saw them twice at Carnegie Hall. wine skin oj/acid and finger lickin cocoa/psilo. Scot Muny introed them and this they played first. Terry--so good. Saw all 20 of Danny's sticks in spotlight solo. Loved the guy who did the Ed Sullivan impersonation during interm (both concerts). and the girl who yelled out "Jiiimmmmyyyy" which is on live album.
Putting aside the incredible quality of the music itself, it's a shame that their followup sound quality sounds so crappy in comparison to this one. I wonder why?
Peter Cetera is one of the great underrated bassists of rock. 3:00 to 4:00 is as much of a bass solo as a trumpet solo...really shows off his talent as a melodic player.
I saw them warm up for Hendrix in Houston. They did the entire CTA album..I learned later, B,S and T were sitting in the row in front of us to check out Columbia's new Jazz/Rock fusion group. They had played the same venue the night before..near Hermann Park. I felt a tad sorry for them (Blood, Sweat and Tears..not to take anything away from them) but CTA..that was once in a lifetime as was Jimi.
When I purchased Chicago Transit Authority LP back in the mid-1970s, I had no idea at that time that I was purchasing a super classic piece of work! At that point of time, I only knew of "Feeling Stronger Everyday," "Just You and Me" and "Wishing You Were Here"!
"Introduction" was definitely a very strong start to Chicago's early days and its first album! The first one is definitely my favorite among Chicago's albums.
Amazing album. I grew up on Zep. Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk. Massive walls of impressive sound. But Chicago, with all their horns (horns?) just blew me away within my heavy metal reverie. This was my sister's album (thank heavens for big sis's album collection) and I don't know how many times I listened to it. I was so happy when chromium di-oxide tapes came out. They were better at handling my abuse. Amazing album.
This is TRUE Jazz Rock!! THe Best Chicago tune of all time because it takes you through every aspect of what they represented musically........thier best album by far also....Their music died when Terry died. RIP Terry Kath a true original
@Faithwitness Your comment is so true. So much of music today is so bland and way overproduced. Too many talentless groups on the charts today. This music sounds sooo much better that much of todays sad excuse for music. Don't get me started on rap and hip-hop.
@somedkram I don't TOTALLY agree with that: they DID shift around a few times, but they found their second wind in the early to mid 1980's again, THEN they went on asteady decline, beginning with the departure of Peter Cetera
One of Chicago's greatest songs. While the whole band is working well here, it's Terry Kath's immense talent (composer, singer, guitarist) and the fantastic brass section that stand out the most.
the arrangement is out of this world are u fukkin kiddin me? this is the shit. ive played violin in the sixth grade,trumpet in the seventh,drums eighth thru first year in college and the guitfiddle(guitar) for the last twenty.I know music very well and this is the shit
@TheSteven8r I don't know if you pro or con with" this is the shit." I am a woodwind player and have covered many of their early songs.with several bands. It is very challenging and satisfiying to learn and perform their music. To this day I point out to especially the young how complex and deep their music and how shallow and repetitive most of the popular new music is. Now it's all about attitude and posing versus the substance of a group like Chicago.
@MiGrm9 Wow; quoting a Shakespearean sonnet to describe Terry Kath. I'm impressed. Here's some more: "Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the elevators in the Sears Tower, and summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines... " [with a bit of Weird Al thrown in for good measure.]
The first song on their first album.... the best self-INTRODUCTION of a band into rock business EVER !! ("We're a little nervous and so far from home" - cool !)
@funch357 Striking evidence of their creativity and the complexity of their musical ideas, the way they veered off like that and incorporates so many elements. A bravura declaration of purpose
@MusicWriter1965 Yup. That's the g-spot, LOL! What's also fascinating about this piece is its more jazz-like musical structure that also contains structural elements of a classical suite. I'm no musician, so perhaps I'm using inaccurate terms.
I got to meet Terry & Walter shortly before Terry's death. I was a kid & a gal who worked for my pop took me to see Chicago. I was asked if I'd like to see what it looks like from on the stage. Up there this big dude & another guy walked up & said hello to my host (a friend of the band). I was in 8th grade & they were shocked I was a fan. Walter gave me five & told me to keep the faith. Terry shook my hand & told me how cool it was guys "my age" were still listening & thanked me for coming!
@redfishradical That's a great story. Keep the faith indeed. I'm a bit older than you -- I was 14 when the first album came out in '69, and was a big fan from the beginning. That was a sad sad day when he died. Obviously, they were never the same band after that, but they left us some great albums -- those first five were classics
@redfishradical Wow........that is mind blowing to think you experienced that.......when this record came out it was college age material so you probably fired them up at your age......
