If 3
Studio album by
If
ReleasedAugust 1971
Recorded1971
GenreJazz rock
Progressive rock
Length39:32
LabelUnited Artists (U.K.)
Capitol (U.S.)
ProducerJon Child
If
If chronology
If 2
(1971) 		If 3
(1971) 		If 4
(1972)
Singles from If 3
  1. "Far Beyond" b/w "Forgotten Roads"
    Released: August 1971[1]
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Allmusic[2]

If 3 is the third release by the English jazz rock band If. It was released in August 1971 by United Artists Records (U.K.) and Capitol Records (U.S.) and reached #171 on the Billboard Pop Albums Chart.[3] It was reissued in CD in 2006 by Bodyheat with 2 bonus tracks, then by Repertoire in 2007 with 2 different bonus tracks.

The track "Forgotten Roads" featured on the band's live appearance on German TV's Beat-Club in September 1971.

The track "Here Comes Mr. Time" was included on the United Artists Records promotional sampler All Good Clean Fun (1971).

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Fibonacci's Number" (Quincy) – 7:38
  2. "Forgotten Roads" (Quincy, Preston) – 4:23
  3. "Sweet January" (Quincy, Preston) – 4:30
  4. "Child of Storm" (Quincy, Hodkinson) – 3:39

Side two

  1. "Far Beyond" (Mealing, Preston) – 4:57
  2. "Seldom Seen Sam" (Smith, Hodkinson) – 4:50
  3. "Upstairs" (B. Morrissey, D. Morrissey) – 4:52
  4. "Here Comes Mr. Time" (Mealing, Preston) – 4:43

Bonus tracks on 2006 CD release

  1. "What Did I Say About the Box Jack?" (studio version) (D. Morrissey) – 8:24
  2. "What Did I Say About the Box Jack?" (live version) (D. Morrissey) – 20:23

(live version recorded during a European Tour in 1972 and reissued also in "If Europe '72" (Repertoire, 1997)

Bonus tracks on 2007 CD release

  1. "Forgotten Roads" (single version) (Preston, Quincy) – 4:03
  2. "Far Beyond" (single version) (Mealing, Preston) – 3:53

("Forgotten Roads" reissued also in "More Live If" (Repertoire, 2010)

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Mabbs, Val (7 August 1971). "Hot Rod sings Hardin classic" (PDF). Record World: 16 – via World Radio History.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Chart information courtesy of Billboard.com © 2006 VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.

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