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lunedì 5 ottobre 2026

Chicago - 1977-10-05 - Pittsburgh, PA (FM/FLAC)



(FM broadcast FLAC)

Terry Kath: Guitar, vocals 
Peter Cetera: Bass, vocals 
Robert Lamm: Keyboards, vocals 
Lee Loughnane: Trumpet, vocals 
James Pankow: Trombone, vocals 
Walt Parazaider: Woodwinds 
Danny Seraphine: Drums 
Laudir De Oliveira: Percussion

CD1
01 - Ballet for a Girl in Buchanon
02 - Dialogue
03 - Wake Up Sunshine
04 - This Time
05 - Mississippi Delta City Blues
06 - Baby What a Big Surprise
07 - Just You 'n Me
08 - Saturday in the Park

CD2
01 - Takin' It Uptown
02 - You Are On My Mind
03 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
04 - Take Me Back to Chicago
05 - A Hit By Varese
06 - If You Leave Me Now
07 - (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
08 - Mongonucleosis - Drum solo
09 - 25 or 6 to 4
10 - I'm a Man

lunedì 21 settembre 2026

Chicago - 1989-09-21 - Tokyo, JP (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Budokan Hall

Lineage :
Cdr Trade -> EAC -> Traders' little helper (checksum & flac conversion (6))

CD1
01 - Along Comes a Woman
02 - Make Me Smile/Colour My World
03 - Stay the Night
04 - Saturday in the Park
05 - Canon/Just You n' Me
06 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
07 - You’re the Inspiration
08 - You’re Not Alone
09 - Will You Still Love Me

CD2
01 - Beginnings/Jam/Drum solo
02 - I Don’t Wanna Live Without Your Love
03 - Guitar solo/We Can Stop the Hurtin’
04 - Dialogue
05 - Hard to Say I’m Sorry/Get Away
06 - 25 or 6 to 4

Notes:
Excellent soundboard (IMO) from the 1989 tour, taken from a pro shot video which is also available. From this asian leg of the tour, (to my knowledge) just another recording it's also available (Tapei, Taiwan 9/24/89).

mercoledì 16 settembre 2026

Chicago - 1973-09-16 - Paris, FR (FM/FLAC)




(FM broadcast FLAC)

Chicago 09/16/73
Palais Omnisports De Paris, Paris, France

FM > Trade CD > FreeRip > FLAC > You

Terry Kath
Peter Cetera
Danny Seraphine
Walter Parazadier
James Pankow
Robert Lamm
Lee Loughnane

01. Announcer
02. Devil's Sweet
03. Something In This City Changes People
04. Just You 'N' Me
05. Beginnings
06. Aire
07. Feelin' Stronger Everyday
08. A Hit By Varese

lunedì 14 settembre 2026

Chicago - 1990-09-14 - Seattle, WA (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

Seattle Center Coliseum
Seattle, WA
September 14/1990
"Microsoft Private Party"
Pro Shot Video

Lineage
DVD Trade > DVD Decrypter > VIDEO TS folders > Traders' little helper (checksum & torrent files)

Video
NTSC 4:3
MPEG 2
6205 kbps
720X480
29.97 Frames/sec

Audio
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
48000 Hz
256 Kb/s

Jason Scheff: bass, lead & background vocals
Robert Lamm: keyboards, lead & background vocals
Bill Champlin: keyboards, guitar, lead & background vocals
Lee Loughnane: trumpet
James Pankow: trombone
Walt Parazaider: woodwinds
Tris Imboden: drums
DaWayne Bailey: guitars, background vocals

01 - Dialogue
02 - Stay The Night
03 - Just You n' Me
04 - Saturday In The Park
05 - Beginnings
06 - If You Leave Me Now
07 - Please Hold On
08 - Hearts In Trouble
09 - What Kind Of Man Would I Be
10 - Hard Habit To Break
11 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
12 - We Can Stop The Hurtin'
13 - You’re Not Alone
14 - Look Away
15 - Make Me Smile
16 - Hard To Say I’m Sorry/Get Away
17 - You're The Inspiration
18 - Free
19 - 25 Or 6 To 4

