''Chase'' was the debut album by

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band

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was already a well-established

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player when he decided to form his own band. He recruited three other veteran trumpet players and vocalist Terry Richards, backed them with a

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, 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 #2

"Get It On" peaked at number #76 in Australia in 1971.

Release history

In addition the conventional 2 channel

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version the album was also released by Epic in a 4 channel

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edition on LP on

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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

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format in 2018 by

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. This release is a 2 albums on 1 disc compilation which also contains Chase's 1974 album ''

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''. The Dutton Vocalion disc contains the complete stereo and quad mixes of both albums.

Track listing

# "Open Up Wide" (Bill Chase) – 3:48 # "Livin' In Heat" (B. Hall / R. Turner / M. Walker) – 2:54 # "Hello Groceries" (D. O'Rourke) – 2:56 # "

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" (

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) – 3:23 # "Get It On" (B. Chase/Terry Richards) – 2:59 # "Boys and Girls Together" (

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) – 2:56 # "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)

Personnel

- lead & solo trumpet * Ted Piercefield - trumpet, lead vocal on "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Boys and Girls Together" * Alan Ware - trumpet * Jerry Van Blair - trumpet, lead vocal on "Hello Groceries" * Phil Porter -

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* Dennis Keith Johnson -

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, vocals * Angel South -

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, vocals * Jay Burrid -

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Release history

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

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References