Recordings from
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Pieces by Bands and Musicians
we have arranged, performed
and recorded

Beatles
Bob Marely
Bread
Chicago
Creedance Clearwater Revival
Dave Sanborn
Dizzie Gillespie
Eagles Erasure
Herbie Hancock  
Huey Lewis
Jennifer Rush
Joe Zawinul
John Denver
Joni Mitchell
JS Bach
Linda Ronstadt
Louis Armstrong
Miles Davis
Mozart
Pat Metheny
Queen
Rippingtons
Steely Dan
Stephen Gislason
Stevie Nicks
Tom Jobim and João Gilberto
Wayne Shorter
 

Recordings from Persona Digital
Recording Arts and Science
P2500 Band
Persona Classical Consort
Em4U
Stephen Gislason

The Sound of Music

All About Sound

Chicago

In 1967, Chicago musicians Robert Lamm, James Pankow, Walter Parazaider, Lee Loughnane, Terry Kath, Peter Cetera, and Danny Seraphine formed a new group to create "a rock 'n' roll band with horns." The band was prolific for many years producing 20 Top Ten singles, 12 Top Ten albums and sales of more than 120 million records. First album: Kath, Pankow, and especially Lamm were writing original material, with Lamm completing two of the group's most memorable songs, "Questions 67 and 68" and "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" 

Chicago was formed in 1967, the year I graduated from medical school. The band appealed to me because  the jazzy arrangements and a steady flow of good tunes. They recorded their first album in 1969, "Chicago Transit Authority."  Their first hit song was "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is ?" The album was an underground hit on FM radio with college audiences and later became a Billboard magazine top LP where it stayed until the end of 1972.  They recorded a second album in 1969:  Lamm  wrote "25 Or 6 To 4" which became a hit in the the summer of 1970. In June 1976, a new album, Chicago X was released with the song "If You Leave Me Now".  A succession of albums followed.  In Chicago VII (1974), Cetera's song, "Wishing You Were Here." became an all time favorite."  Chicago IX  was a "greatest hits" collection. Chicago X (1976) contained Cetera's "If You Leave Me Now" became a Billboard singles chart topper.  The album X went platinum record, selling a million copies in three months.  

The Trinity P2500 Band has recorded Stephen Gislason's arrangements of:

Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is (Lamm)
25 or 6 To 4  (Lamm)
If you leave me now (Cetera)
Color My World
Saturday in the Park
Wishing You Were Here (Cetera)

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Persona Digital Studio is located on the Sunshine Coast, Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada. www.personadigitalstudio.com  email  music@personadigitalstudio.com. Our Music catalogue includes recorded performances by the P2500 Band, Em4U, and the Persona Classical Consort. Music downloads are available from iTunes, Napster, AmazonMP3 and from our companion website: Persona Digital.  We have enjoyed association with Reverb Nation who provides an online service for musicians to present and market their music.