Pro Shot Video of a private gig they did for Microsoft, part of their 1990 tour.






domenica 13 settembre 2026

Chicago - 1969-09-13 - Toronto, Cananda (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Lineage: 
Unknown SBD source > traded CDR > Steinberg (no corrections) > Carbon CDR > flac > you

01. Introductions (6:53)
02. South California Purples (6:19)
03. 25 or 6 to 4 (5:56)
04. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It is? (3:18)
05. I'm A Man (7:12)
06. Beginnings (5:01)
07. Liberation (11:58)
08. Free From Guitar (8:23)

Notes:
Great set, great performance, superb Sound-Quality. The presentation is miles better than at the 'Texas International Pop Festival'. '25 or 6 to 4' and 'I'm A Man' are mind blower. Furious guitarwork at 'Liberation' and 'Free From Guitar'. A fine piece of historical music.

lunedì 7 settembre 2026

Chicago - 1973-09-07 - Amsterdam, NL (FM/FLAC)




(FM Broadcast FLAC)

Venue:
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Source:
Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting "Poster"

Lineage:
ANA(x) > CDr > WAV > SHNtool > Cool Edit Pro v2.0 > WAV > CD Wave v1.98 > FLAC [level 8]

01 Now That You've Gone
02 Something in This City Changes People
03 Hollywood
04 Just You 'n' Me
05 Dialogue (Part I & II)
06 Feelin' Stronger Every Day
07 Aire
08 Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon (cut) > Radio Outro

Source:
TROS "Poster" FM Broadcast [from rebroadcast, date unknown] > ANA(x) > CDr > WAV > FLAC

Convert:
FLAC > Traders Little Helper > WAV

Restore:
WAV > SHNtool [join WAV files] > Cool Edit Pro v2.0 > CD Wave v1.98 > Traders Little Helper >
FLAC [level 8]

Notes:
This is an excellent FM recording. There were some artifacts introduced by various transfers over the years that needed to be removed or repaired. Amplifying the left channel to match the right enhanced the stereo separation. It also helped bring Terry's guitar to the forefront, a huge bonus in my opinion.

domenica 6 settembre 2026

Chicago / Earth, Wind & Fire - 2005-09-06 - Los Angeles, CA (AUD/FLAC)



(Audience FLAC)

Chicago & EWF 

Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - September 6/2005 (3 cd) 

Audience show traded many years ago 

Lineage : 
Cdr Trade -> EAC -> Traders' little helper (checksum & flac conversion (6)) 

CD1 
Chicago/EWF Open 
01.Beginnings 
02.In the Stone 
03.Dialogue 
04.Let Your Feelings Show 
05.Introductions 

EWF Alone: 
06.Rock That 
07.Lovely People (new EWF song) 
08.Saturday Night 
09.Sun Goddess 
10.Boogie Wonderland 
11.Serpentine Fire 
12.Talking 
13.Kalimba Story 
14.After the Love is Gone 
15.Pure Gold (new EWF song) 
16.That's the Way of the World 
17.Reasons 
18.I Like the Way You Move (new EWF song) 

CD2 

01. Band Introductions/Got to Get You Into My Life 
02. Fantasy 
03. Let's Groove 
04. Love's Dance 
05. ...blank.... 

CHICAGO ALONE: 
06. Drum Duel 
07. Make Me Smile 
08. So Much To Say, So Much To Give/Anxiety's Moment/West Virgina Fantasies 
09. Colour My World 
10. To Be Free/Now More Than Ever 
11. If You Leave Me Now 
12. Call On Me 
13. Alive Again 
14. Hard Habit to Break 
15. Old Days 
16. Just You n' Me 

Disc 3 
01. Saturday in the Park 
02. Feelin' Stronger Every Day 
03. Band Introductions 
04. I'm A Man 
05. Hard to Say I'm Sorry 
06. Get Away 

CHICAGO-EWF FINALE: 
07. September 
08. Free 
09. Sing A Song 
10. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is 
11. Shining Star 
12. 25 or 6 to 4 

Very good audience show (IMO) from their 2005 tour with EWF, following their very successful 2004 tour. 

