Chicago - 1972-06-08 -Tokyo, Japan (SBD)

Chicago

1972-06-08

Budokan Hall

Tokyo, Japan.

Soundboard recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

CD 1:

01. Band Intro

02. Introduction

03. Beginnings

04. Mother

05. State Of The Union

06. Make Me Smile

07. Lowdown

08. Now More Than Ever

09. Dialogue (Part 1 & Part II)

10. Fanky Colours

11. Saturday In The Park

12. A Song For Richard And His Friends

13. Dose Anybody Really Knows What Time It Is?

CD 2:

01. Questions 67 & 68

02. 25 Or 6 To 4

03. I'm A Man

04. Free

Bonus - Audience Tracks

05. Now That You've Gone

06. Lowdown

07. Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon

08. All Is Well

09. A Hit By Varesse

10. Dose Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? (Free From Intro)

11. Dose Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

Chicago - 1972-06-08 -Tokyo, Japan (SBD)

The group now known as Chicago began on February 15, 1967, at a meeting involving saxophonist Walter Parazaider, guitarist Terry Kath, drummer Danny Seraphine, trombonist James Pankow, trumpet player Lee Loughnane, and keyboardist/singer Robert Lamm. Kath, Parazaider, and Seraphine had played together previously in two other groups - Jimmy Ford and the Executives, and the Missing Links. The group of six called themselves The Big Thing, and like most other groups playing in Chicago nightclubs, played Top 40 hits. Realizing the need for both a tenor to complement baritones Lamm and Kath, and a bass player, the band solved both problems by recuiting tenor and bassist Peter Cetera in late 1967. The next year, the band would change its name to Chicago Transit Authority, and in 1969 they would release their first album This soundboard recording captures Chicago 5 years after their 1967 start as The Big Thing, in Japan on June 8, 1972, 50 years ago today.