CHICAGO – Los Angeles 1971 (2CD)

Audience 7.8 – Recorded on what sounds like a realistic cassette deck, it’s limited in dynamic range and clarity. It is not, however, a pile of muck and murk, you can hear pretty much every instrument, and guitar cuts through during solos but rhythm-wise it’s behind the sound a bit. Vocals are clear, I get drums pretty well, so it’s not a waste of time and it’s a great tour with 25 or 6 to 4 being their latest blockbuster smash hit.  I would get this if you appreciated the band during their initial rise to stardom, as the joy in their playing does come through on this tape.

CHICAGO
The Forum, Los Angeles, CA – April 24, 1971

Disc 1:

1. -Listen
2. -Lowdown
3. -Beginnings
4. -Jam – In the Country
5. -Loneliness Is Just A Word
6. -South California Purples
7. -Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
8. -Ballet For A Girl In Buchanon

Disc 2:

1. -Introduction
2. -Fancy Colours
3. -It Better End Soon
4. -Mother
5. -Where Do We Go From Here
6. -Elegy
7. -A Song For Richard And His Friends
8. -25 or 6 to 4

Terry Kath – guitar, vocals
Peter Cetera – bass, vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet
James Pankow – trombone
Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
Danny Seraphine – drums