Got this one on a whim...something about it 'cause had never heard of them...and I was in for a wonderful treat. Thanks pal, great days are here still...
Saw your post on "Introduction" by Chicago. Terry Kath wrote this tune and sings lead vocals and guitars. He tragically killed himself in 1978 as an accidental victim of a self inflicted gunshot wound. ANYWAY, he was awesome to see live in performance and always played excellently. Check out my Chicago videos on my channel and you can see him in action. I saw him and Chicago perform several times; 9 or 10 in the '70's in Michigan. Have a great day listening to Chicago! Rock on. TK still jams!
@lynnybradford Terry Kath wrote this.........sang it and played that unreal guitar solo......he is one of the most overlooked talents in music...........Jimi Hendrix said he was a better guitar player than him and so impressed was Hendrix that he was instrumental in helping get this band signed to a label when he heard them at the Wiskey A Go Go in LA back in the day....
@lynnybradford Terry Kath along with Blood, Sweat & Tears' David Clayton Thomas were both "blue-eyed soul" guys who modeled their singing styles after the great RAY CHARLES. I really liked Kath's & Thomas' voices back in the day (still do), but when I found out they weren't the originals--that Ray Charles was--I fell down & worshipped @ the altar of RAY CHARLES.
saw them twice at Carnegie Hall. wine skin oj/acid and finger lickin cocoa/psilo. Scot Muny introed them and this they played first. Terry--so good. Saw all 20 of Danny's sticks in spotlight solo. Loved the guy who did the Ed Sullivan impersonation during interm (both concerts). and the girl who yelled out "Jiiimmmmyyyy" which is on live album.
philipose66 3 weeks ago
Putting aside the incredible quality of the music itself, it's a shame that their followup sound quality sounds so crappy in comparison to this one. I wonder why?
nerkoids 1 month ago
What an awesome band!
duce42751 1 month ago
A BAN WITH HORNS (innuendo intended). The First of Nothing But The Best.
prismwriter 1 month ago
@ 1:06 A mistake on the bass by Peter. He went to the chord change 2 measures early.
zkxb 1 month ago
Are you kidding me?! There's "1 dislike" to this kick-ass tune?! That individual will go nowhere in life.
MoviesTubeYou0675 2 months ago
@MoviesTubeYou0675 do you believe that?
duce42751 1 month ago
Peter Cetera is one of the great underrated bassists of rock. 3:00 to 4:00 is as much of a bass solo as a trumpet solo...really shows off his talent as a melodic player.
goldsmice 2 months ago
It was one of the best concerts I saw at the Hollywood Bowl in Sept. of 1971. I'll never forget this when they started with this tune.
cruisebumify 2 months ago
@cruisebumify Yes it was. I was there too. One of the best evenings there ever was especially when they broke into the Oly theme trumpet.
havinsomefunnow 1 month ago
Блин,вот зло берёт!Они в то время такую музыку слушали,а мы солому ели.Тьфу,долбанный совок,пропади пропадом.Chikago is cool!
vladesification 2 months ago
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Disliked. Horrible song
MrUSCGamecock 2 months ago
@MrUSCGamecock ...wow
MrCirrusMinor 2 months ago
Yes, mixing, production value..all superb..sticklers in the Paul Simon tradition.
johnnysanantonio 2 months ago
I saw them warm up for Hendrix in Houston. They did the entire CTA album..I learned later, B,S and T were sitting in the row in front of us to check out Columbia's new Jazz/Rock fusion group. They had played the same venue the night before..near Hermann Park. I felt a tad sorry for them (Blood, Sweat and Tears..not to take anything away from them) but CTA..that was once in a lifetime as was Jimi.
johnnysanantonio 2 months ago
When I purchased Chicago Transit Authority LP back in the mid-1970s, I had no idea at that time that I was purchasing a super classic piece of work! At that point of time, I only knew of "Feeling Stronger Everyday," "Just You and Me" and "Wishing You Were Here"!