giovedì 3 settembre 2026

Chicago - 1979-09-03 - Clarkston, MI (DVDfull pro-shot)


(DVDfull pro-shot)

CHICAGO
BLUE JEAN NETWORK
WFLD CHICAGO TV
BROADCAST DATE: AUGUST 13, 1981
CONCERT DATE: SEPTEMBER 3rd 1979 FROM PINE KNOB THEATER

Lineage 
WFLD 32 Chicago Broadcast To Vhs Master To Dvd Ntsc Krw Transfer Using A Jvc Pro Vhs Deck With Monster Cable To A Panasonic Stand Alone Burner In Xp Mode On A Maxell Gold Dvd-R

video attributes from gspot
VIDEO/TV SYSTEM: ntsc 29.97 fps
VIDOE BITRATE: 7783 kbps
ASPECT RATIO: 4:3
SYS BITRATE: 10080 kb/s vbr
AUDIO CODEC: ac3
AUDIO BITRATE: 384 kbps 48000hz stereo 

Peter Cetera bass vocals
Robert Lamm keyboards vocals
Lee Loughnane trumpet flugelhorn
James Pankow trombone
Walter Parazaider saxophones flute
Danny Seraphine drums
Laudir de Oliveira percussion
Donnie Dacus guitar vocals

01 - Beginnings
02 - Turn Back The Pages
03 - Take Me Back To Chicago
04 - Falling In Love With You
05 - Must Have Been Crazy
06 - If You Leave Me Now
07 - Unknown Song
08 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
09 - I'Ve Been Searching
10 - Unknown Song
11 - 25 Or 6 To 4

TOTAL TIME 60 MIN 28 SEC





Chicago - 1995-09-03 - Lake Tahoe, NV (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Chicago
Caesars Tahoe Circus Maximus Theatre, Lake Tahoe, NV - September 3/1995

Lineage:
Chrome Tape -> Zoom H2N -> 24 bit Wav -> Audacity (16 bit & editing & tracking) -> Traders' little helper (checksum & flac conversion (6))

Robert Lamm
James Pankow
Lee Loughnane
Walter Parazaider
Bill Champlin
Jason Scheff
Tris Imboden
Keith Howland

01 Saturday in the Park
02 Questions 67 & 68
03 Chicago
04 Old Days
05 You’re the Inspiration
06 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
07 Free
08 Keyboard Intro / Hard Habit to Break

Acoustic Set:
09 Colour My World
10 What Kind of Man Would I Be
11 Look Away

12 Night & Day
13 Make Me Smile/Drum solo
14 (cut) Just You and Me
15 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
16 Bass Solo / I’m a Man
17 Hard to Say I’m Sorry / Get Away
18 In the Mood
19 25 or 6 to 4
20 If You Leave Me Now

Soundboard recording from their 1995 tour, promoting the Night & Day:Big Band cd, great album!

mercoledì 2 settembre 2026

Chicago - 1994-09-02 - Las Vegas, NV (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

CHICAGO
Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, NV - September 2/1994

Soundboard recording received many years ago

Lineage :
Cdr Trade -> EAC -> Traders' little helper (checksum & flac conversion (6))

CD1
01 - Introduction
02 - Make Me Smile
03 - Colour My World
04 - Stay The Night
05 - Free
06 - Saturday In The Park
07 - Searchin So Long
08 - Mongonucleosis
09 - Will You Still Love me
10 - Look Away

CD2
01 - If You Leave Me Now
02 - Dawayne Bailey solo
03 - Beginnings
04 - In The Mood
05 - Hard Habit To Break
06 - Just You n' Me
07 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
08 - Dialogue
09 - Hard to Say I’m Sorry / Get Away (incomplete)

Excellent soundboard (IMO) from the 1994 tour. Includes the great tune Introduction (sung by Bill Champlin).

martedì 1 settembre 2026

Chicago - 1977-09-01 - Amsterdam, NL (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

This is a short selection of songs recorded in concert February of 1977.

Very nice quality and the band is in top form. This concert caught my eye and
will be great addition to your collection.

Unknown lineage Broadcast Master > TMPGEnc Author 3 to Create menu and chapters > DVD. original
video and audio passed through unaltered.

