In search of rare vinyl in general: Chicago fans? Chicago: At Carnegie Hall Vinyl

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
edited March 2016 in Music & Movies
I was wondering where you can find something like this. Not a huge Chicago fan but I just remember listening to this and it was not the same band that you heard on studio recordings.

Anyway is there a good place to look for rare vinyl?
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    just trying to think of stuff I would like to have on vinyl
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,507
    edited March 2016
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Not a huge Chicago fan but I just remember listening to this and it was not the same band that you heard on studio recordings.

    Probably cause of the poor sound quality? ;) Chicago at Carnegie Hall went on to become a best selling box set, but the acoustics of Carnegie Hall didn't do it any favors.

    I was a Chicago fan until Kath checked out. I have some Japanese pressings of Chicago Transit Authority and Chicago II. Great sounding.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    No they were jamming like a different band all together. Cant say that I really remember the quality of the recording but it wasn't like anything that I had heard from them back around the CTA days.

    Look man I am just trying to remember stuff and that is hard! lol
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I am thinking of things that I would like to have on vinyl and I thought there are plenty of vinyl heads that could steer me in the right direction. Here and there a few choice pieces pop into my head that I would like to have. Outside of the MIA's in my current collection it is hard to think of some (love to haves) to get.

    Hell give me some suggestions on what I should pursue.
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  • pumpkinman
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    Is that the white box set ?? I'm pretty sure I have it but I'll look in the AM.
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  • afterburnt
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    Yes Bill the white box
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  • dromunds
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    I have some other Chicago I'd be willing to part with, the first few as I recall. I'm probably going to part with some jazz pretty soon also if you're into that. BTW, you probably know this but Amazon Music is a decent place usually to check for used vinyl online, at least you usually get a host of sellers competing, there are a host of others but prices can get up there on some of them.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
    I have that set in LP and digital. Yes, the sound wasn't what we would consider great but this is one of those examples where one must put aside the sound to simply enjoy the music. Definitely NOT what your hear from Chicago on the radio.

    It's like not listening to Bob Marley because of the sound issues. Just not gonna happen.

    I will keep an eye out but no promises. I don't recall seeing it at Manifest. Have you tried to contact George? He would probably have a better chance of running into it.

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  • MrBuhl
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    When I'm looking for rare stuff, I tend to look on the Discogs marketplace. Like anywhere can be hit or miss but with all the international sellers on there, usually someone has what you're looking for and can be had more reasonably than through a B&M store - at least that's my experience.

    Unfortunately, there aren't many great venues for used vinyl online that I have found. Reckless Records out of Chicago used to be great, but has suspended all online sales now...
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  • Nightfall
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    Discogs and eBay.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • Nightfall
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    There is literally a metric ton of them on eBay.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • afterburnt
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    dromunds wrote: »
    I have some other Chicago I'd be willing to part with, the first few as I recall. I'm probably going to part with some jazz pretty soon also if you're into that. BTW, you probably know this but Amazon Music is a decent place usually to check for used vinyl online, at least you usually get a host of sellers competing, there are a host of others but prices can get up there on some of them.

    Let me know what you have
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  • scottyboy76
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    In retrospect, Chicago is a band I remember fondly from airplay, never bought any of their stuff.

    A couple years ago saw a sad sight on something like audience network on directv.

    Chicago was playing in a shopping center and there were only a handful of people even bothering to stand there and listen

    BTW, in 1976 I was working at "Great Haircuts Incorporated in buckhead Atlanta, across from peaches record store when Chicago was putting their handprints in the cement walkway.

    I was all of 17, and the guys made me run across peachtree and yell, "Any of you guys want a free haircut?"

    Everyone stopped in mid sentence and looked at me, and one of the band members looked at me and said "We all just got one"

    That was when I tried to melt into the background.

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