"Introduction" was definitely a very strong start to Chicago's early days and its first album! The first one is definitely my favorite among Chicago's albums.
redhotdice1 3 months ago
誰がなんと言おうと、シカゴはﾌｧｰｽﾄ,それもこの１曲目"ｲﾝﾄﾛﾀﾞｸｼｮﾝ、早くもｴﾝｼﾞﾝ全開ｼた!荒れ狂うﾃﾘｰ･ｷｬｽ､猛烈ﾌﾞﾗｽ
blackandtanful 3 months ago
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Amazing album. I grew up on Zep. Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Grand Funk. Massive walls of impressive sound. But Chicago, with all their horns (horns?) just blew me away within my heavy metal reverie. This was my sister's album (thank heavens for big sis's album collection) and I don't know how many times I listened to it. I was so happy when chromium di-oxide tapes came out. They were better at handling my abuse. Amazing album.
probrojeffro 3 months ago
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probrojeffro 3 months ago
CHICAGO!..ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BANDS!!! ~SO INLOVE WITH ROBERT LAMM AND HIS HAIR!! HAHA
fher49 3 months ago
This is TRUE Jazz Rock!! THe Best Chicago tune of all time because it takes you through every aspect of what they represented musically........thier best album by far also....Their music died when Terry died. RIP Terry Kath a true original
stonyhil 4 months ago 3
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trilogypart3 2 months ago
Great music! We need more of this!
Faithwitness 4 months ago 2
@Faithwitness Your comment is so true. So much of music today is so bland and way overproduced. Too many talentless groups on the charts today. This music sounds sooo much better that much of todays sad excuse for music. Don't get me started on rap and hip-hop.
Thank you for your comment.
MaxCruise73 1 month ago
都立神代高校吹奏楽部（ＪＢＢ）が土師一雄氏のコピーアレンジで文化祭のアンコールで演奏しました。高校生離れしている素晴らしい演奏でした。コンクールに出ていれば間違いなく全国クラスの腕前でした。
5753kazuaki 5 months ago
So sad that after the loss of Terry the band just lost its way
somedkram 5 months ago
@somedkram I don't TOTALLY agree with that: they DID shift around a few times, but they found their second wind in the early to mid 1980's again, THEN they went on asteady decline, beginning with the departure of Peter Cetera
tonyde52 2 months ago
Man, I want to be in a band like this.
NorthWriter 5 months ago
Excellent work here!
RonINtheBASSMENT 5 months ago
One of the best "introduction" songs of all time!!
sledj567 5 months ago 4
One of Chicago's greatest songs. While the whole band is working well here, it's Terry Kath's immense talent (composer, singer, guitarist) and the fantastic brass section that stand out the most.
musiclover59 5 months ago 2
I always liked and still do like Chicago listen to them all the time
nocowboyfan1 6 months ago in playlist Chicago
Good debut album!!!!
putoncabron 6 months ago
まさにこの"ｲﾝﾄﾛﾀﾞｸｼｮﾝ"で我らがｼｶｺﾞの扉を開けた!３枚目まで見開きダブルLPの重量感～躍動とｱﾝｻﾝﾌﾞﾙﾌﾞﾗｽとﾃﾘｰ･ｷｬｽ～皆凄かった!
blackandtanful 6 months ago
the arrangement is out of this world are u fukkin kiddin me? this is the shit. ive played violin in the sixth grade,trumpet in the seventh,drums eighth thru first year in college and the guitfiddle(guitar) for the last twenty.I know music very well and this is the shit
TheSteven8r 6 months ago
@TheSteven8r I don't know if you pro or con with" this is the shit." I am a woodwind player and have covered many of their early songs.with several bands. It is very challenging and satisfiying to learn and perform their music. To this day I point out to especially the young how complex and deep their music and how shallow and repetitive most of the popular new music is. Now it's all about attitude and posing versus the substance of a group like Chicago.
bigalinwesttexas 6 months ago 5
@bigalinwesttexas "This is the shit" would only be used as a pro. The con version wold be "This is shit".
daroob 5 months ago
@daroob what do you mean?
veganplus 5 months ago
I was turned on to this album at the ripe ol' age of ten, and it's my personal favorite, also! I so miss that era of MUSIC!!!!
bobLipford 6 months ago 2
not worthy...I loved this band since being a kid.
pdleyland 6 months ago
this was chicago before the big corporate machine got a hold of them. Big money changes everything don`t it.
RJiminez51 7 months ago
Thanks for these postings! Best of Chicago. They never topped this album for me
RefnRhino 7 months ago
How do I love Terry Kath?? Let me count the ways!!!!!!!!!!! My favorite chi album of all time.
MiGrm9 7 months ago
@MiGrm9 Wow; quoting a Shakespearean sonnet to describe Terry Kath. I'm impressed. Here's some more: "Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the elevators in the Sears Tower, and summer's lease hath all too short a date. Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines... " [with a bit of Weird Al thrown in for good measure.]
funch357 7 months ago
@funch357 LOL. I Love it! A twist of Weird Al is always great!
