[2013-03-12] Chicago "Chicago III" remaster (Friday Music)

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

1. Sing A Mean Tune Kid
2. Loneliness Is Just A Word
3. What Else Can I Say
4. I Don't Want Your Money
5. Flight 602
6. Motorboat To Mars
7. Free
8. Free Country
9. At The Sunrise
10. Happy 'Cause I'm Going Home
11. Mother
12. Lowdown
13. A Hard Risin' Morning Without Breakfast
14. Off To Work
15. Fallin' Out
16. Dreamin' Home
17. Morning Blues Again
18. When All The Laughter Dies In Sorrow
19. Canon
20. Once Upon A Time...
21. Progress?
22. The Approaching Storm
23. Man Vs. Man: The End
24. Free (rare mono 45 edit)
25. Lowdown (rare Japanese stereo 45 version)

Netting several hits like the funk infused "Free" & the soulful "Lowdown," the top charter Chicago III was a more organic affair than their previous works, allowing its principal writers Robert Lamm, James Pankow, Terry Kath & Peter Cetera to develop more introspective thoughts into successful musical forms. Friday Music & Chicago are proud to annnounce the ltd. anniversary edition expanded remaster of Chicago III. For this event, Chicago's Lee Loughnane located the rare 45 mono edit of the smash hit "Free" & the rarely heard Japanese version of "Lowdown." + Original art elements from LP!

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B2TUR4W/?tag=imwan-20

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

OK-with the bonus cuts and the other stuff I'll bite. I love this album and just listened to the Rhino remaster last week which sounds pretty good to me, but not great. I'm curious what they did (if anything) sonically here.

And with the band involved, is Friday doing the whole catalogue? Or, at least offering 18, 19 and 21?

TSmithPage · **Joined:** 20 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 3671

I'll wait for reviews/comparisons to the Rhino before buying this one yet again.

Mr Fuse · 01 Dec 2006

FYI: CTA, II, and IV are getting the MoFi Hybrid SACD treatment this year.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Mr Fuse wrote:

FYI: CTA, II, and IV are getting the MoFi Hybrid SACD treatment this year.

YES! (well at least to 1 & 2; they lost me after 3)

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Mr Fuse wrote:

FYI: CTA, II, and IV are getting the MoFi Hybrid SACD treatment this year.

Why would they do IV? That's the Carnegie Hall box and it's not a good listen at all.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I thought 4 was studio. I would be somewhat interested in Carnegie, but a 4 disc MFSL would be way beyond my budget.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Geff R. wrote:

I thought 4 was studio. I would be somewhat interested in Carnegie, but a 4 disc MFSL would be way beyond my budget.

After Chicago III, Chicago V was the next studio album. And I love that one too-some great experimental stuff and Pop stuff on there. Chicago V also began a string of 5 straight #1 albums.

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I looked it up after your post. That was the one with Saturday In The Park which completely turned me off to Chicago. I hated (& still do) their surgery pop after Chicago 3; though I do like Live In Japan.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Geff R. wrote:

I looked it up after your post. That was the one with Saturday In The Park which completely turned me off to Chicago. I hated (& still do) their surgery pop after Chicago 3; though I do like Live In Japan.

I do hate "Saturday In The Park"! But every one of their albums had experimental and Jazz-oriented material. Chicago V has some amazing stuff like "State Of The Union" and "A Hit By Varese". They did have a lot of Pop hits this is true (I also think those songs are great), but so did the first 3 albums. I think you're missing some seriously great music on Chicago V to Chicago XIV if you dismiss those albums as Pop, but the first 3 are obviously the seriously adventurous of the catalogue along with Chicago VII-all the double albums not surprisingly!

Live In Japan is OK to me-better than Carnegie Hall but still of less than robust sound quality and too much aimless jamming.

But I do ask-what is surgery pop?

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

I looked it up after your post. That was the one with Saturday In The Park which completely turned me off to Chicago. I hated (& still do) their surgery pop after Chicago 3; though I do like Live In Japan.

I do hate "Saturday In The Park"!

But I do ask-what is surgery pop?

Saturday in The Park. Anything by Barry Manilow.

DanO · 30 Jul 2006

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

I looked it up after your post. That was the one with Saturday In The Park which completely turned me off to Chicago. I hated (& still do) their surgery pop after Chicago 3; though I do like Live In Japan.

But I do ask-what is surgery pop?

"Cuts Like A Knife" - Bryan Adams?

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5103

Dr. Robert- The Beatles

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Feb 28, 2013 7:50 pm

DanO wrote:

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

I looked it up after your post. That was the one with Saturday In The Park which completely turned me off to Chicago. I hated (& still do) their surgery pop after Chicago 3; though I do like Live In Japan.

But I do ask-what is surgery pop?

"Cuts Like A Knife" - Bryan Adams?

♫ Talkin' 'bout my operation ♪

Jimbo · 19 Jul 2006

Like a Surgeon--Weird Al

Greg Carrier · 25 Nov 2006

I'll be checking this out.

Oh, and I think Chicago V is a great album, and I love Saturday In The Park. I think the decline didn't really start until VIII.

Saturday In The Park = Barry Manilow? Really?

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Yes, & I'll add any other Chicago hit after "3" to that list!

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Geff R. wrote:

Yes, & I'll add any other Chicago hit after "3" to that list!

So, "Harry Truman", "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", "Dialogue" and such sound like Barry Manilow? :facepalm:

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

Yes, & I'll add any other Chicago hit after "3" to that list!

So, "Harry Truman", "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", "Dialogue" and such sound like Barry Manilow? :facepalm:

I despise Feelin' Stronger Every Day.

Mr Fuse · 01 Dec 2006

Geff R. wrote:

I thought 4 was studio. I would be somewhat interested in Carnegie, but a 4 disc MFSL would be way beyond my budget.

Apologies. It is actually Chicago VI that MoFi is doing. Chicago V was recently released on a Japanese Multichannel Hybrid SACD .

Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I just posted this in the Sunday Flyer thread, but it also belongs here:

I would be VERY CAREFUL on this & the other Chicago's. As I posted in another thread, the recent Friday Music Deep Purple cd set was the most brickwalled cd I have EVER heard. It had a Dynamic Range rating of 4. 6 was the previous worst I had ever seen, & the audio community usually considers DR 11 to be the lowest acceptable number.

I for one will not buy anything from FM without first auditioning it at this point. The DP was totally unlistenable.

Kid Bailey · 16 Jul 2006

Geff R. wrote:

Invisible Pedestrian wrote:

Geff R. wrote:

Yes, & I'll add any other Chicago hit after "3" to that list!

So, "Harry Truman", "Feelin' Stronger Every Day", "Dialogue" and such sound like Barry Manilow? :facepalm:

I despise Feelin' Stronger Every Day.

This is my favorite track by them. The rhythm section really rocks.

Barry Manilow- "Only In Chicago"-this is a nice track from his Barry album.

Dr. Hook did some good surgery pop.

[2013-03-12] Chicago "Chicago III" remaster (Friday Music)

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