Wrong Edits on new Chicago Best Of CD

Interesting about the 1970-1973 frequent Columbia label design changes. They sure changed them often back then. And then kept the same 1973 design for many years hence. What we really need for CD users is a Chicago singles collection using correct single edits. Too many wrong ones used on compilations.

Yah Shure wrote: Would that have been the all-red label with "COLUMBIA RECORDS" in white lettering, repeated around the label's perimeter?

Yep. Looked like this. Interestingly, mypromo copy was vinyl...I could count the number of vinyl Columbia singles I've seen on the fingers of one hand.
The promo copy we had where I worked in 1970 was a white-label version of my stock copy (IIRC the lettering around the circumference was blue on the promo). Different parts of the country got different labels???

It was as if Columbia had decided it needed an updated look for the physical labels but wasn't happy with either that one, the red label with orange "COLUMBIA" used into 1972 or the 1972-early '73 gray label.

Of the various temporary labels, I liked the style on my copy of 25 Or 6 To 4 the best.

While on the subject of Chicago promo singles, here's an odd item I have...an (apparent) re-issue of "Beginnings" with the album version on one side in stereo and the mono 45 version on the other. Judging by the catalog #, it appears to have been a promo-only release. The "black sun" on the label dates it from around '74-75. It also is vinyl.

The oddity promo I believe was issued to radio in late 1975 to promote Chicago's Greatest Hits. I'm pretty sure 25 to 6 to 4 was one of the 45s included, but that had the full stereo version on one side and another Chicago song on the other. I think several 45s came in a box resembling a reel to reel tape box, With the Chicago Greatest Hits Album cover on the box, with all the cuts from the album represented as 45s (or at least several).I think they did this to make it easy for radio stations that played 45s to feature these songs as the album was a huge Christmas present item in 1975. They wanted to make sure that stations had fresh copies of the tracks.

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The long version is the 6:28 length one!!

Several years ago, I also purchased that white label,
black sun Chicago promo 45 for "Beginnings." It's
labeled as single version with a listed time of 2:47 and
is mono. The other side is listed as 6:28 and in stereo.