16-CD deluxe set of Chicago’s best-selling live album, featuring all eight shows from their historic 1971 Carnegie Hall concert series.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees Chicago became the first non-classical group to perform six nights in a row at Carnegie Hall 50 years ago. Between April 5 and 10, 1971, the band played eight shows at the celebrated venue (including two matinees) and recorded every one of them. In October of that year, performance highlights were featured on the band’s first-ever live album, Chicago at Carnegie Hall. That quadruple-LP reached #3 on the Billboard 200, was certified platinum, and is still the band’s best-selling live album.
To honor the 50th anniversary of Chicago’s historic concerts, the band will release all eight Carnegie Hall shows in their entirety for the first time in a new 16-CD deluxe boxed set.
Chicago founding member and trumpeter Lee Loughnane and engineer Tim Jessup spent nearly a year meticulously going through more than 40 concert tapes at Loughnane’s new studio in Arizona to remaster each concert. Their hard work paid off with eight fantastic-sounding shows.
Chicago At Carnegie Hall Complete is presented in a white folio that’s embossed with the group’s trademark logo. The set beautifully commemorates the event through memorabilia that includes replicas of the three posters that accompanied the original vinyl release and images of the original concert program, tickets, and other memorabilia from the historic run. The collection also comes with a 28-page booklet illustrated with photos from the concerts, plus new liner notes with contributions by Loughnane; archivist Jeff Magid, writer/producer David Wild and comedy icon/Chicago fanatic Jimmy Pardo.
When Chicago arrived in New York City in April 1971 to play eight shows at Carnegie Hall, the band was at the peak of its early experimental period and riding high on the success of the group’s third consecutive platinum album, Chicago III. For these historic shows, the band played a cross-section of hits from their first three studio albums, including “Beginnings,” “Questions 67 and 68,” “Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” and “25 or 6 to 4.” The set also includes the previously unheard first songs from the first show, “Someday (August 29, 1968).”
The performances showcase memorable contributions from every band member, including Terry Kath’s stellar guitar work, heartfelt vocals by Kath, Robert Lamm, and Peter Cetera, the vibrant horn work by Loughnane, James Pankow, and Walt Parazaider, as well as the jazz-influenced drumming of Danny Seraphine.
Chicago, known as the “rock band with horns,” is one of the longest-running and best-selling groups of all time. It’s the first American band to ever chart albums in Billboard’s Pop Top 40 in six consecutive decades, the highest charting American band in Billboard’s Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists, and the #4 band on Billboard’s All-Time Top Bands and Duos list. The group’s extensive accomplishments include: two Grammy Awards® and a Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy, multiple American Music Awards, 11 Number One singles, five consecutive Number One albums, and record sales in excess of 100,000,000, with 47 albums earning gold and platinum certification. Chicago was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2016, and Chicago’s first album, Chicago Transit Authority, was inducted into the GRAMMY® Hall Of Fame in 2014. In 2017, the Songwriters Hall of Fame inducted songwriters Robert Lamm (“25 or 6 to 4”, “Saturday In The Park”) and James Pankow (“Feelin' Stronger Every Day," "Make Me Smile").
Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 5 - 10 1971
Disc One
First Show - First Set
[62:43]
1. Scott Muni Intro
2. SOMEDAY (AUGUST 29, 1968)
3. LONLINESS IS JUST A WORD
4. SOUTH CALIFORNIA PURPLES
5. BEGINNINGS
6. LOWDOWN
7. MOTHER
8. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? (FREE FORM INTRO)
9. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon:
10. MAKE ME SMILE
11. SO MUCH TO SAY, SO MUCH TO GIVE
12. ANXIETYΓÇÖS MOMENT
13. WEST VIRGINIA FANTASIES
14. COLOUR MY WORLD
15. TO BE FREE
16. NOW MORE THAN EVER
Disc Two
First Show - Second Set
[69:12]
1. Return to Stage and Tuning
It Better End Soon:
2. 1ST MOVEMENT
3. 2ND MOVEMENT
4. 3RD MOVEMENT
5. 4TH MOVEMENT
6. 5TH MOVEMENT
7. FANCY COLOURS
8. IN THE COUNTRY
9. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
10. A SONG FOR RICHARD AND HIS FRIENDS
11. SING A MEAN TUNE KID
12. FLIGHT 602
13. MOTORBOAT TO MARS
14. FREE
15. 25 OR 6 TO 4
Disc Three
Second Show - First Set
[59:19]
1. Band Introduction and Tuning
2. INTRODUCTION
3. BEGINNINGS
4. LOWDOWN
5. IN THE COUNTRY
6. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
7. SING A MEAN TUNE KID
Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon:
8. MAKE ME SMILE
9. SO MUCH TO SAY, SO MUCH TO GIVE
10. ANXIETYΓÇÖS MOMENT
