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| Released | June 17, 2016 [1] | |||
| Recorded | 1969-1976 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | Rhino | |||
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Quadio is a nine-disc Blu-ray Audio box set released by Rhino Entertainment containing Chicago's early albums in both quadraphonic and stereo mixes. [2]
The box set compiles the band's first eight studio albums and the band's first greatest hits album released between 1969 and 1976. [3] [4] All discs feature lossless 4.0 DTS-HD Master Audio tracks. The only exception not included on the box set was their first live album, Chicago at Carnegie Hall . [5] The set presents high-resolution 192/24 DTS-HD Master Audio versions of each album's original quadraphonic and stereo mixes. It was officially announced by Rhino as a collection of the band's early quadraphonic mixes restored for modern Blu-ray audio.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Introduction" | Terry Kath | 6:35 |
| 2. | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" | Robert Lamm | 4:35 |
| 3. | "Beginnings" | Lamm | 7:54 |
| 4. | "Questions 67 and 68" | Lamm | 5:03 |
| 5. | "Listen" | Lamm | 3:32 |
| 6. | "Poem 58" | Lamm | 8:35 |
| 7. | "Free Form Guitar" | Kath | 6:47 |
| 8. | "South California Purples" | Lamm | 4:48 |
| 9. | "I'm a Man" | 7:43 | |
| 10. | "Prologue, August 29, 1968" | James William Guercio | 0:58 |
| 11. | "Someday (August 29, 1968)" |
| 4:11 |
| 12. | "Prologue, August 29, 1968" | Pankow | 14:38 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Movin' In" | Pankow | 4:06 |
| 2. | "The Road" | Kath | 3:10 |
| 3. | "Poem for the People" | Lamm | 4:25 |
| 4. | "In the Country" | Kath | 6:34 |
| 5. | "Wake Up Sunshine" | Lamm | 2:29 |
| 6. | "Make Me Smile" "So Much to Say, So Much to Give" "Anxiety's Moment" "West Virginia Fantasies" "Colour My World" "To Be Free" "Now More Than Ever" | Pankow | 12:55 |
| 7. | "Fancy Colours" | Lamm | 5:10 |
| 8. | "25 or 6 to 4" | Lamm | 4:50 |
| 9. | "Prelude" "A.M. Mourning" "P.M. Mourning" "Memories of Love" |
| 9:12 |
| 10. | "1st Movement" "2nd Movement" "3rd Movement" "4th Movement" |
| 10:24 |
| 11. | "Where Do We Go from Here?" | 2:35 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sing a Mean Tune Kid" | Lamm | 9:13 |
| 2. | "Loneliness is Just a Word" | Lamm | 2:36 |
| 3. | "What Else Can I Say" | Cetera | 3:12 |
| 4. | "I Don't Want Your Money" |
| 4:47 |
| 5. | "Flight to 602" "Motorboat to Mars" "Free" "Free Country" "Free Country" "At the Sunrise" "Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home" |
| 22:30 |
| 6. | "Mother" | Lamm | 4:30 |
| 7. | "Lowdown" |
| 5:10 |
| 8. | "A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast" "Off to Work" "Fallin' Out" "Dreamin' Home" "Morning Blues Again"" | Kath | 5:30 |
| 9. | "When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow" "Canon" "Once Upon a Time..." "Progress?" "The Approaching Storm" "Man vs. Man: The End" |
Pankow | 15:27 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "A Hit by Varèse" | Lamm | 4:56 |
| 2. | "All Is Well" | Lamm | 3:52 |
| 3. | "Now That You've Gone" | Pankow | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Dialogue (Part I)" | Lamm | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Dialogue (Part II)" | Lamm | 4:13 |
| 6. | "While the City Sleeps" | Lamm | 3:53 |
| 7. | "Saturday in the Park" | Lamm | 3:56 |
| 8. | "State of the Union" | Lamm | 6:12 |
| 9. | "Goodbye" | Lamm | 6:02 |
| 10. | "Alma Mater" | Kath | 3:56 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Critics' Choice" | Lamm | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Just You 'n' Me" | Pankow | 3:42 |
| 3. | "Darlin' Dear" | Lamm | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Jenny" | Kath | 3:31 |
| 5. | "What's This World Comin' To" | Pankow | 4:58 |
| 6. | "Something in This City Changes People" | Lamm | 3:42 |
| 7. | "Hollywood" | Lamm | 3:52 |
| 8. | "In Terms of Two" | Cetera | 3:29 |
| 9. | "Rediscovery" | Lamm | 4:47 |
| 10. | "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" |
| 4:15 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prelude to Aire" | Seraphine | 2:47 |
| 2. | "Aire" |
| 6:27 |
| 3. | "Devil's Sweet" |
| 10:07 |
| 4. | "Italian from New York" | Lamm | 4:14 |
| 5. | "Hanky Panky" | Lamm | 1:53 |
| 6. | "Life Saver" | Lamm | 5:18 |
| 7. | "Happy Man" | Cetera | 3:34 |
| 8. | "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" | Pankow | 4:29 |
| 9. | "Mongonucleosis" | Pankow | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Song of the Evergreens" | Kath | 5:20 |
| 11. | "Byblos" | Kath | 6:18 |
| 12. | "Wishing You Were Here" | Cetera | 4:37 |
| 13. | "Call on Me" | Lee Loughnane | 4:02 |
| 14. | "Woman Don't Want to Love Me" | Lamm | 4:35 |
| 15. | "Skinny Boy" | Lamm | 5:12 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Anyway You Want" | Cetera | 3:37 |
| 2. | "Brand New Love Affair, Part I & II" | Pankow | 4:28 |
| 3. | "Never Been in Love Before" | Lamm | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Hideaway" | Cetera | 4:44 |
| 5. | "Till We Meet Again" | Kath | 2:03 |
| 6. | "Harry Truman" | Lamm | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Oh, Thank You Great Spirit" | Kath | 7:19 |
| 8. | "Long Time No See" | Lamm | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Ain't It Blue?" | Lamm | 3:26 |
| 10. | "Old Days" | Pankow | 3:31 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "25 or 6 to 4" | Lamm | 4:51 |
| 2. | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" | Lamm | 2:53 |
| 3. | "Colour My World" | Pankow | 2:59 |
| 4. | "Just You 'n' Me" | Pankow | 3:42 |
| 5. | "Saturday in the Park" | Lamm | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" |
| 4:15 |
| 7. | "Make Me Smile" | Pankow | 2:58 |
| 8. | "Wishing You Wewre Here" | Cetera | 4:37 |
| 9. | "Call on Me" | Loughnane | 4:02 |
| 10. | "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" | Pankow | 4:29 |
| 11. | "Beginnings" | Lamm | 6:28 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Once or Twice" | Kath | 3:03 |
| 2. | "You Are on My Mind" | Pankow | 3:24 |
| 3. | "Skin Tight" | Pankow | 3:20 |
| 4. | "If You Leave Me Now" | Cetera | 3:58 |
| 5. | "Together Again" | Loughnane | 3:53 |
| 6. | "Another Rainy Day in New York City" | Lamm | 3:01 |
| 7. | "Mama Mama" | Cetera | 3:31 |
| 8. | "Scrapbook" | Lamm | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Gently I'll Wake You" | Lamm | 3:36 |
| 10. | "You Get It Up" | Lamm | 3:34 |
| 11. | "Hope for Love" | Kath | 3:03 |