Peter Cetera: bass, vocals
Danny Seraphine: drums
Robert Lamm: keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane: trumpet, vocals
Terry Kath: guitar, vocals
Walter Parazaider: woodwinds
James Pankow: trombone
Laudir Soares DeOliviera: percussion, congas

Video
PAL 4:3
MPEG 2
8751 Kbps
704X576
25 Frames/sec

Audio
Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
48000 Hz.
256 Kb/s

01 - Here I Go Again
02 - You Are On My Mind
03 - Colour My World
04 - Make Me Smile
05 - If You Leave Me Now
06 - I've Been Searchin' So Long
07 - Mongonucleosis

28:09
1.78 Gb.

sabato 22 agosto 2026

Chicago - 1970-08-22 - Hampton Beach, NH (AUD/FLAC)


(Audience FLAC)

CHICAGO
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Hampton Beach New Hampshire
August 22nd 1970
A Joe Maloney Reel to Reel Master
Transferred and Presented By Krw_co
NEW 2018 TRANSFER

LINEAGE
JOE MALONEY MONO REEL TO REEL MASTER>AKAI GX-4000D REEL TO REEL>CREATIVE SOUNDBLASTER X-FI HD MODEL #SB1240
WAV (24/96KHZ)>MAGIX AUDIO CLEANING LAB FOR KRW TRACK MARKS VOLUME ADJUSTMENT AND EDITS>WAV 24/96>TLH FLAC LEVEL 8
As this is a mono recording the left channel was cloned into the right using Audacity.

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

01 The Crowd
02 Tune up
03 Introduction
04 Questions 67 and 68
05 I Don't Want Your Money
06 Poem For the People
(reel flip edit at 00:30:11:20)
07 It Better End Soon
08 Freeform Guitar/Keyboards
09 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
10 25 or 6 to 4

JOE'S MEMORIES:
"Chicago II" had just come out and "25 or 6 to Four" was everywhere on the radio, so when we heard Chicago would be appearing at the Hampton Beach Casino, we had to take  the opportunity to go. The first Chicago album "Chicago Transit Authority" had come out in 1969 and didn't have any "AM hits" on it, but "Chicago II" was a whole different story. It was a typical hot August day, waiting to get into the Casino, but this crowd was not as "frantic" as the crowd at the Grand Funk Railroad show a month before, so we didn't have to jam in and run for a spot on the floor to sit. Everyone was mellow and orderly getting in. It's not a long show, only about 50 minutes, but this recording gives you the opportunity to hear "early" Chicago, with the original members. it's like a mini "best of" collection. Also I changed tapes before Chicago returned to the stage for the encore of "I'm A Man". They did a great version, that lasted for about 15 minutes, but the switch on the external mic accidentally got turned off about halfway through the song and I didn't notice that the tape had stopped. I didn't think of keeping what I had recorded on that reel and ended up recording over it at another show."

venerdì 21 agosto 2026

Chicago - 1976-08-21 - Kalamazoo, MI (SBD/FLAC)


(Soundboard FLAC)

Soundboard recording sourced from a CD WAV files trade from an unknown original source.
From the Hank Steiger (Chicago's guitar technician) personal collection.
Remastered using eq match from a Chicago pro source.

Source: WAV files trade - Remaster Processing (see notes below) - Align Sectors - Flac 8 - You

Set 1
01 Intro
02 Beginnings
03 Call On Me
04 Another Rainy Day In New York City
05 Something In This City Changes People
06 You Get It Up
07 Just You And Me
08 Takin' It On Uptown
09 Saturday In The Park
10 Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon

Set 2
11 Anyway You Want
12 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
13 Policeman
14 Together Again
15 If You Leave Me Now
16 A Hit By Varese
17 Old Days
18 (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
19 Mongonucleosis
20 Encore Break
21 Feelin' Stronger Everyday (Cuts Out)

Remaster Notes:
Adobe Audition 2015 CC
Appended the files from the original source files
Original files are converted to 48000 hz 32 bit WAV for processing
The file is then volume matched to -20.95 LUFS

