Live in Japan (Chicago album)

Infobox Album | Name = Live in Japan
Type = Double album
Artist = Chicago


Released = 1975
Recorded = June 10, 11, and 14, 1972| Genre = Rock
Length = 104:15
Label = CBS/Sony Japan
Producer = James William Guercio
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:azfwxqw5ld6e link]
Last album =
This album = "Live in Japan"
(1975)
Next album =

"Live in Japan" is a 1975 live album by American rock band Chicago. It was recorded over the course of 3 days at the Osaka Festival Hall on the band's tour in support of "Chicago V" in 1972.

Originally, the album was released as a two-LP set (CBS/Sony SOPJ 31-32XR), and only in Japan. The album was finally released in the U.S. in 1996 as a two-CD set (CRD-3030) on Chicago's own label, Chicago Records.

ound quality

Many fans and band members alike think the sound quality of this recording is better than 1971's "Chicago at Carnegie Hall". Chicago founding member James Pankow was always particularly critical of the Carnegie Hall album saying:

Walter Parazaider noted about the sound quality of "Live in Japan":

Current status

The album is currently out of print and tends to fetch high prices (generally upwards of $80 USD) on auction Web sites and in the collector's market. There are rumors circulating on fan forums of Rhino Records (Chicago's current record label) reissuing the album.In 2005, it was released on the iTunes Store as a digital download.

Track listing

ide one

#"Dialogue (Part I & II)" – 6:55
#"A Hit by Varèse" – 4:43
#"Lowdown" – 4:14
#"State of the Union" – 8:14
#"Saturday in the Park" – 4:19

ide two

#"Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" - 14:05
##"Make Me Smile" – 3:17
##"So Much to Say, So Much to Give" – 0:59
##"Anxiety's Moment" – 1:02
##"West Virginia Fantasies" – 1:32
##"Colour My World" – 3:22
##"To Be Free" – 2:17
##"Now More Than Ever" – 1:36
# "Beginnings" – 6:36
# "Mississippi Delta City Blues" – 5:50

ide three

# "A Song for Richard and His Friends" – 7:54
# "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? [Free Form Intro] " – 6:15
# "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" – 3:53
# "Questions 67 & 68" – 4:51

ide four

# "25 or 6 to 4" – 9:14
# "I'm a Man" – 10:43
# "Free" – 6:29

Personnel

* Robert Lamm: keyboards, vocals
* Terry Kath: guitar, vocals
* Peter Cetera: bass, vocals
* Danny Seraphine: antique bells, congas, drums
* Lee Loughnane: trumpet, background vocals, percussion
* Walter Parazaider: woodwinds, percussion
* James Pankow: trombone, percussion

References