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Genre: rock

Rating: ** (2 stars)

Title:  Chicago Live Beginnings

Company: Stack-O-Hits

Catalog: 

Year: 1981

Country/State: Chicago, IL

Grade (cover/record): VG/VG

Comments: --

Available: 1

GEMM catalog ID: 4779

Price: $15.00

Cost: $1.00

I own quite a few of their albums and I've seen them in concert a couple of times, but between the annoying horns and the latter stage band's wholehearted embrace of MOR I'm not a big Chicago fan.  That said, their early work (first three or four LPs) had some interesting work.

Released in 1981 by the small LA based Stack-O-Hits label (I'll let you judge whether it is a legitimate effort), "Chicago "Live" Beginnings" supposedly captured the band at the 1969 Toronto Rock Festival.  Sound quality on this puppy is okay - a little hollow, but at least listenable.  The performances are all pretty good with the band running though a mix of hits and lesser known numbers ('Purples' and 'Liberation').  Nice to hear the late Terry Kath again.  Not much more to say about this one ...

"Chicago Live Beginnings" track listing:
(side 1)

1.) Beginnings

2.) Purples

3.) 25 or 6 to 4

4.) Does Anybody (Know What Time It Is)

(side 2)
1.) I'm a Man

2.) Questions 67 and 68

3.) Liberation