If
If 2 [Repertoire 2006] (1970)
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Length:  36:33
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Your City Is Falling    5:05
      2.  
      		 Sunday Sad    8:23
      3.  
      		 Tarmac T. Pirate And the Lonesome Nymphomaniac    4:33
      4.  
      		 I Couldn`t Write And Tell You    8:20
      5.  
      		 Shadows And Echoes    4:26
      6.  
      		 A Song For Elsa Three Days Before Her 25TH Birthday    5:44
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      AMG Review:

      The second If album came out within the same year as the first, and continues in the same distinctive jazz-rock vein the band worked on its debut. The playing is excellent, with the sax and flute work of Dave Quincy and Dick Morrissey carrying the group's sound to a level unmatched by other, better known contemporaries like Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears. J. W. Hodkinson's unique vocals continue to sail through the music, while Terry Smith employs a deeper, grittier guitar tone than he used on the first LP. The material here is not as interesting as on the earlier release, but the soloists have plenty of space to stretch out and strut their stuff over John Mealing's organ/electric piano bed of chord changes. Jim Richardson lays down some inventive basslines and drummer Dennis Elliott keeps the band on track through various rhythmic twists and turns.


      AMG says this was released in 1970. The liner notes say originally released as (UK) Island IL.PS 9137, 1971. The album was recorded at the Hit Factory, New York and may have been released in the US in 1970. AMG has been wrong, but Freebd also says 1970. ENJOY!
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