11. WEST VIRGINIA FANTASIES
12. COLOUR MY WORLD
13. TO BE FREE
14. NOW MORE THAN EVER
Disc Four
Second Show - Second Set
[76:04]
1. Return to Stage and Tuning
2. FANCY COLOURS
Elegy:
3. CANON
4. ONCE UPON A TIME…
5. THE APPROACHING STORM
6. MAN VS. MAN: THE END
7. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? (Free Form Intro)
8. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
It Better End Soon:
9. 1st Movement
10. 2nd Movement (Flute Solo)
11. 3rd Movement (Guitar Solo)
12. 4th Movement (Preach)
13. 5th Movement
14. LONELINESS IS JUST A WORD
15. A SONG FOR RICHARD AND HIS FRIENDS
Travel Suite:
16. FLIGHT 602
17. MOTORBOAT TO MARS
18. FREE
19. 25 OR 6 TO 4
Disc 5
Third Show - First Set
[53:31]
1. Tuning and Introduction
2. LISTEN
3. MOTHER
4. LOWDOWN
5. FANCY COLOURS
6. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PURPLES
7. LONELINESS IS JUST A WORD
Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon:
8. MAKE ME SMILE
9. SO MUCH TO SAY, SO MUCH TO GIVE
10. ANXIETYΓÇÖS MOMENT
11. WEST VIRGINIA FANTASIES
12. COLOUR MY WORLD
13. TO BE FREE
14. NOW MORE THAN EVER
Disc 6
Third Show - Second Set
[76:43]
1. Return to stage
2. INTRODUCTION
3. HAPPY ΓÇÿCAUSE IΓÇÖM GOING HOME
4. BEGINNINGS
5. A SONG FOR RICHARD AND HIS FRIENDS
6. I DONΓÇÖT WANT YOUR MONEY
7. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
8. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? (Free Form Intro)
9. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
It Better End Soon:
10. 1st Movement
11. 2nd Movement (Flute Solo)
12. 3rd Movement (Guitar Solo)
13. 4th Movement (Preach)
14. 5th Movement
15. FLIGHT 602
16. MOTORBOAT TO MARS
17. FREE
18. 25 OR 6 TO 4
Disc 7
Fourth Show - First Set
[55:19]
1. Tuning and Introduction
2. LONELINESS IS JUST A WORD
3. BEGINNINGS
4. SING A MEAN TUNE KID
5. FANCY COLOURS
6. LOWDOWN
7. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? (Free Form Intro)
8. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon:
9. MAKE ME SMILE
10. SO MUCH TO SAY, SO MUCH TO GIVE
11. ANXIETYΓÇÖS MOMENT
12. WEST VIRGINIA FANTASIES
13. COLOUR MY WORLD
14. TO BE FREE
15. NOW MORE THAN EVER
Disc 8
Fourth Show - Second Set
[64:44]
1. Return to stage / Tuning
It Better End Soon:
2. 1st Movement
3. 2nd Movement (Flute Solo)
4. 3rd Movement (Guitar Solo)
5. 4th Movement (Preach)
6. 5th Movement
7. HAPPY ΓÇÿCAUSE IΓÇÖM GOING HOME
8. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
9. A SONG FOR RICHARD AND HIS FRIENDS
10. I DONΓÇÖT WANT YOUR MONEY
11. AN HOUR IN THE SHOWER
12. FLIGHT 602
13. MOTORBOAT TO MARS
14. FREE
15. 25 OR 6 TO 4
Disc 9
Fifth Show
[47:01]
1. Tuning and Introduction
2. IN THE COUNTRY
3. FANCY COLOURS
4. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? (Free Form Intro)
5. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
6. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PURPLES
7. MOTHER
Disc 10
Fifth Show (continued)
[48:58]
1. LOWDOWN
2. FLIGHT 602
3. MOTORBOAT TO MARS
4. FREE
5. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon:
6. MAKE ME SMILE
7. SO MUCH TO SAY, SO MUCH TO GIVE
8. ANXIETYΓÇÖS MOMENT
9. WEST VIRGINIA FANTASIES
10. COLOUR MY WORLD
11. TO BE FREE
12. NOW MORE THAN EVER
13. A SONG FOR RICHARD AND HIS FRIENDS
14. 25 OR 6 TO 4
Disc 11
Sixth Show
[40:41]
1. Tuning and Introduction
2. INTRODUCTION
3. FANCY COLOURS
4. Introduction to Questions 67 & 68
5. QUESTIONS 67 & 68
6. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? (Free Form Intro, 'Nasal Finger Tones')
7. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
It Better End Soon:
8. 1st Movement
9. 2nd Movement (Flute Solo)
10. 3rd Movement (Guitar Solo)
11. 4th Movement (Preach)
12. 5th Movement
Disc 12
Sixth Show (continued)
[51:01]
1. LONELINESS IS JUST A WORD
2. SING A MEAN TUNE KID
3. BEGINNINGS
4. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon:
5. MAKE ME SMILE
6. SO MUCH TO SAY, SO MUCH TO GIVE
7. ANXIETYΓÇÖS MOMENT
8. WEST VIRGINIA FANTASIES
9. COLOUR MY WORLD
10. TO BE FREE
11. NOW MORE THAN EVER
12. IΓÇÖM A MAN
Seventh Show (Disc 13)
First Set
[64:54]
1. TUNING AND INTRODUCTION
2. IN THE COUNTRY
3. FANCY COLOURS
3. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? (Free Form Intro)
4. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
5. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PURPLES
Disc 14
1. MOTHER
2. FLIGHT 602
3. MOTORBOAT TO MARS
4. FREE
5. LOWDOWN
6. BALLET FOR A GIRL IN BUCHANNON
7. 25 OR 6 TO 4
Eighth Show
First Set
[73:36]
1. INTRODUCTION
2. FANCY COLOURS
3. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? (Free Form Intro)
4. DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
5. IT BETTER END SOON
1ST MOVEMENT
2ND MOVEMENT
3RD MOVEMENT
4TH MOVEMENT
5TH MOVEMENT
6. LONELINESS IS JUST A WORD
7. SING A MEAN TUNE KID
8. BEGINNINGS
9. A SONG FOR RICHARD AND HIS FRIENDS
10. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE
Second Set
[24:05]
13. BALLET FOR A GIRL IN BUCHANNON
14. FREE
