If 2 | ||||
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Released | February 1971 | |||
Recorded | The Hit Factory, NY | |||
Genre | Jazz rock Progressive rock | |||
Length | 36:32 | |||
Label | Island Capitol | |||
Producer | Lew Futterman | |||
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If 2 is the second release by the English Jazz rock band If. It was released in 1970 on the Island Records label in the UK and Capitol Records in the US.
The album features the early use of Innovex Reed Sound Modulators for the saxophones. The single from the album was "Your City Is Falling". [3]
It was re-issued as a CD first in 1996 by an obscure label (OSA), then in 1997 by Island and finally in 2012 on Repertoire Records with liner notes by UK music critic Chris Welch and containing a bonus DVD of four songs recorded live at the Mountford Hall, Liverpool University, 1 July 1971.
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