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
If chronology
If (1970) If 2 (1970) If 3 (1971)

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If 2 is the second release by the English Jazz rock band If. It was released as a vinyl LP in 1970 on the Island Records label in the UK and Capitol Records in the US.

The album features the early use of Innovex Reed Sound Modulators for the saxophones. The single from the album was "Your City Is Falling".^[2]

It was re-issued as a CD first in 1996 by an obscure label (OSA), then in 1997 by Island and finally in 2006 on Repertoire Records with liner notes by UK music critic Chris Welch.

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, Trevor 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

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

Production

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

References

External links

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