows come home
It's alright
Skin tight
Skin tight
Fits me like a glove
Your love is
Skin tight
Yes indeed it is
Your love is
Alright
Any time of day or night
Is alright
Skin tight
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4) If You Leave Me Now
- P. Cetera
If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
No baby please don't go
If you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me
No baby please don't go
A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes we'll both regret
Things we said today
Cause I need you more than you'll ever know
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5) Together Again
- L. Loughnane
The lonely days I spend away from you
Sometimes seem like they will never end
But then I picture the glow of your smiling face
And I can make it through the lonely days
And nights until I'm
Home
With you
Where we
Can see
And feel
Our love
Together again
My friend
The lonely nights I spend away from you
Are filled with memories of your dancing eyes
I feel I can make it through another day
Knowing that you'll be waiting to kiss me
Tenderly when I get home
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6) Another Rainy Day In New
York City -
R. Lamm
Another rainy day in New York City
Softly sweet, so silently it falls
As cross town traffic crawls
Memories in my way in New York City
Tender, tough, too tragic to be true
And nothing I can do
City workers cheer
The taxis disappear
Another rainy day in New York City
Another spacey stay in New York city
High up in an overpriced hotel
The view is really swell
Windy, wet and gray in New York City
No one here I really want to see
Old friends and family
So suddenly serene
The air is fresh and clean
Another rainy day in New York City
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7) Mama Mama
- P. Cetera
I can feel the magic
Suddenly it's all around
I can see it clearly
I can even hear the sound
It's all so new to me
I'm not the same
If this is love - it's words i feel
Then you're to blame - but can't explain
Mama mama when you look at me
I see love in your eyes
Mama mama softly sweet tender love in your eyes
You are all I live for
Maybe that's enough to say
And you're the one I wrote this song for
Everywhere & everyway
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8) Scrapbook
- R. Lamm
Six sets smoked on Saturdays
At Barnaby's on State
Countless California calls
We could not stand the wait
We played the pier on Venice beach
The crowd called out for more
Zappa and the Mothers next
We finished with a roar
Jimi was so kind to us
Had us on the tour
We got some education
Like we never got before
Around the world in twenty days
We played most every night
Jet-lag, girls, strange languages
Everyone began to fight
Lowdown at the Caribou
All rumors aside
Was we could never get together
Not unless we tried
Summer with the Beach Boys
We got sand all in our shoes
Made some special music
Everybody sang the blues
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9) Gently
I'll Wake You - R. Lamm
Come to me, baby mine
And I'll make love to you
Just when the sun begins to shine
On the morning dew
I've been gone, far away
The days they seemed like years
Right by your side I'm gonna stay
Kiss away your tears
Gently I'll wake you
I won't hardly shake you
Gently I'll wake you
I won't hardly shake you
And I'll make sweet love to you
Hold me tight, don't let go
We'll dream the whole day through
I missed you more than you could know
I love only you
Come to me, baby mine
And I'll make love to you
Just when the sun begins to shine
On the morning dew
Gently I'll wake you
I won't hardly shake you
Gently I'll wake you
I won't hardly shake you
And I'll make sweet love to you
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10) You Get It Up -
R. Lamm
You get it up
You get it up
You get me feeling so hot
Mama, I'm your buttercup
I'm blowing up
I'm blowing up
It's getting hotter and I
Don't know if I'll ever stop
Baby
Baby baby baby
You get it up
You get it up
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11) Hope For Love -
T. Kath
Here i go again
Why does the ghost of love still haunt me
It's all been cried about before
It's all been cried about before
Yes, it's all been cried about before
Still it's everywhere
Is it crying to be heard
Don't think you've had your say
Don't think you've had your say
Yes, don't you think you've seen your day
I don't know
No i don't
Don't i know
I don't know
Don't i know
No i don't
I don't know
Not knowing if it's love
Is better than no thoughts of love at all
But it's been cried about before
I guess I'll cry for it some more
It's just the hope for love once more
It's just the hope for love once more
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