HarBal 3.7
Performed eq match to pro recorded Chicago reference, tweaked, and outputed processed audio file

Adobe Audition 2015 CC
Converted the Audio file to 44100 hz 16 bit
Matched volume to -16 LUFS with max peak level of.1 dbTP using tru peak limiting
Processed Dither in Ozone 7 - MBIT + Dither - 16 bit, Medium Dither Amount, High Noise Shaping settings
Exported the WAV audio within the markers
Converted the WAV files to FLAC 8

mercoledì 19 agosto 2026

Chicago - 1973-08-19 - Chicago, IL (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

CHICAGO
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL
August 19/1973

lineage
WCFL Radio Broadcast Tape - Flac files - Audacity (wav, merge/align files, duplicate channels -stereo-, adjust speed +6.5% & track split)

Terry Kath - guitar, vocals
Peter Cetera - bass, vocals
Robert Lamm - keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane - trumpet, vocals
James Pankow - trombone, vocals
Walt Parazaider - woodwinds
Danny Seraphine - drums
Laudir De Oliveira - percussion

01. WCFL Intro
02. 25 or 6 to 4
03. Just You n' Me
04. Beginnings
05. Aire (cut)
06. (cut) Something In This City Changes People
07. Hollywood
08. What's This World Coming To
09. A Hit By Varese (removed - officially released)
10. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
11. Feelin' Stronger Every Day
12. Dialogue
13. The Ballet
14. I'm A Man
15. Free

WCFL AM radio broadcast from their 1973 tour. This "new" mono recording has more songs than the commonly circulated version, but it has several cuts and was running slow.
Had to do some work on it: eliminate gaps between tracks, combined all tracks, duplicate channels, adjust speed, and retracked the show, think it's more enjoyable now.

Chicago - 2013-08-19 - Vienna, VA (ALD/FLAC)


(ALD FLAC)

Chcago
Filene Center at Wolf Trap
Vienna, VA
August 19, 2013

Recording Info:
ALD - Unknown recorder
Edited with Adobe Audition CC 2015 (various plug ins) / cool edit pro 2.1 (mostly for tracking)

"The Wolf Trap Collection"

Set 1 
01. please welcome Chicago
02. Introduction 
03. Questions 67 & 68
04. Dialogue (Part I & II)
05. Alive Again
06. If You Leave Me Now
07. Call on Me
08. (I've Been) Searchin' So Long
09. Mongonucleosis
10. Will You Still Love Me?
11. Another Rainy Day in New York City
12. Look Away
13. Make Me Smile
14. So Much to Say, So Much to Give
15. Anxiety's Moment
16. West Virginia Fantasies
17. Colour My World
18. To Be Free
19. Now More Than Ever

Set 2 
20. Canon
21. Old Days
22. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
23. Hard Habit to Break
24. You're the Inspiration
25. band intro's
26. Beginnings
27. I'm a Man
(The Spencer Davis Group cover) 
28. Street Player
29. Just You 'n' Me
30. Saturday in the Park
31. Hard to Say I'm Sorry / Get Away
32. Feelin' Stronger Every Day

Encore:
33. Free
34. 25 or 6 to 4

Mastering of this source: Conan

Notes:
This recording found it's way to me from a long time buddy/collector via a portable HD. The HD contains a good 50-75 shows from Wolf Trap from about 2010 - 2013 I have found NONE of these to be in circulation, nor have I found many to have been recorded via any other source. So I would regard these as very unique. I can conclude that almost all of these recordings (if not all) were recorded via ALD. They are all Mono, and many of the recordings have various stages of Clipping. It's not clear if the clipping is only in the copies I received or are on the original files (which I had no access to) Without overly enhancing or destroying the recordings, I have done the best I could to master them and put them out. I would welcome any input on the history of these recordings or anything else that someone could enlighten me on their origin.

mercoledì 12 agosto 2026

Chicago - 1979-08-12 - Chicago, IL (FM/FLAC)




(FM broadcast FLAC)

Navy Pier 

Lineage : 
Cdr Trade -> EAC -> Traders' little helper (checksum & flac conversion (6)) 

