If 3
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| If 3 | ||||
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| Released | August 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Jazz rock Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 39:32 | |||
| Label | United Artists (U.K.) Capitol (U.S.) | |||
| Producer | Jon Child If | |||
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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).
Side one
- "Fibonacci's Number" (Quincy) – 7:38
- "Forgotten Roads" (Quincy, Preston) – 4:23
- "Sweet January" (Quincy, Preston) – 4:30
- "Child of Storm" (Quincy, Hodkinson) – 3:39
Side two
- "Far Beyond" (Mealing, Preston) – 4:57
- "Seldom Seen Sam" (Smith, Hodkinson) – 4:50
- "Upstairs" (B. Morrissey, D. Morrissey) – 4:52
- "Here Comes Mr. Time" (Mealing, Preston) – 4:43
Bonus tracks on 2006 CD release
- "What Did I Say About the Box Jack?" (studio version) (D. Morrissey) – 8:24
- "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
- "Forgotten Roads" (single version) (Preston, Quincy) – 4:03
- "Far Beyond" (single version) (Mealing, Preston) – 3:53
("Forgotten Roads" reissued also in "More Live If" (Repertoire, 2010)