MiGrm9 7 months ago
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sonicOneTwo 8 months ago
Nice bass work by Cetera...
70bassman92 8 months ago 2
シカゴは､誰がなんと言おうと､全ての始まり､イントロダクション が全て!何もかも凝縮!～前半ブラスの進軍､後半ﾃﾘｰが暴れる!
blackandtanful 9 months ago
The first song on their first album.... the best self-INTRODUCTION of a band into rock business EVER !! ("We're a little nervous and so far from home" - cool !)
mamakoeln 9 months ago 2
This is one of the best engineered albums of that era, and my personal favorite Chicago album.
shadowheart52 10 months ago 24
@shadowheart52 Theres just something about that wonderfull sound of 1.st class analog gear and tape ;)
jakobole 6 months ago
@jakobole And talent.
daroob 5 months ago
The changeup at 1:18 has always struck me as stunningly joyous.
funch357 10 months ago
@funch357 Striking evidence of their creativity and the complexity of their musical ideas, the way they veered off like that and incorporates so many elements. A bravura declaration of purpose
MusicWriter1965 7 months ago
@MusicWriter1965 Sorry, typo, I meant, "incorporated"
MusicWriter1965 7 months ago
@MusicWriter1965 Yup. That's the g-spot, LOL! What's also fascinating about this piece is its more jazz-like musical structure that also contains structural elements of a classical suite. I'm no musician, so perhaps I'm using inaccurate terms.
funch357 7 months ago
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@funch357 There's another one at 5:39. Oh yesssss!
funch357 7 months ago
I got to meet Terry & Walter shortly before Terry's death. I was a kid & a gal who worked for my pop took me to see Chicago. I was asked if I'd like to see what it looks like from on the stage. Up there this big dude & another guy walked up & said hello to my host (a friend of the band). I was in 8th grade & they were shocked I was a fan. Walter gave me five & told me to keep the faith. Terry shook my hand & told me how cool it was guys "my age" were still listening & thanked me for coming!
redfishradical 1 year ago 24
@redfishradical That's a great story. Keep the faith indeed. I'm a bit older than you -- I was 14 when the first album came out in '69, and was a big fan from the beginning. That was a sad sad day when he died. Obviously, they were never the same band after that, but they left us some great albums -- those first five were classics
MusicWriter1965 7 months ago
@redfishradical Always keep the faith.
noeljdun12 6 months ago
@redfishradical Wow........that is mind blowing to think you experienced that.......when this record came out it was college age material so you probably fired them up at your age......
jacopman 1 week ago
Not only in terms of chart statistics but of quality as well...
dimiballas 1 year ago
Got this one on a whim...something about it 'cause had never heard of them...and I was in for a wonderful treat. Thanks pal, great days are here still...
EMILIOMARENGO 1 year ago
Their first album as always been by far my favorite thing these guys ever did, just an amazing album from start to finish..........
jeffthrow6892 1 year ago
Well, I was just told he is not black, sure sounds black to me, his name was Michael something and he isn't black, right?
lynnybradford 1 year ago
Saw your post on "Introduction" by Chicago. Terry Kath wrote this tune and sings lead vocals and guitars. He tragically killed himself in 1978 as an accidental victim of a self inflicted gunshot wound. ANYWAY, he was awesome to see live in performance and always played excellently. Check out my Chicago videos on my channel and you can see him in action. I saw him and Chicago perform several times; 9 or 10 in the '70's in Michigan. Have a great day listening to Chicago! Rock on. TK still jams!
sarniarocks 1 year ago 3
@lynnybradford Terry Kath wrote this.........sang it and played that unreal guitar solo......he is one of the most overlooked talents in music...........Jimi Hendrix said he was a better guitar player than him and so impressed was Hendrix that he was instrumental in helping get this band signed to a label when he heard them at the Wiskey A Go Go in LA back in the day....
jacopman 1 week ago
@jacopman Oh...and Terry is white.......what a soulful voice huh?
jacopman 1 week ago
So did they start out with a black vocalist?
lynnybradford 1 year ago
@lynnybradford No, Terry was a white guy. And from my (brief!) meeting with him & watching him interact with my host a really, really cool guy.
redfishradical 1 year ago 4
@lynnybradford Terry Kath along with Blood, Sweat & Tears' David Clayton Thomas were both "blue-eyed soul" guys who modeled their singing styles after the great RAY CHARLES. I really liked Kath's & Thomas' voices back in the day (still do), but when I found out they weren't the originals--that Ray Charles was--I fell down & worshipped @ the altar of RAY CHARLES.
funch357 10 months ago 3