Beat the Bootleggers: Live [Import, Live]

Chicago | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Live
• Label: Griffin Records
• ASIN: B00001O311
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,558,251 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Beginnings

2. Purples

3. I'm a Man

4. Questions 67 and 68

5. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

6. 25 or 6 to 4

7. Liberation

Editorial Reviews

This Chicago album features classic tracks such as 'Questions 67 to 68' & 'Does anybody really know what time it is?' and more than 50 minutes of music in total. Contains new artwork, liner notes and complete discography.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars aka... too many titles, June 23, 2001

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eveoflove (North York, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat the Bootleggers: Live (Audio CD)

Made in USA in 1999, Serial# GCD-785-2, Playing Time 48:38

Yep, me again... and yes, that's another version of CHICAGO's "Toronto Rock & Roll Revival 1969" CD. I'm constantly amazed as to how many times this thing is on the marketplace.

As usual, "Beginnings" is in fact "Introduction". The recording quality is below average, but the performances are adequate, considering how "young" the band was at this stage, with only 1 album under their belt.

I've lost count of the various editions of this disc. If you own ANY of their live albums besides "At Carnegie Hall", "Live In Japan" and "Chicago 26", remember that you already have this, in some form or another...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Be warned, February 10, 2001

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Craig Pinson (Scottsdale Az) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat the Bootleggers: Live (Audio CD)

This CD should be avoided at all costs. It has been out in various forms, such as Live `69, Live in Toronto, Chicago Live, etc...., and it is an embarrasment to the Group. This is a soundboard recording of the group at the Toronto Rock Festival in 1969, and the sound quality is horrid. The group had absolutely nothing to do with it`s release so the banner on the cover is funny because this is nothing more than a bad bootleg. I would only imagine a compleatist would want this sorry CD.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More Historical than quality but still pretty cool, December 6, 2000

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Greg (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beat the Bootleggers: Live (Audio CD)

These 7 songs are pretty cool to listen to if you think of the historical aspect behind it. The opening is pretty cool....they introduce the band as "the group that said they wouldn't play". I'm not sure when the concert was recorded but there are three songs, for me, that make it all worth it. The only reason why I gave this only three stars is because of the quality....I don't know if it was cut directly from an old record or just recorded wrong, but besides that, the songs are interesting to listen to. Heck, for [the money] you can't really go wrong.