| Live in Japan | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Chicago |
| Cover: | ChicagoLiveInJapan.jpg |
| Released: | November 1972 [1] |
| Recorded: | June 10, 11 and 14, 1972 |
| Venue: | Osaka Festival Hall (Osaka) |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Length: | 104:15 |
| Label: | CBS/Sony Japan |
| Producer: | James William Guercio |
| Prev Title: | Chicago V |
| Prev Year: | 1972 |
| Next Title: | Chicago VI |
| Next Year: | 1973 |
Live in Japan is a live album by American rock band Chicago, released in November 1972.[1] It was recorded over the course of three days at the Osaka Festival Hall on the band's tour in support of Chicago V in 1972. The group recorded Japanese-language versions of "Lowdown" and "Questions 67 And 68" to coincide with their Japan performances. They performed both songs in Japanese during their stay, which are documented on this album.
Originally, the album was released as a two-LP set (CBS/Sony SOPJ 31-32XR), and only in Japan. The album was released in the U.S. in 1996 as a two-CD set (CRD-3030) on Chicago's own label, Chicago Records.
Live in Japan does not follow Chicago's convention of numbering albums. Chicago's other early live album, 1971's Chicago at Carnegie Hall, however, is part of the canon, with the numbering for the album being 'IV'.
Many fans and band members alike think the sound quality of this recording is better than 1971's Chicago at Carnegie Hall. Chicago founding member James Pankow was always particularly critical of the Carnegie Hall album saying:
Walter Parazaider noted about the sound quality of Live in Japan:
The album was reissued in March 2014 worldwide faithfully replicating the original LP design including a cardboard sleeve, booklet with photos and all the lyrics in very difficult to read small font.[2]