"It Won't Be Long" was penned by organist Phil Porter and initially was much slower and had more of an "Asian" feel. Shinn was listening to the playbacks in the studio, he noted the chord changes were the same as Stephen Foster's immortal " Old Folks at Home", so the title was altered. "Swanee River", which opens the album, was originally entitled "Closer to the feeling" and was going to have a quasi– Allman Brothers flavor, but the lyrics had yet to be written. Part of the song "Cronus" was featured in the intro to the Telewizja Polska show "Magazyn Kryminalny 997". The album charted for just 12 weeks, peaking at #71. The single "So Many People" (written by Paul Williams and performed by both him and The Neighborhood) saw limited airplay in the U.S. The tune "Cronus" was originally used as an instrumental. The lyrics to the suite were written by Bill Chase's longtime lady companion Erin Adair. The album's title is the Greek word for nine, a reference to the nine band members. The six songs on side two of the album comprise a progressive-jazz/rock suite entitled "Ennea", with lyrics based on Greek mythology. According to Chase's attorney Alex Deveince, the cost of the album went $120,000 over budget. Sessions for the recording occurred August 31-September 8, 1971, at CBS/Columbia Studios in San Francisco and again between November 15 and December 8, 1971. Shinn replacing Terry Richards on lead vocals. The original lineup from the first album was changed midway through the recording sessions, with Gary Smith taking over from Jay Burrid on drums and G. It did not repeat the commercial success of their debut album, Chase. Ennea was the second album by jazz-rock band Chase.
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