01 - Alive Again 
02 - Turn Back the Pages 
03 - Beginnings 
04 - Little Miss Lovin 
05 - Free Form piano/ Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is 
06 - Just You and Me 
07 - Must Have Been Crazy 
08 - If You Leave Me Now 
09 - Street Player 
10 - Searchin’ So Long 
11 - Saturday in the Park 
12 - 25 or 6 to 4 
13 - Got to Get You Into My Life 
14 - Feelin’ Stronger Every Day 
15 - I’m a Man (cut)

Notes:
Very good FM Broadcast show from the 1979 tour, unfortunately I'm a Man is cut. Robert Lamm is in ill voice on this show. 

martedì 11 agosto 2026

Chicago - 1978-08-11 - Los Angeles, CA (pre-FM/FLAC)



(pre-FM FLAC)

Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA 

Supergroups In Concert, American Broadcasting Companies 
Broadcast date of May 12, 1979 (Premiere broadcast of SuperGroups...) 

Lineage: Original pre-FM vinyls > Audacity > Wav > Flac 

Robert Lamm 
Peter Cetera 
Donnie Dacus 
James Pankow 
Walter Parazaider 
Lee Loughnane 
Danny Seraphine 
Laudir de Olivera 

CD1 - Sides 1, 2, and 3 
01. OCC 101 Intro - Bob Sirott 
02. Feelin' Stronger Every Day 
03. Dialogue Parts I & II 
04. Hot Streets 
05. OCC 101 Break - Bob Sirott 
06. Interview - James Pankow 
07. Just You 'n Me 
08. Ain't It Time 
09. OCC 101 Break - Bob Sirott 
10. Beginnings 
11. The Inner Struggles Of A Man 
12. Prelude (Little One) 
13. Happy Man 
14. Flight 602 
15. OCC 101 Break - Bob Sirott 
16. Interview - Peter Cetera 
17. If You Leave Me Now 

CD2 - Sides 4 and 5 

18. Alive Again 
19. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? 
20. OCC 101 Break - Bob Sirott 
21. Interview - Pankow/Lamm/de Olivera/Parazaider 
22. Saturday In The Park 
24. (I've Been) Searchin' So Long 
25. Interview - Robert Lamm 
26. 25 Or 6 To 4 
27. I Just Want To Be Free 
28. I'm A Man 
29. OCC 101 Outro - Bob Sirott 

Total time 1:43:54 

Orchestra conducted by William "Bill" Conti. From Wikipedia: "...an American composer and conductor best known for his film scores, including Rocky (and all but one of the five sequels), For Your Eyes Only, and The Right Stuff, the latter of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score." 

draftervoi's original notes: 
Chicago SuperGroups In Concert was the first "SuperGroups" syndicated broadcast on May 12, 1979. The show was pressed on three LPs, but only five sides had music. The sixth side is blank. The cue sheet lists the show as a production of American Broadcasting Companies. There's an ad in Billboard on Aug. 18, 1979 that says 300 ABC stations carried the show, so that may be a good guess as to how many copies of this show were pressed. 

The Chicago disc labels are numbered with the catalog number OCC 101. The next SuperGroups show I've identified is Foreigner, which used the code OCC and either 201 or 203 (I've seen both listed, so consider that number unconfirmed). The Foreigner show was identifed as broadcast on May 19, 1979 but is not mentioned in the Billboard ad... 

...which says the next show in the series was the Moody Blues. With the Moody Blues show, the series used a different code: The Moody Blues were SGC 101, followed by the Allman Brothers SGC 102, Peter Frampton SGC 103, the Cars SGC 104, Blondie SGC 105, Cheap Trick SGC 106, Journey SGC 107 and Alice Cooper SGC 108. 

The earliest of these shows were distributed in boxes, with similar cover designs. The background of each box was a solid color covered in a pattern of dots, with the artist's name on the front and the show credits on the back. The cue sheets were printed on premium paper, and the discs housed in plastic-lined disc sleeves. Occasionally they "themed" the color of the box: The Moody Blues box is blue, and Blondie is yellow. 

