If 2

If 2
Studio album by If
Released	December 1970
Recorded	The Hit Factory, NY
Genre	Jazz rock Progressive rock
Label	Island Capitol Records
Producer	Lew Futterman
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If chronology
If (1970) If 2 (1970) If 3 (1971)

If 2 is the second release by the English Jazz rock band If. It was released as a vinyl LP in 1970 and re-issued as a CD in 2006 on Repertoire Records with liner notes by UK music critic Chris Welch.

The album features the early use of Innovex Reed Sound Modulators for the saxophones.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Your City Is Falling" (Dave Quincy) – 5:04
2. "Sunday Sad" (Dick Morrissey) – 8:18
3. "Tarmac T. Pirate and the Lonesome Nymphomaniac" (John Mealing, Preston) – 5:12

Side two

1. "I Couldn't Write and Tell You" (Dave Quincy) – 8:23
2. "Shadows and Echoes" (Margaret Busby, Lionel Grigson) – 4:24
3. "Song for Elsa, Three Days Before Her 25th Birthday" (J. W. Hodkinson) – 5:11

Credits

• Dennis Elliott – drums
• J.W. Hodkinson – vocals, percussion
• John Mealing – organ, electric piano, backing vocals
• Dick Morrissey – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute
• Dave Quincy – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, flute
• Jim Richardson – bass
• Terry Smith – guitar

Production

• engineer – Frank Owen , Jon Child
• producer – Lew Futterman

External links

• "IF (6) - If 2 (LP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/IF-If-2/release/1976022. Retrieved 2010-04-08.