Chicago - Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, 3-17-1971

Here's another nice guest post. About a month ago as I write this in late March 2026, a frequent commenter named Sax and Guitar helped me post a collection of TV appearances by the Rascals (a.k.a. the Young Rascals). He's expressed doing more, so hopefully this is just the beginning. With the Rascals one, I happened to have my own version the album he had in mind basically done already. But in this case, pretty much everything was done by Sax and Guitar. He came up with this concert, and did a lot of careful editing to get it just right. (And it needed some help.) About the only thing I did was offer some suggestions, plus making the cover art. So, thanks again, Sax and Guitar.

On top of everything else, Sax and Guitar has written extensive notes, which are included in the download zip file. So I'll leave most of the commentary to him. But I'll just note that this is an unreleased soundboard recording, all from one show, except for the last two songs, which come from a different show from the same era, to complete their typical set list from this time period. And while I've posted two Chicago concerts from 1969, and one from 1970, it's nice to get one from 1971 as well. Those early years were their best years, in my opinion.

This album is an hour and 46 minutes long.  

01 Listen (Chicago)
02 talk (Chicago)
03 Happy, 'Cause I'm Going Home (Chicago)
04 Poem for the People (Chicago)
05 Lowdown (Chicago)
06 Free Form Piano Intro [Instrumental] (Chicago)
07 Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is (Chicago)
08 Sing a Mean Tune, Kid (Chicago)
09 Ballet for a Girl from Buchannon (Chicago)
10 Fancy Colours [Edit] (Chicago)
11 talk (Chicago)
12 Elegy Suite [Instrumental] [Edit] (Chicago)
13 Beginnings (Chicago)
14 I Don't Want Your Money (Chicago)
15 talk (Chicago)
16 Loneliness Is Just a Word (Chicago)
17 talk [Edit] (Chicago)
18 A Song for Richard and His Friends [Edit] (Chicago)
19 25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/GHuEnPXu

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/m9e8r1RIedJIRO1/file

The cover photo is from a concert at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in 1971. Most, but not all of the band members, are shown.