The original SuperGroups format had live concerts interspersed with short interviews, and no commercials. A "SuperGroups Theme Song" played at the beginning and end of the show. At least two of the shows (Foreigner and Alice Cooper) combined previously unreleased live material with several "faked" tracks from studio albums overdubbed with audience noise. 

Sometime in 1980 they dropped the premium presentation (boxes, cue sheets, disc liners) and added prerecorded commercials. Disc labels switched to a solid color - I've seen red, yellow, and silver used, and the numbering system was discontinued. Some of these are listed as "produced by D.I.R. Broadcasting Corp. for Super Groups In Concert" but also carry the ABC name. Spelling of the shows name often shifts from "SuperGroups" to "Super Groups." There was also a series using the Super Groups name called "A Night On The Road," produced by G.K. Productions with ABC. 

This version was digitized from the original syndicated radio discs and declicked in Audacity in September 2014. Included are 300 dpi scans of the front and back cover, a disc label, and all four pages of the cue sheet. Flac files of wavs. The only thing I edited out was the 700 Hz test tone. 

There's another version circulating with "Mongonucleosis" and "Got To Get You Into My Life" but without "I Just Want To Be Free." I haven't heard it, so I don't know if was also a SuperGroups show, an original over-the-air broadcast, syndicated by a different company...or perhaps two versions of the show were produced. 

lunedì 10 agosto 2026

Chicago - 1972-08-10 - Toronto, Canada (AUD/FLAC)


(Audience FLAC)

Varsity Stadium

Lineage : 
Cdr Trade -> EAC -> Traders' little helper (checksum & flac conversion (6)) 

CD1 
01 - Dialogue 
02 - Now That You’ve Gone 
03 - Lowdown 
04 - A Hit By Varese 
05 - Beginnings 
06 - State of the Union 
07 - Saturday in the Park 
08 - Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon: Make Me Smile 
09 - Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon: So Much To Say, So Much To Give 
10 - Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon: Anxiety's Moment 
11 - Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon: West Virginia's Fantasies 
12 - Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon: Colour My World 
13 - Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon: To Be Free/Now More Than Ever 
14 - Introduction 

CD2 
01 - All Is Well 
02 - In the Country 
03 - A Song for Richard and His Friends 
04 - It Better End Soon 
05 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is 
06 - Questions 67 & 68 
07 - 25 or 6 to 4 

Notes:
Excellent audience recording from the Chicago V tour, and a great setlist!!

domenica 9 agosto 2026

Chicago - 1973-08-09 - Chicago, IL (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Chicago
Chicago Stadium, Chicago, IL
1973-08-09

Lineage: FM Broadcast > CDR > ??? > FLAC

01 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
02 Feelin' Stronger Every Day
03 Ballet For A Girl In Buchannon
04 Im A Man - Free
05 What's This World Coming To

47 minutes

Notes:
This is a fuzzy FM broadcast, but still an amazing listen..

mercoledì 5 agosto 2026

Chicago - 1982-08-05 - Chicago, IL (SBD/FLAC)




(Soundboard FLAC)

Chicago
Park West
Chicago, IL
August 5, 1982 

lineage
"SBD > CD-R > Adobe Audition CC > increase levels 3db > phase correction > fades > Flac; SBE fix/Checksum files done in Traders Little Helper. Another from my CDR trade box...!"

Peter Cetera - bass, vocals
Bill Champlin - keyboards, guitars, vocals
Robert Lamm - keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane - trumpet, acoustic guitar, b. vocals
James Pankow - trombone, b. vocals
Walter Parazaider - woodwinds
Danny Seraphine - drums
Chris Pinnick - guitars

01 - Beginnings
02 - Scrapbook
03 - Follow Me
04 - Just You & Me
05 - Chains 
06 - Satisfaction
07 - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
08 - If You Leave Me Now
09 - Saturday In The Park 
10 - Hard To Say I'm Sorry > Get Away
11 - I'm A Man
12 - Gimme Some Lovin'
13 - 25 Or 6 To 4
14 - Feelin' Stronger Every Day
15 - Make Me Smile
16 - So Much To Say, So Much To Give
17 - Anxiety's Moment
18 - West Virginia Fantasies
19 - Colour My World
20 - To Be Free
21 - Now More Than Ever