Quadio (box set)

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Quadio
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ReleasedJune 17, 2016 (2016-06-17) [1]
Recorded1969-1976
Genre Rock
Label Rhino
Producer
Chicago chronology
Chicago XXXVI: Now
(2014)
Quadio
(2016)
Chicago: VI Decades Live
(2018)

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.

Track listing

Side one: Chicago Transit Authority
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction" Terry Kath 6:35
2."Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" Robert Lamm 4:35
3."Beginnings"Lamm7:54
4."Questions 67 and 68"Lamm5:03
5."Listen"Lamm3:32
6."Poem 58"Lamm8:35
7."Free Form Guitar"Kath6:47
8."South California Purples"Lamm4:48
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"Pankow14:38
Side two: Chicago
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Movin' In"Pankow4:06
2."The Road"Kath3:10
3."Poem for the People"Lamm4:25
4."In the Country"Kath6:34
5."Wake Up Sunshine"Lamm2:29
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"
Pankow12:55
7."Fancy Colours"Lamm5:10
8."25 or 6 to 4"Lamm4:50
9."Prelude"
"A.M. Mourning"
"P.M. Mourning"
"Memories of Love"
  • Kath
  • Matz
  • Kath
  • Matz
Kath
9:12
10."1st Movement"
"2nd Movement"
"3rd Movement"
"4th Movement"
  • Lamm
  • Kath
  • Lamm
Lamm
10:24
11."Where Do We Go from Here?"2:35
Side three: Chicago III
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sing a Mean Tune Kid"Lamm9:13
2."Loneliness is Just a Word"Lamm2:36
3."What Else Can I Say"Cetera3:12
4."I Don't Want Your Money"
  • Kath
  • Lamm
4:47
5."Flight to 602"
"Motorboat to Mars"
"Free"
"Free Country"
"Free Country"
"At the Sunrise"
"Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home"
  • Lamm
  • Lamm
  • Lamm
  • Lamm
22:30
6."Mother"Lamm4:30
7."Lowdown"
  • Cetera
  • Seraphine
5:10
8."A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast"
"Off to Work"
"Fallin' Out"
"Dreamin' Home"
"Morning Blues Again""
Kath5:30
9."When All the Laughter Dies in Sorrow"
"Canon"
"Once Upon a Time..."
"Progress?"
"The Approaching Storm"
"Man vs. Man: The End"
  • Pankow
  • Pankow
  • Pankow
  • Guercio
Pankow
Pankow
15:27
Side four: Chicago V
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Hit by Varèse"Lamm4:56
2."All Is Well"Lamm3:52
3."Now That You've Gone"Pankow5:01
4."Dialogue (Part I)"Lamm2:57
5."Dialogue (Part II)"Lamm4:13
6."While the City Sleeps"Lamm3:53
7."Saturday in the Park"Lamm3:56
8."State of the Union"Lamm6:12
9."Goodbye"Lamm6:02
10."Alma Mater"Kath3:56
Side five: Chicago VI
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Critics' Choice"Lamm2:49
2."Just You 'n' Me"Pankow3:42
3."Darlin' Dear"Lamm2:56
4."Jenny"Kath3:31
5."What's This World Comin' To"Pankow4:58
6."Something in This City Changes People"Lamm3:42
7."Hollywood"Lamm3:52
8."In Terms of Two"Cetera3:29
9."Rediscovery"Lamm4:47
10."Feelin' Stronger Every Day"
  • Cetera
  • Pankow
4:15
Side six: Chicago VII
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Prelude to Aire"Seraphine2:47
2."Aire"
  • Seraphine
  • Parazaider
  • Pankow
6:27
3."Devil's Sweet"
  • Seraphine
  • Parazaider
10:07
4."Italian from New York"Lamm4:14
5."Hanky Panky"Lamm1:53
6."Life Saver"Lamm5:18
7."Happy Man"Cetera3:34
8."(I've Been) Searchin' So Long"Pankow4:29
9."Mongonucleosis"Pankow3:26
10."Song of the Evergreens"Kath5:20
11."Byblos"Kath6:18
12."Wishing You Were Here"Cetera4:37
13."Call on Me" Lee Loughnane 4:02
14."Woman Don't Want to Love Me"Lamm4:35
15."Skinny Boy"Lamm5:12
Side seven: Chicago VIII
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Anyway You Want"Cetera3:37
2."Brand New Love Affair, Part I & II"Pankow4:28
3."Never Been in Love Before"Lamm4:10
4."Hideaway"Cetera4:44
5."Till We Meet Again"Kath2:03
6."Harry Truman"Lamm3:01
7."Oh, Thank You Great Spirit"Kath7:19
8."Long Time No See"Lamm2:46
9."Ain't It Blue?"Lamm3:26
10."Old Days"Pankow3:31
Side eight: Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."25 or 6 to 4"Lamm4:51
2."Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"Lamm2:53
3."Colour My World"Pankow2:59
4."Just You 'n' Me"Pankow3:42
5."Saturday in the Park"Lamm3:56
6."Feelin' Stronger Every Day"
  • Cetera
  • Pankow
4:15
7."Make Me Smile"Pankow2:58
8."Wishing You Wewre Here"Cetera4:37
9."Call on Me"Loughnane4:02
10."(I've Been) Searchin' So Long"Pankow4:29
11."Beginnings"Lamm6:28
Side nine: Chicago X
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Once or Twice"Kath3:03
2."You Are on My Mind"Pankow3:24
3."Skin Tight"Pankow3:20
4."If You Leave Me Now"Cetera3:58
5."Together Again"Loughnane3:53
6."Another Rainy Day in New York City"Lamm3:01
7."Mama Mama"Cetera3:31
8."Scrapbook"Lamm3:28
9."Gently I'll Wake You"Lamm3:36
10."You Get It Up"Lamm3:34
11."Hope for Love"Kath3:03

References

  1. "Chicago Quadio Blu-ray Box Set Now Available". Rhino Records. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  2. "Out Now: Chicago, Quadio". Rhino.com. June 17, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  3. "Chicago – Quadio 9 Disc Blu-Ray Audio Box Set (2016)". Jazz-Jazz.com. March 27, 2024. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  4. "Chicago: Quadio 9-disc surround sound & stereo Blu-ray audio box". SuperDeluxeEdition.com. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  5. "Chicago – Quadio – Blu-ray 4.0 quad box set review". Hi-Res Edition. May 16, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2025.