Chicago – Chicago – Reel‑To‑Reel Tape (Columbia H2C 31, 3¾ ips, 7" reel)

Chicago – Chicago (1970) – Reel‑To‑Reel Tape (Columbia H2C 31, 3¾ ips, ¼", 4‑Track Stereo, 7" Cine Reel) Original 1970 US reel‑to‑reel release of Chicago’s second album, issued by Columbia Records and manufactured by CBS Inc. This tape plays at 3¾ ips in 4‑track stereo on a 7" cine reel and contains the full double‑LP program (“Double play tape = 2 LPs”).

Features Chicago’s signature jazz‑rock sound with tracks such as Movin’ In, Poem for the People, In the Country, Make Me Smile, Colour My World, 25 or 6 to 4, and the multi‑part suites Ballad for a Girl in Buchannon and It Better End Soon.

Produced by James William Guercio, with engineering by Brian Ross‑Myring, Chris Hinshaw, and Donald Puluse, plus orchestration by Peter Matz. 

A strong collector’s reel for fans of Chicago, Columbia 1970s releases, and vintage jazz‑rock reel‑to‑reel tapes.