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Live in Japan (1975)

Where the lyrics of Live in Japan take you, and where it was really made.

Unlike Chicago's other early live album, this one does not follow the band's album-numbering convention.

Key places

Osaka Festival Hall recording (1975)

Recording site Osaka Festival Hall — Chicago recorded three days of its June 1972 Japan shows at this hall, and the Osaka concerts became this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

Live in Japan: live album by American rock band Chicago
Original release November 1972 as a two-LP set (CBS/Sony SOPJ 31-32XR), Japan only
Recorded over three days at Osaka Festival Hall, 1972
Booklet credits give the recording dates as 10, 11 and 14 June 1972
Engineers listed: Wayne Tarnowski, Tomoo Suzuki, Yūichi Maejima
Captures the Japanese shows of the tour supporting Chicago V

Background

1972 tour in support of Chicago V
Band recorded Japanese-language versions of 'Lowdown' and 'Questions 67 And 68' to coincide with the Japan performances
Both songs were performed in Japanese during the stay, and those performances are documented on this album
Chicago's second live album, after Chicago at Carnegie Hall (1971)

Recording

June 1972 Japan run: seven performances in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Kyoto
This album edits material from three Osaka shows
Personnel: Peter Cetera, Terry Kath, Robert Lamm, Lee Loughnane, James Pankow, Walter Parazaider, Danny Seraphine

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Artist

Formation

Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967.
The band described itself as a "rock and roll band with horns" and blended classical music, jazz, R&B, and pop.
The group first called itself the Big Thing, became Chicago Transit Authority in 1968, and shortened its name to Chicago in 1969.

Members

The original line-up was Peter Cetera (bass), Terry Kath (guitar), Robert Lamm (keyboards), Lee Loughnane (trumpet), James Pankow (trombone), Walter Parazaider (woodwinds), and Danny Seraphine (drums).
Lamm, Loughnane, and Pankow have remained constant members since 2009.
Terry Kath died in 1978 after an accidental gunshot wound.

Career

The band's debut double album, Chicago Transit Authority (1969), was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014.
In 1971 Chicago became the first rock act to sell out a week at Carnegie Hall.
"If You Leave Me Now" (1976) became the group's first number-one single and won its only Grammy.
Billboard placed the band among the most successful chart acts in its history, and it has sold more than 100 million records.
The original line-up was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
Chicago received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award on October 16, 2020.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

Reappraisal

Walter Parazaider, band member, said the sound quality was excellent
He explained that the Japanese side linked two eight-track machines to make 16 tracks
Parazaider's remark is the only assessment of the recording quality in the sources

Records

Originally released only in Japan
Released in the U.S. in 1996 as a two-CD set on Chicago's own label, Chicago Records
1996 U.S. edition catalogue number CRD-3030
Japanese versions of 'Questions 67/68' (1969) and 'Lowdown' (1971) were included, and both were hits in Japan
Japanese version of 'Questions 67 & 68' listed as track 4 of side 3 on the reissue listing
Early live double album by the band, following Chicago at Carnegie Hall

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Trivia

Live in Japan does not follow Chicago's convention of numbering albums, while the 1971 Chicago at Carnegie Hall is numbered IV.
The Japanese-version of 'Lowdown' runs 4:14 on side one of the track listing.
Material from three Osaka shows was edited together for the album.
Booklet credits list the recording as 10, 11 and 14 June 1972 at Osaka Festival Hall.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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