Chicago at Carnegie Hall

Chicago at Carnegie Hall
Chicago at Carnegie Hall
Live album by Chicago
Released	October 25, 1971
Recorded	April 5–10, 1971
Venue	Carnegie Hall (New York City)
Genre	Jazz fusion; rock;
Length	1971: 2:48:33 ; 2005: 3:43:59 ; 2021: 14:34:00
Label	Columbia
Producer	James William Guercio
Chicago chronology
Chicago live chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Christgau's Record Guide	C−^[4]

Chicago at Carnegie Hall (also known as Chicago IV) is the first live album, and fourth album overall, by American band Chicago. It was initially released on October 25, 1971 by Columbia Records as a four-LP vinyl box set, and was also available for a time as two separate two-record sets. A quadraphonic mix of the album was proposed, but was never made, possibly due to the band's objection to the album being released in the first place. This is the only Chicago album of the group's first ten releases not to have a quadraphonic release in any format.

The album reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200. It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) two weeks after its release, and was certified platinum in 1986.^[5]

Background

While touring in support of Chicago III, Chicago played Carnegie Hall for a week in April 1971 and recorded all of their shows. A four-LP box set for release as Chicago's fourth album (that distinction being responsible for the album's nickname of Chicago IV) was the result. Walter Parazaider told writer William James Ruhlmann that "The reason behind the live record for Carnegie Hall is, we were the first rock 'n' roll group to sell out a week at Carnegie Hall, and that was worth rolling up the trucks for, putting the mikes up there, and really chronicling what happened in 1971."^[6]

Columbia were very skeptical on the risk the extended set posed,^{[citation needed]} and with a decrease in royalties to counter that fear (a similar situation befell their 1969 debut, Chicago Transit Authority),^{[citation needed]} Chicago released Chicago at Carnegie Hall that October to a mixed reaction. While the set sold very well, reaching No. 3 in the US^[7] (but failing to chart in the UK),^[8] the critics found the album too long—and even indulgent with its inclusions of tune-ups.^{[citation needed]}

The band themselves have remained divided through the years over the merits of the album. Robert Lamm and Walter Parazaider defended the album to William James Ruhlmann, while James Pankow and Peter Cetera were not happy with the result.^[6] Pankow told Ruhlmann, "I hate it. ... The acoustics of Carnegie Hall were never meant for amplified music, ...the brass after being miked came out sounding like kazoos."^[6]^[9] Lee Loughnane said that although he thinks the album is good, there were many things he didn't like about it and that he didn't think the album should have been released.^[10]

In recognition of setting Carnegie Hall records and the ensuing four LP live recordings, the group was awarded a Billboard 1972 Trendsetter Award.^[11] Despite poor sound quality, Chicago at Carnegie Hall, according to William James Ruhlmann, went on to become "perhaps" the best-selling box set by a rock act until the release of the Live/1975-85 five-LP live box set by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in 1986.^[6] It is still the best-selling four-LP set.^{[citation needed]}

In 2005, Chicago at Carnegie Hall was remastered and re-issued on three CDs by Rhino Records with improved sound quality, a bonus disc of eight tracks of alternate takes and songs not on the 1971 edition, and recreations of nearly all the original posters and packaging.

On Monday April 5th, 2021, 50 years to the day of their first Carnegie Hall show, Rhino Records announced a 50th Anniversary 16-CD box set called Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall Complete. The collection includes all six shows in their entirety which were performed from April 5 through April 10, 1971, plus two matinee performances. The set was produced by engineer Tim Jessup along with band member Lee Loughnane, and was released on September 10, 2021.

Artwork and packaging

The original LP release of this set contained two giant posters of the band, a poster of Carnegie Hall's exterior, an insert about voting information, and a 20-page softcover booklet; this last contained photos of the band members playing during the concert, and on the back bore a full touring schedule from their first tour through their 1971 US tour.^[12] The band's official web site labels the cover design "white tile".^[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"In the Country"		Terry Kath	Kath Peter Cetera	10:35
2	"Fancy Colours"		Robert Lamm	Cetera	5:15
3	"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" (Free form intro)		Lamm	—	6:20
4	"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"		Lamm	3:47
Side two
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"South California Purples"		Lamm	Lamm	15:35
2	"Questions 67 and 68"		Lamm	Lamm Cetera	5:36
Side three
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"Sing a Mean Tune Kid"		Lamm	Cetera	12:54
2	"Beginnings"		Lamm	Lamm	6:27
Side four
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"It Better End Soon – 1st Movement"		Lamm	Kath	2:54
2	"It Better End Soon – 2nd Movement" (Flute solo)		Lamm Walter Parazaider	—	5:00
3	"It Better End Soon – 3rd Movement" (Guitar solo)		Lamm Kath	—	2:42
4	"It Better End Soon – 4th Movement" (Preach)		Lamm Kath	Kath	3:09
5	"It Better End Soon – 5th Movement"		Lamm	Kath	2:09
Side five
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"Introduction"		Kath	Kath	7:10
2	"Mother"		Lamm	Lamm	8:21
3	"Lowdown"		Cetera Danny Seraphine	Cetera	3:58
Side six
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"Flight 602"		Lamm	Lamm	3:31
2	"Motorboat to Mars"		Seraphine	—	3:00
3	"Free"		Lamm	Kath	5:15
4	"Where Do We Go from Here?"		Cetera	Cetera	4:08
5	"I Don't Want Your Money"		Kath Lamm	Lamm	5:23
Side seven
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"Happy Cause I'm Going Home"		Lamm	Lamm Cetera	7:56
2–8	"Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon" (total length: 15:25)	"Make Me Smile"	James Pankow	Kath	3:30
		"So Much to Say, So Much to Give"		Lamm	1:00
		"Anxiety's Moment"		—	1:08
		"West Virginia Fantasies"		—	1:31
		"Colour My World"		Kath	3:26
		"To Be Free"		—	1:21
		"Now More Than Ever"		Kath	3:25
Side eight
No.	Title		Writer(s)	Lead vocals	Length
1	"A Song for Richard and His Friends"		Lamm	Lamm	6:58
2	"25 or 6 to 4"		Lamm	Cetera	6:35
3	"I'm a Man"		Steve Winwood Jimmy Miller	Kath Lamm Cetera	8:51

