Chase (Chase album)

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Chase
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Studio album by
Chase
ReleasedApril 1971
Recorded Chicago, Illinois
Genre Jazz-rock fusion
Length33:09
Label Epic
Producer Frank Rand, Bob Destocki
Chase chronology
Chase
(1971)		 Ennea
(1972)
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Chase was the debut album by jazz-rock fusion band Chase.

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Bill Chase was already a well-established lead trumpet player when he decided to form his own band. He recruited three other veteran trumpet players and vocalist Terry Richards, backed them with a rock rhythm section, and created a band which merged both jazz and rock styles. The album was recorded in Chicago in November and early December 1970 and released in April 1971.

The single "Get It On" spent thirteen weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart starting in May 1971, eventually peaking at #24 in July of that year. This success drove album sales to more than 400,000 units—unusually high for a jazz artist. The album charted for a total of 26 weeks, peaking at #22. [1] "Get It On" peaked at number #76 in Australia in 1971. [2]

Release history

In addition the conventional stereo version, the album was released by Epic in a quadraphonic edition on LP and 8-track tape in 1972. The quad LP release was encoded with the SQ matrix system.

The stereo version of this album was re-released in Japan on CD in 1997. The album was reissued in the UK on the Super Audio CD format in 2018 by Dutton Vocalion. This one-disc release also contains Chase's 1974 album Pure Music . The Dutton Vocalion disc contains the complete stereo and quad mixes of both albums.

Track listing

  1. "Open Up Wide" (Bill Chase) – 3:48
  2. "Livin' In Heat" (B. Hall / R. Turner / M. Walker) – 2:54
  3. "Hello Groceries" (D. O'Rourke) – 2:56
  4. "Handbags and Gladrags" (Mike d'Abo) – 3:23
  5. "Get It On" (B. Chase/Terry Richards) – 2:59
  6. "Boys and Girls Together" (Jim Peterik) – 2:56
  7. "Invitation to a River" – 14:13
  • "Two Minds Meet" (L. Raub/B. Chase)
  • "Stay" (L. Raub/B. Chase)
  • "Paint It Sad" (L. Raub/B. Chase)
  • "Reflections" (B. Chase)
  • "River" (T. Richards/B. Chase)

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References

  1. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20010508101005/http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/castle/2685/chase.html
  2. 1 2 Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 60. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  3. ↑ "Chase Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1971". Billboard. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
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