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The Elektra Albums 1972-1978 Coffret

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With 4000-word notes, placing Chapin's career in context and advocating for his elevation in the cultural hierarchy, by Record Collector contributor, Charles Donovan
Acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter, Harry Chapin, born in New York, was a pioneer of the elaborate storytelling song, a style rooted in folk and country music.
Chapin explored the very limits of the genre, with songs often exceeding the ten-minute mark. After working in documentary filmmaking, Chapin signed with Elektra just before turning 30. He immediately found success with his first single "Taxi" and the album "Heads And Tales" (1972).
More popular with listeners than critics, Chapin toured relentlessly. His best-selling album was "Verities And Balderdash" from 1974, which included "Cat's In The Cradle," his only No. 1 single in the United States. He began using his expanded platform to campaign to end world hunger, founding several charitable organizations and increasingly refusing payment for his performances so that the proceeds could go to his favorite causes.
This 6-CD box set – the first serious and multi-disc reassessment of Chapin's work – features the nine albums he released from 1972 to 1978; 'Heads And Tales', 'Sniper And Other Love Songs', 'Short Stories', 'Verities And Balderdash', 'Portrait Gallery', 'Greatest Stories Live', 'On The Road To Kingdom Come', 'Dance Band On The Titanic' and 'Living Room Suite'. After Elektra, Chapin signed with Boardwalk for one last album before tragically and prematurely dying in a car accident in 1981.

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  • Album The Elektra Albums 1972-1978 Coffret
  • Artist Harry Chapin
  • Release date 2022-04-01
  • Label Strawberry
  • Format CD
  • Country UK
  • EAN 5013929430730
  • Number of discs 6
  • Number of tracks 93

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Disc 1

  1. Could You Put Your Light On, Please
  2. Greyhound
  3. Everybody's Lonely
  4. Sometime, Somewhere Wife
  5. Empty
  6. Taxi
  7. Any Old Kind Of Day
  8. Dogtown
  9. Same Sad Singer
  10. Sunday Morning Sunshine
  11. Sniper
  12. And The Baby Never Cries
  13. Burning Herself
  14. Barefoot Boy
  15. Better Place To Be

Disc 2

  1. Circle
  2. Woman Child
  3. Winter Song
  4. Short Stories
  5. W.O.L.D
  6. Song For Myself
  7. Song Man
  8. Changes
  9. They Call Her Easy
  10. Mr. Tanner
  11. Mail Order Annie
  12. There's A Lot Of Lonely People Tonight
  13. Old College Avenue
  14. Cat's In The Cradle
  15. I Wanna Learn A Love Song
  16. Shooting Star
  17. 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas
  18. She Sings Songs Without Words

Disc 3

  1. What Made America Famous?
  2. Vacancy
  3. Halfway To Heaven
  4. Six String Orchestra
  5. Dreams Go By
  6. Tangled Up Puppet
  7. Star Tripper
  8. Babysitter
  9. Someone Keeps Calling My Name
  10. The Rock
  11. Sandy
  12. Dirt Gets Under The Fingernails
  13. Bummer
  14. Stop Singing These Sad Songs
  15. Dreams Go By
  16. W.O.L.D

Disc 4

  1. Saturday Morning
  2. I Wanna Learn A Love Song
  3. Mr. Tanner
  4. A Better Place To Be
  5. Let Time Go Lightly
  6. Cat's In The Cradle
  7. Taxi
  8. Circle
  9. 30,000 Pounds Of Bananas
  10. She Is Always Seventeen
  11. Love Is Just Another Word
  12. The Shortest Story
  13. On The Road To Kingdom Come
  14. The Parade's Still Passing By

Disc 5

  1. The Mayor Of Candor Lied
  2. Laugh Man
  3. Corey's Coming
  4. If My Mary Were Here
  5. Fall In Love With Him
  6. Caroline
  7. Roll Down The River
  8. Dance Band On The Titanic
  9. Why Should People Stay The Same
  10. My Old Lady
  11. We Grew Up A Little Bit
  12. Bluesman
  13. Country Dreams
  14. I Do It For You, Jane
  15. I Wonder What Happened To Him

Disc 6

  1. Paint A Picture Of Yourself (Michael)
  2. Mismatch
  3. Mercenaries
  4. Manhood
  5. One Light In A Dark Alley (An Imitation Spiritual)
  6. There Was Only One Choice
  7. Dancin' Boy
  8. If You Want To Feel
  9. Poor Damned Pool
  10. I Wonder What Would Happen To This World
  11. Jenny
  12. It Seems You Only Love Me When It Rains
  13. Why Do Little Girls
  14. Flowers Are Red
  15. Somebody Said