Personnel

Terry Kath – guitar and vocals
Peter Cetera – bass and vocals
Robert Lamm – keyboards and vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, background vocals, percussion, guitar on "Flight 602" and "Where Do We Go From Here?"^[13]
Walter Parazaider – woodwinds, percussion, background vocals
James Pankow – trombone, percussion
Danny Seraphine – drums

Production

Produced by James William Guercio
Engineers – Don Puluse, Bud Graham, Hank Altman, Aaron Baron and Larry Dahlstrom
Recorded at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY (by Location Recorders)
Mixed at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, NY
Art Direction – John Berg/Virginia Team
Artwork – Fuding Cheng
Poster Design – Ron Coro
Photography – Allen Goldblatt and Fred Lombardi
Poster Photo – Frank Laffire
Lettering – Beverly Scott

Charts

Chart (1971-1972)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[14]	26
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[15]	3
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[16]	21
US Billboard 200^[17]	3

Chart (2022)	Peak position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)^[18]	29

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[19]	Gold	50,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[20]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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^ [1] allmusic - At Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1-4
^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r3845
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "Gold & Platinum - RIAA: Chicago: Live at Carnegie Hall". RIAA. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ruhlmann, William James (1991). Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) (Media notes). New York City, NY: Columbia Records. p. 5. Archived from the original (CD booklet archived online) on September 30, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^ "Chicago At Carnegie Hall Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^ "CHICAGO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^ Chicagotheband.com: "History, Section VII" Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
^ "A Chicago Story: Chapter 7 — Success". Chicago - The Band. Chicago Touring. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.
^ "Talent in Action: Billboard 1972 Trendsetter Awards". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 52. New York, NY: Billboard Publications, Inc. December 25, 1971. p. TA-4, TA-20 – via Google Books.
^ Wagner, David F. (March 5, 1972). "Columns and opinion: Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Vols. 1-4". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. p. 6, "Showtime" supplement. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (Volumes I, II, III and IV)". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 62. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5332". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
^ "Chicago Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2022. 17. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Chicago – Chicago at Canergie Hall". Music Canada. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "American album certifications – Chicago – Live at Canergie Hall". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[album_at_official_web_site-1] "Albums: Chicago at Carnegie Hall". Chicago - The Band. Chicago Touring. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2017.

[2] [1] allmusic - At Carnegie Hall, Vol. 1-4

[3] ttps://www.allmusic.com/album/r3845

[4] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[5] "Gold & Platinum - RIAA: Chicago: Live at Carnegie Hall". RIAA. Archived from the original on October 10, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

[Ruhlmannp5-6] Ruhlmann, William James (1991). Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) (Media notes). New York City, NY: Columbia Records. p. 5. Archived from the original (CD booklet archived online) on September 30, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

[Album_on_Billboard_200-7] "Chicago At Carnegie Hall Chart History". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 8, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

[:0-8] "CHICAGO | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

[ref1-9] Chicagotheband.com: "History, Section VII" Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine

[Chi_Story_Ch_7-10] "A Chicago Story: Chapter 7 — Success". Chicago - The Band. Chicago Touring. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

[Trendsetter_Award-11] "Talent in Action: Billboard 1972 Trendsetter Awards". Billboard. Vol. 83, no. 52. New York, NY: Billboard Publications, Inc. December 25, 1971. p. TA-4, TA-20 – via Google Books.

[12] Wagner, David F. (March 5, 1972). "Columns and opinion: Chicago at Carnegie Hall, Vols. 1-4". The Post-Crescent. Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. p. 6, "Showtime" supplement. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[13] "Chicago - Chicago at Carnegie Hall (Volumes I, II, III and IV)". Discogs. Archived from the original on 2018-08-02. Retrieved 2018-08-02.

[14] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 62. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[group=-15] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5332". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

[16] Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.

[ac_Billboard200_Chicago-17] "Chicago Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

[ac_Hungary_-18] "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2022. 17. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved June 20, 2024.

[CanadaChicagoChicago_at_Canergie_HallalbumCertRef-19] "Canadian album certifications – Chicago – Chicago at Canergie Hall". Music Canada. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[United_StatesChicagoLive_at_Canergie_HallalbumCertRef-20] "American album certifications – Chicago – Live at Canergie Hall". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

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Chicago at Carnegie Hall

Background

Artwork and packaging

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

References

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