Chicago - Live In Japan (2014) [Teichiku Records] FLAC Beolab1700
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Chicago - Live In Japan (1972) Teichiku TECW-3418-19
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Artist...............: Chicago
Album................: Live In Japan
Genre................: Rock
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC)
Version..............: reference libFLAC 1.2.1 20070917
Quality..............: Lossless, (avg. compression: 60 %)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 HZ / 16 Bit
Information..........: CD IMAGE - LOG - CUE - SCANS
Posted by............: Beolab1700 on 13/07/2014
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Tracklisting
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1. Sing A Mean Tune Kid - 9:17
2. Loneliness Is Just A Word - 2:38
3. What Else Can I Say - 3:13
4. I Don't Want Your Money - 4:47
Travel Suite:
5. Flight 602 - 2:44
6. Motorboat To Mars - 1:29
7. Free - 2:15
8. Free Country - 5:46
9. At The Sunrise - 2:48
10. Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home - 7:28
11. Mother - 4:31
12. Lowdown - 3:36
An Hour In The Shower:
13. A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast - 1:52
14. Off To Work - 0:45
15. Fallin' Out - 0:53
16. Dreamin' Home - 0:49
17. Morning Blues Again - 1:11
18. When All The Laughter Dies In Sorrow - 1:03
19. Canon - 1:05
20. Once Upon A Time... - 2:34
21. Progress? - 2:34
22. The Approaching Storm - 6:26
23. Man Vs. Man: The End - 1:34
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This double-length set, not the "legendary" four-LP Carnegie Hall concert, is the one to get to hear what Chicago sounded like in their classic early period. In contrast to the Carnegie Hall show, where the band emphasized its precision to the point of deadening any excitement that might have been generated, here Chicago sounds upbeat and lively, bent on giving a good, exciting show and not on capturing a perfect performance. There are moments, as on the crescendo of "Dialogue," where the spirit outstrips the cleanness of the performance, but the group is so tight and forceful that one lets them slide by; at other times, as on "Beginnings," they're so smooth and lithe in their extension of the piece that one just wants to bask in it; and then they switch gears to the rougher, harder "Mississippi Delta City Blues," and make that work too. The whole performance is good, with a steady stream of worthwhile high points. The repertory runs up through "Saturday in the Park" and "Dialogue," and includes the core of their albums up through Chicago V (including the notorious "Song for Richard Nixon and His Friends"). The recording is so close that one hears every bass note and guitar lick, and feels practically in the bells of the trumpets, trombones, and so on, and the mix is vivid and spacious. It shows what an embarrassment of riches Columbia was faced with in the group's output that they never issued this performance in America, favoring the more hyped but far less entertaining and exciting Carnegie Hall show -- it was only Chicago's buying back of their catalog in the mid-'90s that got Live in Japan released in the U.S., more than 20 years after its first appearance in Japan.
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